Patents by Inventor David Benjamin Lee

David Benjamin Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11700292
    Abstract: In various implementations, a productivity application allows selected content from an electronic document to be shared with and edited by multiple users through instances of a collaboration component. The collaboration component includes a distributed data structure that stores state information about the shared content. The component also includes application logic for managing the state information to reflect user edits and other such changes. This allows the selected content to be shared with the users in any application that supports the collaboration component and without the entirety of the document having to be shared. A user can experience the content in the context of applications other than the productivity application that hosts the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Dwyer Curry, Kathryn Veronica Jean Sullivan, Seth Fox, David Benjamin Lee
  • Patent number: 11675471
    Abstract: A UI for presenting and reviewing a document is optimized based upon the type of computing device being utilized to present the document. One such UI includes a first pane showing a view of the document under review that is sized and formatted for display on a large-format display device. The first pane can also be utilized to emphasize a portion of the document. The UI also includes a second pane that includes indicators for each of the reviewers of the document. The selection of an indicator will cause a portion of the document being reviewed by the corresponding reviewer to be displayed in the first pane. The UI also includes a third pane that includes a scaled image of the document shown in the first pane. Selection of a portion of the scaled image causes the selected portion of the document to be displayed in the first pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan James Luquetta-Fish, Jeffrey Berg, Joo Young Lee, Derek Matthias Hans, Kuldeep Karnawat, Joseph Freeman Friend, Nino Yuniardi, David Benjamin Lee
  • Publication number: 20220400141
    Abstract: In various implementations, a productivity application allows selected content from an electronic document to be shared with and edited by multiple users through instances of a collaboration component. The collaboration component includes a distributed data structure that stores state information about the shared content. The component also includes application logic for managing the state information to reflect user edits and other such changes. This allows the selected content to be shared with the users in any application that supports the collaboration component and without the entirety of the document having to be shared. A user can experience the content in the context of applications other than the productivity application that hosts the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Dwyer CURRY, Kathryn Veronica Jean SULLIVAN, Seth FOX, David Benjamin LEE
  • Patent number: 10896284
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Nathan George Freier, Ilya Tumanov
  • Publication number: 20200380067
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying content of an electronic file. One system includes an electronic processor configured to determine a content type associated with a portion of content included in the electronic file using a classification model developed using machine learning. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a suggested modification for the portion of content based on the determined content type. The suggested modification is a modification to a format property of the portion of content. The electronic processor is also configured to provide a notification of the suggested modification to a user for acceptance of the suggested modification. In response to the user accepting the suggested modification, the electronic processor is configured to modify the format property of the portion of content in accordance with the suggested modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Tomasz Lukasz RELIGA, Marian Kimberley CHUA, Huitian JIAO, David Benjamin LEE, Manan SANGHI
  • Patent number: 10713469
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine readable mediums that provide for cropping systems that automatically crop digital images using one or more smart cropping techniques. Smart cropping techniques may include: cropping an image based upon emotion detection, cropping based upon facial recognition and matching, and cropping based upon landmark matching. In some examples, a single smart cropping technique may be utilized. In other examples, a combination of the smart cropping techniques may be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Patent number: 10572137
    Abstract: Improved computer efficiency for document navigation is provided. A transparent overlay is automatically applied to an interactive content element to prevent inadvertent interaction with the element during scrolling operations. In some examples, upon determining a user's intent is to navigate a parent document comprising an embedded interactive element, the overlay is applied, and user-interaction with the interactive element is temporarily disabled. Upon determining the user's intent is to interact with the interactive element, the overlay is removed, and user-interaction with the interactive element is enabled. When the overlay is removed, a contextual hint, such as via a user interface control, can be provided to indicate how to continue navigating the parent document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Zeyad Rajabi, Robert Earl Stout, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Erez Kikin-Gil, David Benjamin Lee, Dimitrije Dimic, Dragan Slaveski
  • Publication number: 20190251332
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine readable mediums that provide for cropping systems that automatically crop digital images using one or more smart cropping techniques. Smart cropping techniques may include: cropping an image based upon emotion detection, cropping based upon facial recognition and matching, and cropping based upon landmark matching. In some examples, a single smart cropping technique may be utilized. In other examples, a combination of the smart cropping techniques may be utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Patent number: 10318794
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine readable mediums that provide for cropping systems that automatically crop digital images using one or more smart cropping techniques. Smart cropping techniques may include: cropping an image based upon emotion detection, cropping based upon facial recognition and matching, and cropping based upon landmark matching. In some examples, a single smart cropping technique may be utilized. In other examples, a combination of the smart cropping techniques may be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Publication number: 20180314878
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, computing devices, and machine readable mediums that provide for cropping systems that automatically crop digital images using one or more smart cropping techniques. Smart cropping techniques may include: cropping an image based upon emotion detection, cropping based upon facial recognition and matching, and cropping based upon landmark matching. In some examples, a single smart cropping technique may be utilized. In other examples, a combination of the smart cropping techniques may be utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Erez Kikin Gil
  • Publication number: 20180300293
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Nathan George Freier, Ilya Tumanov
  • Patent number: 10031893
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Nathan George Freier, Ilya Tumanov
  • Patent number: 9881222
    Abstract: One or more signals are used to identify regions of interest of an image. The signals are applied to the image to generate one or more models that are based on the regions of interest. The models may present different perspectives of the image by emphasizing various features and focal points. The models may be ranked and displayed according to a scoring paradigm that is based on one or more signals. Multi-tiered feedback mechanisms allow for the collection of user intent and/or other forms of explicit input. Feedback associated to the models may be obtained and used to generate additional models that are based on one or more signals and the feedback. The feedback may also be stored and utilized for machine learning purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya Tumanov, David Benjamin Lee, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Nathaniel George Freier, Karim T. Farouki
  • Publication number: 20170277378
    Abstract: Improved computer efficiency for document navigation is provided. A transparent overlay is automatically applied to an interactive content element to prevent inadvertent interaction with the element during scrolling operations. In some examples, upon determining a user's intent is to navigate a parent document comprising an embedded interactive element, the overlay is applied, and user-interaction with the interactive element is temporarily disabled. Upon determining the user's intent is to interact with the interactive element, the overlay is removed, and user-interaction with the interactive element is enabled. When the overlay is removed, a contextual hint, such as via a user interface control, can be provided to indicate how to continue navigating the parent document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Zeyad Rajabi, Robert Earl Stout, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Erez Kikin-Gil, David Benjamin Lee, Dimitrije Dimic, Dragan Slaveski
  • Publication number: 20170193318
    Abstract: One or more signals are used to identify regions of interest of an image. The signals are applied to the image to generate one or more models that are based on the regions of interest. The models may present different perspectives of the image by emphasizing various features and focal points. The models may be ranked and displayed according to a scoring paradigm that is based on one or more signals. Multi-tiered feedback mechanisms allow for the collection of user intent and/or other forms of explicit input. Feedback associated to the models may be obtained and used to generate additional models that are based on one or more signals and the feedback. The feedback may also be stored and utilized for machine learning purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Ilya Tumanov, David Benjamin Lee, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Nathaniel George Freier, Karim T. Farouki
  • Publication number: 20170139877
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Nathan George Freier, Ilya Tumanov
  • Patent number: 9626768
    Abstract: One or more signals are used to identify regions of interest of an image. The signals are applied to the image to generate one or more models that are based on the regions of interest. The models may present different perspectives of the image by emphasizing various features and focal points. The models may be ranked and displayed according to a scoring paradigm that is based on one or more signals. Multi-tiered feedback mechanisms allow for the collection of user intent and/or other forms of explicit input. Feedback associated to the models may be obtained and used to generate additional models that are based on one or more signals and the feedback. The feedback may also be stored and utilized for machine learning purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya Tumanov, David Benjamin Lee, Jennifer Michelstein Halberstam, Nathaniel George Freier, Karim T. Farouki
  • Patent number: 9595298
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for transforming data to create layouts. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a computing device can execute a layout generator. The computing device can be configured to receive or retrieve data that includes visual content such as an image and other content such as text. The computing device can analyze the visual content to identify a salient region and/or an invariant region within the visual content. The computing device can access designs for laying out visual content and other content based upon an identified salient region and/or invariant region. The computing device can evaluate the designs to determine if a design matches the data. The computing device can load the data into the selected design to generate the layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David Benjamin Lee, Nathan George Freier, Ilya Tumanov
  • Publication number: 20160299640
    Abstract: A UI for presenting and reviewing a document is optimized based upon the type of computing device being utilized to present the document. One such UI includes a first pane showing a view of the document under review that is sized and formatted for display on a large-format display device. The first pane can also be utilized to emphasize a portion of the document. The UI also includes a second pane that includes indicators for each of the reviewers of the document. The selection of an indicator will cause a portion of the document being reviewed by the corresponding reviewer to be displayed in the first pane. The UI also includes a third pane that includes a scaled image of the document shown in the first pane. Selection of a portion of the scaled image causes the selected portion of the document to be displayed in the first pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan James Fish, Jeffrey Berg, Joo Young Lee, Derek Matthias Hans, Kuldeep Karnawat, Joseph Freeman Friend, Nino Yuniardi, David Benjamin Lee
  • Patent number: 9383888
    Abstract: A UI for presenting and reviewing a document is optimized based upon the type of computing device being utilized to present the document. One such UI includes a first pane showing a view of the document under review that is sized and formatted for display on a large-format display device. The first pane can also be utilized to emphasize a portion of the document. The UI also includes a second pane that includes indicators for each of the reviewers of the document. The selection of an indicator will cause a portion of the document being reviewed by the corresponding reviewer to be displayed in the first pane. The UI also includes a third pane that includes a scaled image of the document shown in the first pane. Selection of a portion of the scaled image causes the selected portion of the document to be displayed in the first pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan James Fish, Jeffrey Berg, Joo Young Lee, Derek Matthias Hans, Kuldeep Karnawat, Joseph Freeman Friend, Nino Yuniardi, David Benjamin Lee