Patents by Inventor Eric Christian Brown

Eric Christian Brown 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: 10140011
    Abstract: User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jen Anderson, Eric Christian Brown, Jennifer Teed, Goran Predovic, Bruce Edward James, Fei Su, Maybelle Lippert, Mudit Agrawal
  • Publication number: 20160202957
    Abstract: A method for generating a reactive agent definition may include acquiring, by a reactive agent development environment (RADE) tool of a computing device, an extensible markup language (XML) schema template for defining a reactive agent of a digital personal assistant running on the computing device. The RADE tool may receive input identifying at least one domain-intent pair associated with a category of functions performed by the computing device. A multi-turn dialog flow defining a plurality of states associated with the domain-intent pair may be generated using a graphical user interface of the RADE tool. The XML schema template may be updated based on the received input and the multi-turn dialog flow to produce an updated XML schema specific to the domain-intent pair. The reactive agent definition may be generated using the updated XML schema.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Thomas John Siddall, Vishwac Sena Kannan, Aleksandar Uzelac, Eric Christian Brown, Daniel J. Hwang
  • Publication number: 20130038540
    Abstract: User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jen Anderson, Eric Christian Brown, Jennifer Teed, Goran Predovic, Bruce Edward James, Fei Su, Maybelle Lippert, Mudit Agrawal