Patents by Inventor Eliezer Payzer

Eliezer Payzer 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).

  • Controlling devices in entertainment environment
    Patent number: 9407950
    Abstract: Embodiments for controlling one or more external audio-visual devices are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving a device command and determining an intent of the device command. The intent includes an action and an external device to perform the action. The method further comprises selecting a selected protocol for communicating the device command to the external device, where the selected protocol is selected from a plurality of supported protocols, and communicating the device command to the external device according to the selected protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ripin Natani, Eliezer Payzer, Brian Joseph Ewanchuk, John Thomas Kimbell, Brent Campbell, Paul Heidelman, Philip J. Nachreiner, Luis Delgado de Mendoza Garcia, Alexander Gurzhi, Yuriy Tarasov
  • CONTROLLING DEVICES IN ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150033275
    Abstract: Embodiments for controlling one or more external audio-visual devices are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving a device command and determining an intent of the device command. The intent includes an action and an external device to perform the action. The method further comprises selecting a selected protocol for communicating the device command to the external device, where the selected protocol is selected from a plurality of supported protocols, and communicating the device command to the external device according to the selected protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ripin Natani, Eliezer Payzer, Brian Joseph Ewanchuk, John Thomas Kimbell, Brent Campbell, Paul Heidelman, Philip J. Nachreiner, Luis Delgado de Mendoza Garcia, Alexander Gurzhi, Yuriy Tarasov