Patents by Inventor Ellen Steele

Ellen Steele 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: 9854010
    Abstract: Notifications are delivered to a user based in part on a user's current context. The notifications may be based on personal information (e.g. calendar events, tasks, alerts, and the like) as well as a context of a user. The notifications may be delivered using different types of notifications. The type of notification selected may be based on the current context of the user. Notifications may also be sent to other users (e.g. that are part of a trusted group) in response to a change in state of the event (e.g. the task completed). Instead of a user receiving notifications at preset times, notifications are delivered to the user using their current context. A group member may also create a message to another member requesting an action. When a response is made, the requesting group member receives a notification and the other group members may also receive notifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vaidyanathan Raghavan, Bradley Stevenson, Gail Giacobbe, Xuelei Sun, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Ellen Steele
  • Patent number: 8996648
    Abstract: Social networking feed extensibility based on data types is described. An apparatus may comprise a custom feed system that when executed by a processor is operative to customize a social networking feed for a social networking system. The custom feed system may comprise a message reception component operative to receive a message from a client device, a message analysis component operative to determine a message type of the message based on a syntax of the message, and a message display component operative to display the message with a message display style specific to the message type of the message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Anne Archambault, Cedric Dussud, Jeremy Santy, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20140372525
    Abstract: Notifications are delivered to a user based in part on a user's current context. The notifications may be based on personal information (e.g. calendar events, tasks, alerts, and the like) as well as a context of a user. The notifications may be delivered using different types of notifications. The type of notification selected may be based on the current context of the user. Notifications may also be sent to other users (e.g. that are part of a trusted group) in response to a change in state of the event (e.g. the task completed). Instead of a user receiving notifications at preset times, notifications are delivered to the user using their current context. A group member may also create a message to another member requesting an action. When a response is made, the requesting group member receives a notification and the other group members may also receive notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Vaidyanathan Raghavan, Bradley Stevenson, Gail Giacobbe, Xuelei Sun, March Rogers, Bojana Ostojic, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Ellen Steele
  • Publication number: 20120143948
    Abstract: Social networking feed extensibility based on data types is described. An apparatus may comprise a custom feed system that when executed by a processor is operative to customize a social networking feed for a social networking system. The custom feed system may comprise a message reception component operative to receive a message from a client device, a message analysis component operative to determine a message type of the message based on a syntax of the message, and a message display component operative to display the message with a message display style specific to the message type of the message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anne Archambault, Cedric Dussud, Jeremy Santy, Ellen Steele