Patents by Inventor Jaanus Soots

Jaanus Soots 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: 9641663
    Abstract: Web content is formatted to show an icon adjacent identified phone numbers to enable select-to-call, e.g., click-to-call functionality from within a web platform. The select-to call functionality can enable the user's web platform context to be maintained during the call. In some instances, details associated with the phone number that is called using the select-to call functionality can be retrieved from a database and surfaced to the user, by way of the web platform, to enrich the user's call experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lilian Dearith Rincon, Alok Khanna, Jaanus Soots
  • Publication number: 20170034581
    Abstract: A portion of media content being outputted to a user by a media device is identified as follows. A user input is received from the user at the media device during the outputting of the media content. The user input denotes a current interest in the media content expressed by the user. An identifier of a portion of the media content corresponding to a timing of the user input is identified by the media device. The identifier is for locating associated content information held in a content identification database. In response to the user input, the media device uses the identifier to render accessible, to a secondary device available to the user, the associated content information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Theo Colin Short, Jaanus Soots, Rama Kurvakat, Vijay Ramdas
  • Patent number: 9374446
    Abstract: Web content is formatted to show an icon adjacent identified phone numbers to enable select-to-call, e.g., click-to-call functionality from within a web platform. The web platform can include various web browsers, web applications, and the like. The select-to call functionality can comprise an integral part of the web platform, such as comprising part of the web platform's binary. Alternately, the select-to call functionality can be provided through a web plug-in that is downloaded and incorporated into the web platform. The select-to-call functionality can enable the user's web platform context to be maintained during the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lilian Dearith Rincon, Alok Khanna, Jaanus Soots
  • Publication number: 20140342707
    Abstract: Web content is formatted to show an icon adjacent identified phone numbers to enable select-to-call, e.g., click-to-call functionality from within a web platform. The select-to call functionality can enable the user's web platform context to be maintained during the call. In some instances, details associated with the phone number that is called using the select-to call functionality can be retrieved from a database and surfaced to the user, by way of the web platform, to enrich the user's call experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Lilian Dearith Rincon, Alok Khanna, Jaanus Soots
  • Publication number: 20140341371
    Abstract: Web content is formatted to show an icon adjacent identified phone numbers to enable select-to-call, e.g., click-to-call functionality from within a web platform. The web platform can include various web browsers, web applications, and the like. The select-to call functionality can comprise an integral part of the web platform, such as comprising part of the web platform's binary. Alternately, the select-to call functionality can be provided through a web plug-in that is downloaded and incorporated into the web platform. The select-to-call functionality can enable the user's web platform context to be maintained during the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Lilian Dearith Rincon, Alok Khanna, Jaanus Soots