Patents by Inventor Frank Bruce Shearar

Frank Bruce Shearar 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).

  • Digital assistant for emergency calling
    Patent number: 11240366
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used for providing a location of a device during an emergency communication. These systems and methods may include operations (e.g., performed by a processor), including detecting that an emergency service call has been started at the device, and initiating a digital assistant in response to detecting that the emergency service call has been started. The systems and methods may include operations including parsing audio during the emergency service call to determine a request for location information, and providing audio, by the digital assistant during the emergency service call, indicating a location based on location information determined at the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Amer Aref Hassan, Gareth L. E. Bridges, Frank Bruce Shearar
  • DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR EMERGENCY CALLING
    Publication number: 20210243294
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used for providing a location of a device during an emergency communication. These systems and methods may include operations (e.g., performed by a processor), including detecting that an emergency service call has been started at the device, and initiating a digital assistant in response to detecting that the emergency service call has been started. The systems and methods may include operations including parsing audio during the emergency service call to determine a request for location information, and providing audio, by the digital assistant during the emergency service call, indicating a location based on location information determined at the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Amer Aref Hassan, Gareth L.E. Bridges, Frank Bruce Shearar
  • ADDRESS RELIABILITY AND AUGMENTATION FOR EMERGENCY TEXT
    Publication number: 20210243301
    Abstract: Systems and methods may be used for providing an emergency text service via a mobile device. These systems and methods may include receiving an indication that an emergency text service has been started at the mobile device, generating a user interface component for entry of a location by a user, and receiving, via the user interface component, location information entered by the user. The systems and methods may include separately determining a probable location of the mobile device without user input and sending, in a single emergency communication, both the location information entered by the user and the probable location of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Frank Bruce Shearar, Amer Aref Hassan, David Anthony Lickorish