Patents by Inventor Haoyang Li

Haoyang Li 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).

  • STARTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGE
    Publication number: 20200112669
    Abstract: Techniques for starting an electronic communication based on a captured image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that an image has been captured by a camera on a first mobile device of a first user, where the captured image has been captured by the camera at a point in time, and, in response to detecting that the image has been captured, the computer system identifies at least one other user in the captured image. In some example embodiments, the computer system transmits a message to an electronic destination associated with the other user(s) based on the identifying of the other user(s) in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Szeto, Viet Hung Nguyen, Jingwei Huang, Haowen Ning, Haoyang Li
  • STARTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGE
    Publication number: 20190387155
    Abstract: Techniques for starting an electronic communication based on a captured image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that an image has been captured by a camera on a first mobile device of a first user, where the captured image has been captured by the camera at a point in time, and, in response to detecting that the image has been captured, the computer system identifies at least one other user in the captured image. In some example embodiments, the computer system transmits a message to an electronic destination associated with the other user(s) based on the identifying of the other user(s) in the captured image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Szeto, Viet Hung Nguyen, Jingwei Huang, Haowen Ning, Haoyang Li
  • Starting electronic communication based on captured image
    Patent number: 10511763
    Abstract: Techniques for starting an electronic communication based on a captured image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system detects that an image has been captured by a camera on a first mobile device of a first user, where the captured image has been captured by the camera at a point in time, and, in response to detecting that the image has been captured, the computer system identifies at least one other user in the captured image. In some example embodiments, the computer system transmits a message to an electronic destination associated with the other user(s) based on the identifying of the other user(s) in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Szeto, Viet Hung Nguyen, Jingwei Huang, Haowen Ning, Haoyang Li