Patents by Inventor David Ruzyski
David Ruzyski 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).
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Patent number: 10839787Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a multiplayer session. The examples allow a user that is unable to speak, or that is incapable of speaking, to participate in an in-session voice chat by inputting text and having the text converted to speech (e.g., synthesized voice data) that can then be sent to other devices participating in the session. The user enables a text-to-speech conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, functionality enabling text to be entered is activated and the entered text is converted into speech data.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jason Kepner, Evelyn R. Thomas, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Stephen E. Giscombe, Thomas Cooper, Dana Ludwig
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Publication number: 20190251953Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a multiplayer session. The examples allow a user that is unable to speak, or that is incapable of speaking, to participate in an in-session voice chat by inputting text and having the text converted to speech (e.g., synthesized voice data) that can then be sent to other devices participating in the session. The user enables a text-to-speech conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, functionality enabling text to be entered is activated and the entered text is converted into speech data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Jason Kepner, Evelyn R. Thomas, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Stephen E. Giscombe, Thomas Cooper, Dana Ludwig
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Patent number: 10311857Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a multiplayer session. The examples allow a user that is unable to speak, or that is incapable of speaking, to participate in an in-session voice chat by inputting text and having the text converted to speech (e.g., synthesized voice data) that can then be sent to other devices participating in the session. The user enables a text-to-speech conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, functionality enabling text to be entered is activated and the entered text is converted into speech data.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jason Kepner, Evelyn R. Thomas, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Stephen E. Giscombe, Thomas Cooper, Dana Ludwig
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Patent number: 10179291Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a session. The examples allow a user that is unable to hear, or that is incapable of hearing, to participate in an in-session voice chat by receiving text messages that have been converted from speech to text (e.g., transcribed messages). The user enables a speech-to-text conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, a notification can be sent to other devices participating in the session. Based on the notification, the other devices are tasked with capturing utterances and sending corresponding speech data to a speech-to-text conversion device so that voice communications can be converted to text messages. Subsequent to conversion, the text messages can be displayed in a chat interface presented as part of the displayed content for the session.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Evelyn R. Thomas, Jason Kepner, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Kedar Hirve, Stephen E. Giscombe, Travis St. Onge, Aaron Cardwell, Matthew Labunka, Luca Beltrami, Heather Grantham Brodie
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Publication number: 20180161683Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a session. The examples allow a user that is unable to hear, or that is incapable of hearing, to participate in an in-session voice chat by receiving text messages that have been converted from speech to text (e.g., transcribed messages). The user enables a speech-to-text conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, a notification can be sent to other devices participating in the session. Based on the notification, the other devices are tasked with capturing utterances and sending corresponding speech data to a speech-to-text conversion device so that voice communications can be converted to text messages. Subsequent to conversion, the text messages can be displayed in a chat interface presented as part of the displayed content for the session.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Evelyn R. Thomas, Jason Kepner, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Kedar Hirve, Stephen E. Giscombe, Travis St. Onge, Aaron Cardwell, Matthew Lebunka, Luca Beltrami, Heather Grantham Brodie
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Publication number: 20180166065Abstract: Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a multiplayer session. The examples allow a user that is unable to speak, or that is incapable of speaking, to participate in an in-session voice chat by inputting text and having the text converted to speech (e.g., synthesized voice data) that can then be sent to other devices participating in the session. The user enables a text-to-speech conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, functionality enabling text to be entered is activated and the entered text is converted into speech data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Jason Kepner, Evelyn R. Thomas, David Ruzyski, Jeremy L. Dewey, Martin Hall, Joshua R. McCammon, Stephen E. Giscombe, Thomas Cooper, Dana Ludwig
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Patent number: 8884974Abstract: Content is rendered for display using a plurality of rendering contexts. Rendering is performed, at least in part, using a graphics processing unit (GPU). The plurality of rendering contexts can comprise a lower priority rendering context and a higher priority rendering context. One or more components can be associated with each of the lower priority rendering context and the higher priority rendering context. Different restrictions can be imposed on each rendering context. Restrictions can include a restriction on block size, prioritization of requests for each context, and a restriction on the number of requests in a GPU queue at a time.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew Dadi, Robert C. Aldinger, Ketan K. Dalal, Jason Matthew Gould, Jeffrey Kay, J. Andrew Goossen, David Ruzyski
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Publication number: 20130038614Abstract: Content is rendered for display using a plurality of rendering contexts. Rendering is performed, at least in part, using a graphics processing unit (GPU). The plurality of rendering contexts can comprise a lower priority rendering context and a higher priority rendering context. One or more components can be associated with each of the lower priority rendering context and the higher priority rendering context. Different restrictions can be imposed on each rendering context. Restrictions can include a restriction on block size, prioritization of requests for each context, and a restriction on the number of requests in a GPU queue at a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrew Dadi, Robert C. Aldinger, Ketan K. Dalal, Jason Matthew Gould, Jeffrey Kay, J. Andrew Goossen, David Ruzyski
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Publication number: 20070016609Abstract: System(s) and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that present content in a user interface tailored to trait(s) of the content. The tools can analyze content to determine its traits, classify the content based on its traits, and present the content in a user interface tailored to the classification. The tools can also organize content items into groups based on a common trait and enable a user to select content items through their group. Responsive to the user's selection of a group, the tools can present content, render enclosures, and alter traits of the content items in the group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2005Publication date: January 18, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jane Kim, Amar Gandhi, Walter von Koch, Sean Lyndersay, Edward Praitis, William Gould, David Ruzyski
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Publication number: 20060242713Abstract: Systems and/or methods are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. In one embodiment, these systems and/or methods present a user interface identifying an account having a right to permit a task in response to the task being prohibited based on a user's current account not having that right.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Ruzyski, James Hong, Brian McNeil, Anastasia Doerr, Chris Guzak, Sterling Reasor, Charles Stabb, Brian Wentz
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Publication number: 20060242427Abstract: Systems and/or methods are described that enable a credential interface. These systems and/or methods may build a credential user interface enabling a user to choose between multiple credentials and submit an authenticator for a chosen credential. These systems and/or methods may also gather information about arbitrary credentials and build a user interface for submission of authenticators for these arbitrary credentials.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Ruzyski, James Hong, Brian McNeil, Chris Guzak, Brian Wentz, Klaus Schutz, Stefan Richards, Eric Perlin, Cristian Ilac, Sterling Reasor, Eric Flo, John Stephens, Benjamin Hutz