Patents by Inventor Evan J. Gridley

Evan J. Gridley 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).

  • Natural language personal information management
    Patent number: 8423347
    Abstract: A PIM application provides a single page natural language interface for entering and managing PIM data. The natural language interface may receive a natural language entry as a text character string. The entry may be associated with a task, calendar, contact or other PIM data type. The received entries are processed (for example, parsed) to determine the PIM data type and other information. The original entry is not discarded from the natural language interface as a result of processing. After processing one or more received natural language entries, the entries remain in the natural language interface to be viewed and managed. The entry is maintained so it can be managed with other natural language entries provided in the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian R. Tunning, Evan J. Gridley
  • Natural language personal information management
    Publication number: 20070282595
    Abstract: A PIM application provides a single page natural language interface for entering and managing PIM data. The natural language interface may receive a natural language entry as a text character string. The entry may be associated with a task, calendar, contact or other PIM data type. The received entries are processed (for example, parsed) to determine the PIM data type and other information. The original entry is not discarded from the natural language interface as a result of processing. After processing one or more received natural language entries, the entries remain in the natural language interface to be viewed and managed. The entry is maintained so it can be managed with other natural language entries provided in the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian R. Tunning, Evan J. Gridley