Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Tsukahara

Hiroshi Tsukahara 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: 11973735
    Abstract: Technologies are described related to communication interfaces for wearable devices. User experience with wearable devices may be enhanced through tailored views for communications, calendar items, actions associated with those, where the views and presentations may be dynamically selected and adjusted based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Smart notifications and user-friendly note taking functionality may be enabled also based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Other scenarios may be unlocked based on proximity and/or sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Gary Caldwell, Gautam Kedia, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ned Bearer Friend, Zachary Kahn
  • Patent number: 11755174
    Abstract: Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kumar, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Brian T. Carver, Margaret R. Clinton, Elona Tuomi, Jiang Wan
  • Patent number: 11669222
    Abstract: Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kumar, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Brian T. Carver, Margaret R. Clinton, Elona Tuomi, Jiang Wan
  • Patent number: 11275486
    Abstract: Restructuring a view of messages based on configurable persistence is provided. An application such as a communication application displays summaries of messages within a summary pane of a messaging user interface (UI). The messages include emails. An action is detected to reorder one of the summaries on a top location of a date section of the summary pane. Reorder options are displayed to identify a reorder time of the summary. A selection of one of the reorder options is detected as the reorder time. The summary is relocated to the top location of the date section of the summary pane to display the first summary at the top location of the date section during the reorder time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ned Bearer Friend
  • Publication number: 20210377204
    Abstract: Technologies are described related to communication interfaces for wearable devices. User experience with wearable devices may be enhanced through tailored views for communications, calendar items, actions associated with those, where the views and presentations may be dynamically selected and adjusted based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Smart notifications and user-friendly note taking functionality may be enabled also based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Other scenarios may be unlocked based on proximity and/or sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Vignesh SACHIDANANDAM, Gary CALDWELL, Gautam KEDIA, Hiroshi TSUKAHARA, Ned Bearer FRIEND, Zachary KAHN
  • Patent number: 11121999
    Abstract: Technologies are described related to communication interfaces for wearable devices. User experience with wearable devices may be enhanced through tailored views for communications, calendar items, actions associated with those, where the views and presentations may be dynamically selected and adjusted based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Smart notifications and user-friendly note taking, functionality may be enabled also based on context, user, location, and device capabilities. Other scenarios may be unlocked based on proximity and/or sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Gary Caldwell, Gautam Kedia, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ned Bearer Friend, Zachary Kahn
  • Patent number: 10990361
    Abstract: Implementations of customizable graphical user interfaces for data management in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one example, a computer application is executed on a computing device to provide a graphical user interface having a background containing multiple interface regions separate from one another and individually having a corresponding data source. Upon receiving a command from a user, the executed computer application can customize the graphical user interface by modifying a size, a relative placement, a data source, or a format of one or more of the multiple interface regions in accordance with the command from the user, and thus allowing customization of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Caitlin Kehoe Hart, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Eric Wesley Mercer, Mirela Dal Col Silva Correa, Elizabeth Marie Parker, Anna Jo McMahon, John Charles Lorenz, Justin Pae, Teslim Abiodun Alabi, Christa Annette Keizer
  • Publication number: 20210096701
    Abstract: Restructuring a view of messages based on configurable persistence is provided. An application such as a communication application displays summaries of messages within a summary pane of a messaging user interface (UI). The messages include emails. An action is detected to reorder one of the summaries on a top location of a date section of the summary pane. Reorder options are displayed to identify a reorder time of the summary. A selection of one of the reorder options is detected as the reorder time. The summary is relocated to the top location of the date section of the summary pane to display the first summary at the top location of the date section during the reorder time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Vignesh SACHIDANANDAM, Hiroshi TSUKAHARA, Ned Bearer FRIEND
  • Publication number: 20210034203
    Abstract: Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Michael J. KUMAR, Hiroshi TSUKAHARA, Brian T. CARVER, Margaret R. CLINTON, Elona TUOMI, Jiang WAN
  • Patent number: 10895956
    Abstract: Restructuring a view of messages based on configurable persistence is provided. An application such as a communication application displays summaries of messages within a summary pane of a messaging user interface (UI). The messages include emails. An action is detected to reorder one of the summaries on a top location of a date section of the summary pane. Reorder options are displayed to identify a reorder time of the summary. A selection of one of the reorder options is detected as the reorder time. The summary is relocated to the top location of the date section of the summary pane to display the first summary at the top location of the date section during the reorder time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ned Bearer Friend
  • Patent number: 10838584
    Abstract: Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kumar, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Brian T. Carver, Margaret R. Clinton, Elona Tuomi, Jiang Wan
  • Publication number: 20190349324
    Abstract: A rich preview of a communication in a communication summary is provided. A communication application analyzes a communication to identify relevant items within the communication. A communication summary of the communication is created with the relevant items. Next, the communication summary is presented with the relevant items. Interaction elements are also provided to manage a presentation of the relevant items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Ned Bearer FRIEND, March ROGERS, Hiroshi TSUKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10412029
    Abstract: A rich preview of a communication in a communication summary is provided. A communication application analyzes a communication to identify relevant items within the communication. A communication summary of the communication is created with the relevant items. Next, the communication summary is presented with the relevant items. Interaction elements are also provided to manage a presentation of the relevant items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ned Bearer Friend, March Rogers, Hiroshi Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10356031
    Abstract: Prioritized and categorized presentation of incoming communications is provided based on characteristics of the communications such as sender, recipients, subject, body content, recipient's past interactions, and similar ones. User or administrator defined explicit rules and configurations may be taken into consideration along with analysis results of incoming communication attributes and user history in determining a category and a priority level for the incoming communication. The incoming communication may then be presented according to the determined category and priority level along with tools for the recipient to modify automatic determinations and otherwise interact with the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vignesh Sachidanandam, Ned Bearer Friend, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Peter Loren Engrav, Scott Stiles
  • Publication number: 20190005458
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating suggested calendar events within an electronic calendar. One system includes an electronic processor configured to access a plurality of data records associated with a user and generate and output an electronic calendar of the user, the electronic calendar including a representation of at least one of the plurality of calendar events. The electronic processor is also configured to determine a suggested calendar event for the user and generate and output a representation of the suggested calendar event within the electronic calendar. The electronic processor is also configured to, in response to the user accepting the suggested calendar event, add a data record for the suggested calendar event to the plurality of data records associated with the user and generate and output an updated version of the electronic calendar of the user based on the plurality of data records.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Sri Ramya MALLIPUDI, Hiroshi TSUKAHARA, Vignesh SACHIDANANDAM, Ned B. FRIEND, Peter L. ENGRAV
  • Publication number: 20180225284
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus 1 comprises: a dictionary DB 15 storing categories of constituents and storing information representing a semantic interpretation, the dictionary DB 15 containing as the categories the category of object and the category of spatial location; a morphological parser 22 for performing morphological parsing of an inputted sentence; a tree structure generator 23 for, with reference to information stored in the dictionary DB 15, providing categories and lambda expressions of constituents each consisting of a morpheme or a bundle of neighboring morphemes obtained by the morphological parser 22, generating a tree structure in which the categories are hierarchically put together by combining neighboring categories in accordance with a predetermined function application rule, and generating a lambda expression representing the sentence; and a hierarchical structure generator 24 for generating a hierarchical structure in which atomic categories of the tree structure are set as nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tsukahara, Ichiro Kobayashi, Akari Inago
  • Patent number: 10013664
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein facilitate the use of the primary work queue within an information management application as a centralized access point for creating and viewing multiple types of new draft items such as a note, to-do, or message item. An information management application can receive a new item request through its user interface and initiate a new draft item in response to the new item request. A view of new draft item can then be surfaced in a primary work queue of the information management application. The item type of the new draft item may be different than other item types in the primary work queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Teresa Thomas, Matthias Baer, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Marcos David Marin Amador, Tony Liang, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Matthew Wood
  • Publication number: 20180121881
    Abstract: Template based calendar events with graphic enrichment are provided. In some examples, upon receiving a request to create a calendar event, an event creation prompt may be presented. The prompt may include an event template selection element comprising visual aids, such as icons or emojis, that each represent different event templates for selection. Upon receiving a visual aid selection, information associated with the user requesting the calendar event may be retrieved based on the selected visual aid to infer one or more aspects of the requested event such as title, timing, and location. A suggested event with the inferred aspects may be presented to the user and upon receiving confirmation and/or modification, the suggested or modified event may be added to the user's calendar. Some events may be presented with a visual background such as an image or graphics on the calendar for prompt recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kumar, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Brian T. Carver, Margaret R. Clinton, Elona Tuomi, Jiang Wan
  • Publication number: 20180107987
    Abstract: A meeting service with meeting time and location optimization is described. In some examples, organizer and attendee behaviors may be analyzed and used as contextual factors in computing ranking scores for potential meeting times. To optimize a meeting for the attendees (including the organizer), potential meeting times and locations may be ranked based on weighted coefficients for the factors that are used in ranking such as attendee schedules, preferences, meeting type, location attributes, attendee preferences for locations, and extraneous factors such as events and other happenings that may impact availability or access of attendees as well as meeting locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Daniel MacKenzie, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Sebastian Bengochea, Philipp Cannons
  • Publication number: 20180039955
    Abstract: Variety of approaches to provide time polling are described. A calendar application initiates operations to provide meeting time polling upon processing an availability information associated with a meeting organizer and/or a meeting invitee to provide suggested timeslot(s). Selected timeslot(s) are received as a selection from the suggested timeslot(s) by the meeting organizer. The selected timeslots are transmitted to the meeting invitee for prompting the meeting invitee for a vote. Next, voted timeslots are received as a selection from the selected timeslot(s) by the meeting invite. The voted timeslot(s) are provided to the meeting organizer for prompting the meeting organizer to finalize the meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Daniel MacKenzie, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Philipp Cannons