Patents by Inventor EDDIE LOUIS MAYS, III
EDDIE LOUIS MAYS, III 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: 11403064Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing the content capture experience on computing devices. In an implementation, a combined user input comprises a voice signal and a touch gesture sustained at least partially coincident with the voice signal. An occurrence of the combined user input triggers the identification of an associated content object which may then be associated with a captured version of the voice signal. Such an advance provides users with a new framework for interacting with their devices, applications, and surroundings.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Eddie Louis Mays, III, Hauke Antony Gentzkow, Austin Seungmin Lee, Alice Shirong Ferng, Aaron David Rogers, Lauren Diana Lo, Cadin Lee Batrack, Jonathan Reed Harris, Brian Scott Stucker, Becky Ann Brown
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Patent number: 11303464Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for associating images with content items. In an implementation, a computing device determines that an image captured of a scene includes a display of meeting content. The device identifies a content item comprising a source of the meeting content in the scene and may then create an association between an instance of the image and an instance of the content item. The device may, for example, create a link to the content item that can be embedded in or otherwise associated with the image file. The reverse may also be accomplished, whereby a link to the image may be created and embedded in or otherwise associated with the content item.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Brian Scott Stucker, Austin Seungmin Lee, Alice Shirong Ferng, Eddie Louis Mays, III, Rachel Fox Romano, Lauren Diana Lo, Hauke Antony Gentzkow
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Publication number: 20210176081Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for associating images with content items. In an implementation, a computing device determines that an image captured of a scene includes a display of meeting content. The device identifies a content item comprising a source of the meeting content in the scene and may then create an association between an instance of the image and an instance of the content item. The device may, for example, create a link to the content item that can be embedded in or otherwise associated with the image file. The reverse may also be accomplished, whereby a link to the image may be created and embedded in or otherwise associated with the content item.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Brian Scott Stucker, Austin Seungmin Lee, Alice Shirong Ferng, Eddie Louis Mays, III, Rachel Fox Romano, Lauren Diana Lo, Hauke Antony Gentzkow
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Publication number: 20210149625Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing the content capture experience on computing devices. In an implementation, a combined user input comprises a voice signal and a touch gesture sustained at least partially coincident with the voice signal. An occurrence of the combined user input triggers the identification of an associated content object which may then be associated with a captured version of the voice signal. Such an advance provides users with a new framework for interacting with their devices, applications, and surroundings.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Eddie Louis Mays, III, Hauke Antony Gentzkow, Austin Seungmin Lee, Alice Shirong Ferng, Aaron David Rogers, Lauren Diana Lo, Cadin Lee Batrack, Jonathan Reed Harris, Brian Scott Stucker, Becky Ann Brown
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Patent number: 10901520Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that relate to user input combined from spatial gestures and voice. A combined user input allows users to interact more fluidly with their surroundings when, for example, taking pictures, recording video, or controlling remote services or devices. In various implementations, one or more components of a computing device identify an occurrence of a combined user input such as a spoken utterance and a spatial gesture made with the device at least partially coincident with the spoken utterance. The one or more components identify a content capture experience associated with the combined user input and invoke the content capture experience on the device.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Austin Seungmin Lee, Hauke Antony Gentzkow, Jonathan Reed Harris, Alice Shirong Ferng, Eddie Louis Mays, III, Lauren Diana Lo
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Patent number: 9827490Abstract: Aspects of the present invention allow a touch screen device to operate as a gamepad for a video game running on a separate gaming device. Aspects of the present invention provide a virtual control interface through the touch screen that includes virtual game controls that perform the same function as a directional pad, buttons, triggers, and sticks found on a gamepad or other game controller. In one aspect, the virtual control interface provides an output that is substantially similar to an output generated by a gamepad able to interact with the gaming device. Substantially similar outputs allow a gaming device to respond to a functional control from a gamepad and an equivalent functional control from the virtual control interface the same way and without translation. Aspects of the present invention can provide different virtual control interfaces for different video game titles, different genres, and based on user customization.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eddie Louis Mays, III, John Raymond Justice, Krassimir Emilov Karamfilov, Roderick Michael Toll
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Publication number: 20160089600Abstract: Aspects of the present invention allow a touch screen device to operate as a gamepad for a video game running on a separate gaming device. Aspects of the present invention provide a virtual control interface through the touch screen that includes virtual game controls that perform the same function as a directional pad, buttons, triggers, and sticks found on a gamepad or other game controller. In one aspect, the virtual control interface provides an output that is substantially similar to an output generated by a gamepad able to interact with the gaming device. Substantially similar outputs allow a gaming device to respond to a functional control from a gamepad and an equivalent functional control from the virtual control interface the same way and without translation. Aspects of the present invention can provide different virtual control interfaces for different video game titles, different genres, and based on user customization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: EDDIE LOUIS MAYS, III, JOHN RAYMOND JUSTICE, KRASSIMIR EMILOV KARAMFILOV, RODERICK MICHAEL TOLL
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Patent number: 9227141Abstract: Aspects of the present invention allow a touch screen device to operate as a gamepad for a video game running on a separate gaming device. Aspects of the present invention provide a virtual control interface through the touch screen that includes virtual game controls that perform the same function as a directional pad, buttons, triggers, and sticks found on a gamepad or other game controller. In one aspect, the virtual control interface provides an output that is substantially similar to an output generated by a gamepad able to interact with the gaming device. Substantially similar outputs allow a gaming device to respond to a functional control from a gamepad and an equivalent functional control from the virtual control interface the same way and without translation. Aspects of the present invention can provide different virtual control interfaces for different video game titles, different genres, and based on user customization.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Eddie Louis Mays, III, John Raymond Justice, Krassimir Emilov Karamfilov, Roderick Michael Toll
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Publication number: 20150182856Abstract: Aspects of the present invention allow a touch screen device to operate as a gamepad for a video game running on a separate gaming device. Aspects of the present invention provide a virtual control interface through the touch screen that includes virtual game controls that perform the same function as a directional pad, buttons, triggers, and sticks found on a gamepad or other game controller. In one aspect, the virtual control interface provides an output that is substantially similar to an output generated by a gamepad able to interact with the gaming device. Substantially similar outputs allow a gaming device to respond to a functional control from a gamepad and an equivalent functional control from the virtual control interface the same way and without translation. Aspects of the present invention can provide different virtual control interfaces for different video game titles, different genres, and based on user customization.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: EDDIE LOUIS MAYS, III, JOHN RAYMOND JUSTICE, KRASSIMIR EMILOV KARAMFILOV, RODERICK MICHAEL TOLL