Patents by Inventor Erin M. O'Connell

Erin M. O'Connell 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: 10230731
    Abstract: Inline command functionality for automatically sharing a document with user access permissions is provided. Automatic sharing of a document is performed in response to a trigger entry within the document. When a trigger entry and a user identifier entry is received, an auto-share system automatically resolves user access permissions in the background, detects sharing permissions, and shares the document with user access permissions without requiring the user who is sharing the document to manually input data. A notification is provided to the sharing user informing the user that the document is being shared, and another notification is provided to the user with whom the document is being shared including a link to the document. If the document was unintentionally shared, the sharing user is enabled to select the notification, and quickly and easily make modifications to the user access permissions for the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Joan Catharine Weaver, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Patrick Michael Gan, Jade Kessler, Erin M. O'Connell, Suzan Marashi, Derik Stenerson
  • Publication number: 20170353466
    Abstract: Inline command functionality for automatically sharing a document with user access permissions is provided. Automatic sharing of a document is performed in response to a trigger entry within the document. When a trigger entry and a user identifier entry is received, an auto-share system automatically resolves user access permissions in the background, detects sharing permissions, and shares the document with user access permissions without requiring the user who is sharing the document to manually input data. A notification is provided to the sharing user informing the user that the document is being shared, and another notification is provided to the user with whom the document is being shared including a link to the document. If the document was unintentionally shared, the sharing user is enabled to select the notification, and quickly and easily make modifications to the user access permissions for the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Joan Catharine Weaver, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Patrick Michael Gan, Jade Kessler, Erin M. O'Connell, Suzan Marashi, Derik Stenerson
  • Patent number: 8756500
    Abstract: Dynamic filtering of content in a content feed may be provided. A user interface may be displayed on a computer for presenting different views of content. The user interface may include a title bar for switching between the different views and for displaying notifications. The different views may include content generated by users of the content feed. Content in the different views may be filtered based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the views in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Harris, Erin M. O'Connell, Hayley Lynn Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20130073989
    Abstract: Dynamic filtering of content in a content feed may be provided. A user interface may be displayed on a computer for presenting different views of content. The user interface may include a title bar for switching between the different views and for displaying notifications. The different views may include content generated by users of the content feed. Content in the different views may be filtered based on a type and a priority of the content during the presentation of each of the views in the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew W. Harris, Erin M. O'Connell, Hayley Lynn Steplyk