Patents by Inventor Helen Harmetz

Helen Harmetz 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).

  • Publication number: 20220334691
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a virtual commute experience system. In some examples, the virtual commute experience includes receiving a plurality of information from one or more different programs; in response to a trigger event, launching a virtual commute experience; in response to the launch of the virtual commute experience, displaying a first portion of the plurality of information from the one or more different programs; receiving a first user interaction; in response to receiving the first user interaction, displaying a second portion of the plurality of information; receiving a second user interaction; outputting a prompt to continue or end the virtual commute experience; and in response to receiving a response to the prompt to end the virtual commute experience, pausing notifications generated by one or more different programs via the user interface until another trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Leanna Holly ROBB, Sandeep SERI, Wendy GUO, Charu KWATRA, Shruti PODDAR, Helen HARMETZ, Chelly Ashley JIN
  • Publication number: 20210096881
    Abstract: This document relates to a process for deploying devices and automatically provisioning the devices to connect to a managed network upon powering on with minimal user involvement. Upon deployment of the device to an end point, a record can be established in a management server regarding the device, which can associate device specifications with a deployment profile to be used in provisioning the device. Upon powering on of the device at the end point, the device can automatically perform attestation with the management server, which can then provision the device according to the deployment profile without additional user intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Perlman, Yanan Zhang, Manoj Jain, Helen Harmetz, Hung M. Dang, Michael Sean Kirby, Abigail Christine Motley, Padmanabhan Vasu, William Saunders Jack, III
  • Publication number: 20200334640
    Abstract: A system and method for updating calendar data is described. A server accesses calendar data for a user account. The server identifies a plurality of available time slots from the calendar data based on identifying a plurality of contiguous available time slots within a preset time range and within a preset date range. Each contiguous available time slot has a duration of at least a preset number of consecutive hours. The server generates an inquiry email that indicates the plurality of available time slots. The server communicates the inquiry email to the user account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Anupama Challa, Nagendra Kalyan Nanduru, Kamal Janardhan, Helen Harmetz, Sourabh Chandak, Jiaming Wang, Soyeon Park, Jessica Hoang, Sandeep Seri, Chung Heong Gooi, Rajarshi Ray