Patents by Inventor Edwin R. Burtner
Edwin R. Burtner 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: 10979487Abstract: A method and system for providing an aggregate view of information that a user may need is provided. A desktop assistant system collects information items that a user may need such as scheduling information and recently received messages. The desktop assistant system may also identify documents that the user may need and contacts with whom the user may need to communicate based on analysis of the collected scheduling information and the collected messages. The desktop assistant system then displays indications of the collected scheduling information, the collected messages, the identified documents, and the identified contacts so that the user has an integrated view of the needed information items.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Thomas V. Gruver
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Patent number: 10497071Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a monitoring system that integrates multi-domain data from weather, power, cyber, and/or social media sources to greatly increase situation awareness and drive more accurate assessments of reliability, sustainability, and efficiency in infrastructure environments, such as power grids. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method includes receiving real-time data from two or more different domains relevant to an infrastructure system, aggregating the real-time data into a unified representation relevant to the infrastructure system, and providing the unified representation to one or more customizable graphical user interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Luke J. Gosink, Edwin R. Burtner, Jodi H. Obradovich, Scott T. Dowson
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Patent number: 10255355Abstract: The visual analytic system enables information retrieval within large text collections. Typically, users have to directly and explicitly query information to retrieve it. With this system and process, the reasoning of the user is inferred from the user interaction they perform in a visual analytic tool, and the appropriate information to query, process, and visualize is systematically determined.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Alexander Endert, Nicholas O. Cramer, Ralph J. Perko, III, Shawn D. Hampton, Edwin R. Burtner, Kristin A. Cook
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Publication number: 20180278673Abstract: A method and system for providing an aggregate view of information that a user may need is provided. A desktop assistant system collects information items that a user may need such as scheduling information and recently received messages. The desktop assistant system may also identify documents that the user may need and contacts with whom the user may need to communicate based on analysis of the collected scheduling information and the collected messages. The desktop assistant system then displays indications of the collected scheduling information, the collected messages, the identified documents, and the identified contacts so that the user has an integrated view of the needed information items.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Edwin R. BURTNER, Thomas V. GRUVER
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Patent number: 9986015Abstract: A method and system for providing an aggregate view of information that a user may need is provided. A desktop assistant system collects information items that a user may need such as scheduling information and recently received messages. The desktop assistant system may also identify documents that the user may need and contacts with whom the user may need to communicate based on analysis of the collected scheduling information and the collected messages. The desktop assistant system then displays indications of the collected scheduling information, the collected messages, the identified documents, and the identified contacts so that the user has an integrated view of the needed information items.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Thomas V. Gruver
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Patent number: 9588989Abstract: Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Deborah A. Payne, Edwin R. Burtner, Shawn J. Bohn, Shawn D. Hampton, David S. Gillen, Michael J. Henry
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Publication number: 20160110384Abstract: Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Deborah A. Payne, Edwin R. Burtner, Shawn J. Bohn, Shawn D. Hampton, David S. Gillen, Michael J. Henry
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Patent number: 9218439Abstract: Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Deborah A. Payne, Edwin R. Burtner, Shawn J. Bohn, Shawn D. Hampton, David S. Gillen, Michael J. Henry
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Publication number: 20150347576Abstract: The visual analytic system enables information retrieval within large text collections. Typically, users have to directly and explicitly query information to retrieve it. With this system and process, the reasoning of the user is inferred from the user interaction they perform in a visual analytic tool, and the appropriate information to query, process, and visualize is systematically determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Alexander Endert, Nicholas O. Cramer, Ralph J. Perko, III, Shawn D. Hampton, Edwin R. Burtner, Kristin A. Cook
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Publication number: 20140358900Abstract: Search systems and computer-implemented search methods are described. In one aspect, a search system includes a communications interface configured to access a plurality of data items of a collection, wherein the data items include a plurality of image objects individually comprising image data utilized to generate an image of the respective data item. The search system may include processing circuitry coupled with the communications interface and configured to process the image data of the data items of the collection to identify a plurality of image content facets which are indicative of image content contained within the images and to associate the image objects with the image content facets and a display coupled with the processing circuitry and configured to depict the image objects associated with the image content facets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Deborah A. Payne, Edwin R. Burtner, Shawn J. Bohn, Shawn D. Hampton, David S. Gillen, Michael J. Henry
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Publication number: 20140344706Abstract: A dual module portable device may be provided. A motion of a first module of the dual module portable device may be detected. Based at least in part on the detected motion, a position of the first module may be determined relative to the second module of the portable device. Once the relative position of the first module has been determined, a portion of a user interface associated with the relative position may be displayed at the first module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: V. Kevin Russ, John A. Snavely, Edwin R. Burtner, Ian M. Sands
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Patent number: 8849570Abstract: Navigation information may be provided. First, a destination location may be received at a portable device. Next, a current location of the portable device maybe detected. Then, at least one way-point may be calculated based on the current location and the destination location. An orientation and a level of the portable device may be determined and the at least one way-point may then be projected from the portable device.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: V. Kevin Russ, John A. Snavely, Edwin R. Burtner, Ian M. Sands
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Publication number: 20140280909Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a monitoring system that integrates multi-domain data from weather, power, cyber, and/or social media sources to greatly increase situation awareness and drive more accurate assessments of reliability, sustainability, and efficiency in infrastructure environments, such as power grids. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method includes receiving real-time data from two or more different domains relevant to an infrastructure system, aggregating the real-time data into a unified representation relevant to the infrastructure system, and providing the unified representation to one or more customizable graphical user interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Luke J. Gosink, Edwin R. Burtner, Jodi H. Obradovich, Scott T. Dowson
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Patent number: 8798669Abstract: A dual module portable device may be provided. A motion of a first module of the dual module portable device may be detected. Based at least in part on the detected motion, a position of the first module may be determined relative to the second module of the portable device. Once the relative position of the first module has been determined, a portion of a user interface associated with the relative position may be displayed at the first module.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: V. Kevin Russ, John A. Snavely, Edwin R. Burtner, Ian M. Sands
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Publication number: 20140115185Abstract: A method and system for providing an aggregate view of information that a user may need is provided. A desktop assistant system collects information items that a user may need such as scheduling information and recently received messages. The desktop assistant system may also identify documents that the user may need and contacts with whom the user may need to communicate based on analysis of the collected scheduling information and the collected messages. The desktop assistant system then displays indications of the collected scheduling information, the collected messages, the identified documents, and the identified contacts so that the user has an integrated view of the needed information items.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Thomas V. Gruver
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Patent number: 8621373Abstract: A method and system for providing an aggregate view of information that a user may need is provided. A desktop assistant system collects information items that a user may need such as scheduling information and recently received messages. The desktop assistant system may also identify documents that the user may need and contacts with whom the user may need to communicate based on analysis of the collected scheduling information and the collected messages. The desktop assistant system then displays indications of the collected scheduling information, the collected messages, the identified documents, and the identified contacts so that the user has an integrated view of the needed information items.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Thomas V. Gruver
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Publication number: 20130044114Abstract: Visual representations having visual nodes that can each show up to two levels of an abstraction hierarchy of data, extracted elements of the data, and/or categories thereof, with the optional ability to explode the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories into additional visual nodes provide capability for deeper composition exploration. Relationships among the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories can be represented via lines within and across visual nodes. The visual representation can provide an user with awareness of different attributes of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in context even for large, complex corpora of data. The representations of the data, the extracted elements, and/or the categories in the visual representation can be sorted, can depict relative size or quantity across various attributes, and can provide insight into relationships based on metadata and/or content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Shawn J. Bohn, Arthur H. Bleeker, Luke J. Gosink, David S. Gillen
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Publication number: 20120139939Abstract: A dual module portable device may be provided. A motion of a first module of the dual module portable device may be detected. Based at least in part on the detected motion, a position of the first module may be determined relative to the second module of the portable device. Once the relative position of the first module has been determined, a portion of a user interface associated with the relative position may be displayed at the first module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: V. Kevin Russ, John A. Snavely, Edwin R. Burtner, Ian M. Sands
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Patent number: 8121640Abstract: A dual module portable device may be provided. A motion of a first module of the dual module portable device may be detected. Based at least in part on the detected motion, a position of the first module may be determined relative to the second module of the portable device. Once the relative position of the first module has been determined, a portion of a user interface associated with the relative position may be displayed at the first module.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: V. Kevin Russ, John A. Snavely, Edwin R. Burtner, Ian M. Sands
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Patent number: 8001204Abstract: A method and system for providing message threads with messages of multiple modes of communication in a uniform manner is provided. A messaging system provides a unified communications user interface for message threads that include messages sent using different modes of communications. When a user wants to reply to a message of one mode with a message of another mode, the messaging system displays the communication client application context of the other mode so that the user can prepare and send the message using the appropriate functions. When the instant message is sent, the messaging system adds the instant message to the message thread so that it can be displayed as part of the message thread.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Edwin R. Burtner, Thomas V. Gruver