Patents by Inventor Hauke Gentzkow

Hauke Gentzkow 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: 10559297
    Abstract: A computing device and method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor executing instructions to identify a plurality of discrete textual data elements included in the textual information, map each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements to an audio data element, generate an implicit audio narration including the audio data element mapped to each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements and at least one of an audible tone and a pause between audio data elements mapped to at least two of the plurality of discrete textual data elements, and output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, David Lu, Hauke Gentzkow, Allen L. Ussher
  • Publication number: 20180151173
    Abstract: A computing device and method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor executing instructions to identify a plurality of discrete textual data elements included in the textual information, map each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements to an audio data element, generate an implicit audio narration including the audio data element mapped to each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements and at least one of an audible tone and a pause between audio data elements mapped to at least two of the plurality of discrete textual data elements, and output the implicit audio narration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Harris, David Lu, Hauke Gentzkow, Allen L. Ussher
  • Publication number: 20130127738
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to dynamically scaling a mapping between a touch sensor and a display screen. One disclosed embodiment provides a method including setting a first user interface mapping that maps an area of the touch sensor to a first area of the display screen, receiving a user input from the user input device that changes a user interaction context of the user interface, and in response to the user input, setting a second user interface mapping that maps the area of the touch sensor to a second area of the display screen. The method further comprises providing to the display device an output of a user interface image representing the user input at a location based on the second user interface mapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael C. Miller, Mark Schwesinger, Hauke Gentzkow, Bryon Ashley, Jon Harris, Richard Hanks, Anthony John Grant, Raman Sarin
  • Patent number: 8341537
    Abstract: Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of the selectable elements, a graphical symbol is output in the user interface that indicates a delay of a user-specified amount of time before additional content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke A. Gentzkow
  • Patent number: 8095434
    Abstract: A facility for summarizing a set of data points each having a geographic location is described. The facility specifies the display of a map showing a geographic area the specified by a user. The facility identifies a number of geographic regions in the geographic area that are of a type that is automatically selected by the facility in response to the identity of the geographic area. The map indicates, for a least one of the identified geographic regions, information that summarizes one or more aspects of the data points of the set that have geographic locations contained in the identified geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Zillow, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy W. Puttick, William M. Lewis, John K. Burroughs, Hauke A. Gentzkow, Steven F. Stein
  • Publication number: 20070204239
    Abstract: Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke Gentzkow