Patents by Inventor Hayley Steplyk

Hayley Steplyk 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: 11468707
    Abstract: Techniques of automatic image classification and modification in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning an inbox on email servers for emails containing image files. Upon detecting that an email in the inbox contains an image file, the method includes retrieving an identification photo of a user from a data store. The method also includes determining, via facial recognition, whether the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user based on the retrieved identification photo. In response to determining that the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user, a metadata value is inserted into the image file indicating that the image file contains at least a partial image of the user before the image file is stored in the inbox on the one or more email servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen Rae Thompson, Hayley Steplyk, Joseph Patrick Masterson
  • Patent number: 10757059
    Abstract: Various parts of email content or entire emails may be recalled or modified after delivery through the use of links to cloud-storage, where the various parts of the email content may be stored. Different notification and modification methods may be employed to modify delivered content even after it is rendered for a recipient. While recipients may have a latest version of the email content, senders may be enabled to see a version history of changes in delivered email content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zohaib Ali, Yamin Wang, Elena Catrinescu, Joseph Marcus, Michael Brickman, Hayley Steplyk, Eduardo Melo
  • Patent number: 10725622
    Abstract: An attachment control to manage attachments in a conversation is provided. An application such as a communication application displays a conversation of grouped messages in response to a detection of a selection of a message summary associated with one of the grouped messages. An attachment control is generated to manage identified attachments in the grouped messages. The attachment control is displayed in proximity to the conversation. An attachment drop down menu that includes a listing of the attachments is displayed in response to an activation of the attachment control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, Hayley Steplyk
  • Patent number: 10650085
    Abstract: An interactive preview of a content within a communication is provided. An application such as a communication application retrieves metadata of a content from a content provider, in response to a detection of an insertion of a link of the content into a message. An interactive preview of the content is generated based on the metadata. The interactive preview provides actions to manage the interactive preview and the content. The interactive preview is inserted into the message in proximity to the link. Custom operations associated with the actions are executed in response to a transmission of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, Rebecca Lawler, Hayley Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20190394157
    Abstract: Various parts of email content or entire emails may be recalled or modified after delivery through the use of links to cloud-storage, where the various parts of the email content may be stored. Different notification and modification methods may be employed to modify delivered content even after it is rendered for a recipient. While recipients may have a latest version of the email content, senders may be enabled to see a version history of changes in delivered email content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Zohaib ALI, Yamin WANG, Elena CATRINESCU, Joseph MARCUS, Michael BRICKMAN, Hayley STEPLYK, Eduardo MELO
  • Patent number: 10474428
    Abstract: Parsed attachments from email communications may be sorted. In some examples, an application, such as an email processing application, may display email summaries associated with emails within an email summary view of the email application interface. A selected email associated with a selected email summary may be displayed in an email view. The email processing application may identify one or more attachments within the emails. Attachment summaries associated with the one or more attachments may be displayed within an attachment summary view of the email application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Russell Lee Simpson, Jr., Ilya Smirnov, Paul Limont, Kip Fern, Jason Cook, Elena Catrinescu, Hayley Steplyk, David Meyers
  • Publication number: 20190324604
    Abstract: An attachment control to manage attachments in a conversation is provided. An application such as a communication application displays a conversation of grouped messages in response to a detection of a selection of a message summary associated with one of the grouped messages. An attachment control is generated to manage identified attachments in the grouped messages. The attachment control is displayed in proximity to the conversation. An attachment drop down menu that includes a listing of the attachments is displayed in response to an activation of the attachment control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joey MASTERSON, Kenneth FERN, David Paul LIMONT, Hayley STEPLYK
  • Patent number: 10447639
    Abstract: Various parts of email content or entire emails may be recalled or modified after delivery through the use of links to cloud-storage, where the various parts of the email content may be stored. Different notification and modification methods may be employed to modify delivered content even after it is rendered for a recipient. While recipients may have a latest version of the email content, senders may be enabled to see a version history of changes in delivered email content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zohaib Ali, Yamin Wang, Elena Catrinescu, Joseph Marcus, Michael Brickman, Hayley Steplyk, Eduardo Melo
  • Patent number: 10379702
    Abstract: An attachment control to manage attachments in a conversation is provided. An application such as a communication application displays a conversation of grouped messages in response to a detection of a selection of a message summary associated with one of the grouped messages. An attachment control is generated to manage identified attachments in the grouped messages. The attachment control is displayed in proximity to the conversation. An attachment drop down menu that includes a listing of the attachments is displayed in response to an activation of the attachment control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, Hayley Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20190244012
    Abstract: Techniques of automatic image classification and modification in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes scanning an inbox on email servers for emails containing image files. Upon detecting that an email in the inbox contains an image file, the method includes retrieving an identification photo of a user from a data store. The method also includes determining, via facial recognition, whether the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user based on the retrieved identification photo. In response to determining that the image file in the email contains at least a partial image of the user, a metadata value is inserted into the image file indicating that the image file contains at least a partial image of the user before the image file is stored in the inbox on the one or more email servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Kathleen Rae Thompson, Hayley Steplyk, Joseph Patrick Masterson
  • Publication number: 20180136829
    Abstract: Correlation of tasks, documents, and communications is provided. In some examples, one or more tasks may be associated with a document when the document is generated, an existing document, or a document attached to a communication. The tasks may be presented to users through a user interface (UI) of an application associated with the document, a UI of the communication application providing the communication, or a separate task management application. Users may be allowed to track, close, or otherwise edit the tasks. Users may also create new tasks associated with a document that already has tasks associated with it. The tasks may be persisted with the document and alerts or reminders associated with one or more tasks across multiple documents may be provided to select users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Shahil Soni, Alexander W. Darrow, Joseph Masterson, Hayley Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20170099246
    Abstract: Various parts of email content or entire entails may be recalled or modified after delivery through the use of links to cloud-storage, where the various parts of the email content may be stored. Different notification and modification methods may be employed to modify delivered content even after it is rendered for a recipient. While recipients may have a latest version of the email content, senders may be enabled to see a version history of changes in delivered email content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Zohaib Ali, Yamin Wang, Elena Catrinescu, Joseph Marcus, Michael Brickman, Hayley Steplyk, Eduardo Melo
  • Publication number: 20170097808
    Abstract: Parsed attachments from email communications may be sorted. In some examples, an application, such as an email processing application, may display email summaries associated with emails within an email summary view of the email application interface. A selected email associated with a selected email summary may be displayed in an email view. The email processing application may identify one or more attachments within the emails. Attachment summaries associated with the one or more attachments may be displayed within an attachment summary view of the email application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Russell Lee Simpson, JR., IIya Smirnov, Paul Limont, Kip Fern, Jason Cook, Elena Catrinescu, Hayley Steplyk, David Meyers
  • Publication number: 20170090705
    Abstract: Conversation and version control is provided for objects in communications. An application, such as a communication application, identifies attachments within communications in response to an input to display attachment summaries associated with the attachments. The attachment summaries are displayed in a summary view. In response to an action on one of the attachment summaries, attachment management elements and an attachment associated with the attachment summary is displayed in an attachment view. The attachment management elements include operations to present information associated with the attachment, the communications associated with the attachment, versions of the attachment, and participants associated with the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kip Fern, Joey Masterson, Alex Darrow, Hayley Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20160283051
    Abstract: An attachment control to manage attachments in a conversation is provided. An application such as a communication application displays a conversation of grouped messages in response to a detection of a selection of a message summary associated with one of the grouped messages. An attachment control is generated to manage identified attachments in the grouped messages. The attachment control is displayed in proximity to the conversation. An attachment drop down menu that includes a listing of the attachments is displayed in response to an activation of the attachment control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, Hayley Steplyk
  • Publication number: 20160283447
    Abstract: An interactive preview of a content within a communication is provided. An application such as a communication application retrieves metadata of a content from a content provider, in response to a detection of an insertion of a link of the content into a message. An interactive preview of the content is generated based on the metadata. The interactive preview provides actions to manage the interactive preview and the content. The interactive preview is inserted into the message in proximity to the link. Custom operations associated with the actions are executed in response to a transmission of the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Kenneth Fern, Rebecca Lawler, Hayley Steplyk