Patents by Inventor Emma Ryan

Emma Ryan 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: 12676767
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques provide a system for automatically inserting reference to a file in meeting transcripts or meeting summaries. In general, the disclosed techniques manage and enrich meeting transcripts, meeting summaries, meeting recordings, and screen-shared files during an online meeting. During an online meeting, when a presenter screenshares an application file, such as Word doc, PowerPoint, Excel, etc., a system creates meeting transcripts or a summary for the real-time discussion based on audio signals and/or chat messages relating to the shared contents of the application file. The system also determines the location of the application file and inserts a reference to the application file in the transcript or summary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emma Ryan, Sachin Katyal, Jatin Patel
  • Patent number: 12634163
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques provide a system for automatically inserting content from meeting summaries and meeting transcripts in an application file communicated during a meeting content sharing session. In general, the disclosed techniques manage and enrich meeting transcripts, meeting summaries, meeting recordings, and screen-shared files during an online meeting. During an online meeting, when a presenter screenshares an application file, such as Word doc, PowerPoint, Excel, etc., a system creates meeting transcripts or a summary for the real-time discussion based on audio signals and/or chat messages relating to the shared contents of the application file. The system determines the location of the application file and inserts at least a portion of the transcript or summary in the application file. The system can perform these operations for an application file that resides locally on the presenter's machine or in a remote storage service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emma Ryan, Sachin Katyal, Jatin Patel
  • Publication number: 20250373462
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques provide a system for automatically inserting content from meeting summaries and meeting transcripts in an application file communicated during a meeting content sharing session. In general, the disclosed techniques manage and enrich meeting transcripts, meeting summaries, meeting recordings, and screen-shared files during an online meeting. During an online meeting, when a presenter screenshares an application file, such as Word doc, PowerPoint, Excel, etc., a system creates meeting transcripts or a summary for the real-time discussion based on audio signals and/or chat messages relating to the shared contents of the application file. The system determines the location of the application file and inserts at least a portion of the transcript or summary in the application file. The system can perform these operations for an application file that resides locally on the presenter's machine or in a remote storage service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Emma RYAN, Sachin KATYAL, Jatin PATEL
  • Publication number: 20250373461
    Abstract: The disclosed techniques provide a system for automatically inserting reference to a file in meeting transcripts or meeting summaries. In general, the disclosed techniques manage and enrich meeting transcripts, meeting summaries, meeting recordings, and screen-shared files during an online meeting. During an online meeting, when a presenter screenshares an application file, such as Word doc, PowerPoint, Excel, etc., a system creates meeting transcripts or a summary for the real-time discussion based on audio signals and/or chat messages relating to the shared contents of the application file. The system also determines the location of the application file and inserts a reference to the application file in the transcript or summary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Emma RYAN, Sachin KATYAL, Jatin PATEL
  • Patent number: 11948208
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting different graphical representations of a user to different end-users in a network-based communication environment are provided. A first end-user has a first a social distance from a user in a social graph while a second end-user has a second social distance from the user that is further than the first social distance in the social graph. A first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the first end-user and a second graphical representation different from the first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the second end-user. The difference between the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is based on the difference between the first social distance and the second social distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emma Ryan, Sandeep Siddhartha, Jatin Patel, Timothy M. Cleary