Patents by Inventor Gerald Haslhofer

Gerald Haslhofer 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: 11803415
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that leverage existing information displayed or presented to a user by an app without requiring the integration of new libraries or requiring a user to use a specific app. Rather, methods and systems presented herein identify a task, select an app or multiple apps capable of performing the task, obtain information that may be required by the app or apps, determine a contextual understanding of what is displayed by the selected app or apps, and finally generate and automate the interaction with the app or apps such that the interaction with the app or apps is handled by an automation agent, allowing a user to stay focused on one or more tasks that the user needs to accomplish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Micheal Dunn, Gerald Haslhofer, Timothy C. Franklin, Nabeei Shahzad, Aarohi Arora, Deyuan Ke, Valentina I. Strachan
  • Publication number: 20230033622
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for generating searchable data structures using observational context data are provided. An indication to process observational context data surfaced by a local computing device may be received. The observational context data may comprise display data or audio data. The observational context data may be processed by a context analysis engine. A determination may be made of a current context type occurring on the local computing device. The current context type may be determined from a plurality of context types, each having a semantic data structure comprising a unique set of entity types. A canvas comprising a searchable data structure of the current context type may be generated and populated with objects having entity types corresponding to the current context type. A displayable representation of the canvas may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shrey Nitin SHAH, Timothy Christopher FRANKLIN, Gerald HASLHOFER, Bryan John MILLER, Nabeel SHAHZAD, Eric ANDERSON, Bharath CHELUVARAJU
  • Publication number: 20220353306
    Abstract: An intelligent agent may assume a ghost presence in a meeting on behalf of a non-participant, monitor data communications between participants of the meeting, and identify appropriate triggers or events relating to the non-participant. For example, the agent may detect questions directed at the non-participant or that the non-participant has the knowledge to answer. The non-participant may be auto-summoned with respect to the meeting when the events relating to the non-participant are identified. The auto-summoning may be performed by communicating information about identified event to the non-participant, for example in real-time. The communication about the identified event may be transmitted over any of a variety of communication channels or modalities, including instant message chat, SMS, phone call, establishing a video call, or pager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ryen W. WHITE, Gerald HASLHOFER
  • Publication number: 20220353304
    Abstract: An intelligent agent may assume a ghost presence in a meeting on behalf of a non-participant, monitor data communications between participants of the meeting, and identify appropriate triggers or events relating to the non-participant. For example, the agent may detect questions directed at the non-participant or that the non-participant has the knowledge to answer. The non-participant may be auto-summoned with respect to the meeting when the events relating to the non-participant are identified. The auto-summoning may be performed by communicating information about identified event to the non-participant, for example in real-time. The communication about the identified event may be transmitted over any of a variety of communication channels or modalities, including instant message chat, SMS, phone call, establishing a video call, or pager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ryen W. WHITE, Gerald HASLHOFER
  • Publication number: 20210303342
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided that leverage existing information displayed or presented to a user by an app without requiring the integration of new libraries or requiring a user to use a specific app. Rather, methods and systems presented herein identify a task, select an app or multiple apps capable of performing the task, obtain information that may be required by the app or apps, determine a contextual understanding of what is displayed by the selected app or apps, and finally generate and automate the interaction with the app or apps such that the interaction with the app or apps is handled by an automation agent, allowing a user to stay focused on one or more tasks that the user needs to accomplish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Micheal DUNN, Gerald HASLHOFER, Timothy C. FRANKLIN, Nabeel SHAHZAD, Aarohi ARORA, Deyuan KE, Valentina I. STRACHAN
  • Patent number: 10423406
    Abstract: A statement in a software code segment for an application that associates the software code segment to a feature is identified. The software code segment includes a first code block and a second code block for the feature. A feature configuration for the feature is read from a manifest that lists a set of features in the application. When a staging option corresponds to a first staging option, the statement is evaluated against the staging option to remove one of the first code block and the second code block in executable code. When the staging option corresponds to a second staging option, the first software code block and the second code block are included in the executable code. The first code block and the second code block are configurable at runtime to be selected or not selected. The first version or the second version of the executable code are output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Novak, Sivaramakrishna Mopati, Gerald Haslhofer, Marc Wautier
  • Publication number: 20190065179
    Abstract: A statement in a software code segment for an application that associates the software code segment to a feature is identified. The software code segment includes a first code block and a second code block for the feature. A feature configuration for the feature is read from a manifest that lists a set of features in the application. When a staging option corresponds to a first staging option, the statement is evaluated against the staging option to remove one of the first code block and the second code block in executable code. When the staging option corresponds to a second staging option, the first software code block and the second code block are included in the executable code. The first code block and the second code block are configurable at runtime to be selected or not selected. The first version or the second version of the executable code are output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Michael J. NOVAK, Sivaramakrishna MOPATI, Gerald HASLHOFER, Marc WAUTIER
  • Patent number: 9560128
    Abstract: The use of logic for routing data. Metadata that is associated with data residing on a first computing system is sent to at least a second computing system. The metadata is structured so that when interpreted by the second system, the second system provides an appearance that the data is local. The first system then receives a communication from the second computing system, demonstrating that a user has interacted with the appearance of data on the second system. Logic may be applied to determine how and when to send the data to the second system. Based on the determination made by applying logic, the data is sent to the second system in a manner that is associated with the identifier for the entire data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Novak, Dileep Kumar, Gerald Haslhofer, Yu Fan Vincent Chen, Shrey Shah
  • Publication number: 20160021175
    Abstract: The use of logic for routing data. Metadata that is associated with data residing on a first computing system is sent to at least a second computing system. The metadata is structured so that when interpreted by the second system, the second system provides an appearance that the data is local. The first system then receives a communication from the second computing system, demonstrating that a user has interacted with the appearance of data on the second system. Logic may be applied to determine how and when to send the data to the second system. Based on the determination made by applying logic, the data is sent to the second system in a manner that is associated with the identifier for the entire data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Michael John Novak, Dileep Kumar, Gerald Haslhofer, Yu Fan Vincent Chen, Shrey Shah