Patents by Inventor James Francis Gilsinan
James Francis Gilsinan 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).
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Patent number: 11218565Abstract: A primary virtual assistant and local virtual assistant herein can provide secondary information, including, without limitation, user-specific information, without having direct access to such information. For example, a user may invoke a secondary virtual assistant, through the local virtual assistant connected to a primary virtual assistant system. This invocation may be sent through the primary virtual assistant to the third party provider, i.e., the secondary virtual assistant. The secondary virtual assistant has access to the secondary information, for example, email, calendars, other types of information specifically associated with the user or learned from past user actions while this information is not directly available to the primary virtual assistant. This secondary information is then provided to the local virtual assistant in response to the invocation to be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Lisa Stifelman, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, Karl Rolando Henderson, Jr., Robert Juan Miller, Nikhil Rajkumar Jain, Hanjiang Zhou, Oliver Scholz, Hisami Suzuki
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Publication number: 20210126985Abstract: A primary virtual assistant and local virtual assistant herein can provide secondary information, including, without limitation, user-specific information, without having direct access to such information. For example, a user may invoke a secondary virtual assistant, through the local virtual assistant connected to a primary virtual assistant system. This invocation may be sent through the primary virtual assistant to the third party provider, i.e., the secondary virtual assistant. The secondary virtual assistant has access to the secondary information, for example, email, calendars, other types of information specifically associated with the user or learned from past user actions while this information is not directly available to the primary virtual assistant. This secondary information is then provided to the local virtual assistant in response to the invocation to be provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Alice Jane Bernheim BRUSH, Lisa STIFELMAN, James Francis GILSINAN, IV, Karl Rolando HENDERSON, JR., Robert Juan MILLER, Nikhil Rajkumar JAIN, Hanjiang ZHOU, Oliver SCHOLZ, Hisami SUZUKI
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Patent number: 10594839Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help improve virtual assistant systems by providing dynamic, customizable deployment groups for virtual assistant software features. Users, such as software developers, can deploy and remove software packages from different groups, and precisely define the members in any number of different deployment groups that can access the deployed virtual assistant software.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Dorrene Brown, David Brett, Adarsh Sridhar, Yujia Liu, Eugeniya Salatovka, James Francis Gilsinan, IV
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Publication number: 20180332141Abstract: Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help improve virtual assistant systems by providing dynamic, customizable deployment groups for virtual assistant software features. Users, such as software developers, can deploy and remove software packages from different groups, and precisely define the members in any number of different deployment groups that can access the deployed virtual assistant software.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Dorrene Brown, David Brett, Adarsh Sridhar, Yujia Liu, Eugeniya Salatovka, James Francis Gilsinan, IV
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Patent number: 9619554Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing query-completion suggestions configured to be searched against vertical information domains in response to receiving a general web search query are provided. At least a portion of a general web search query is received. As the portion of the general web search query is received, query-completion suggestions are determined as is a likely primary intent associated with at least a portion of the determined query-completion suggestions. If the likely primary intent associated with a particular query-completion suggestion is for information associated with a particular vertical information domain other than the general web domain, the query-completion suggestion is provided such that selection thereof causes searching of the query-completion suggestion against the particular information domain for search results.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Xin Liu, Nitin Agrawal, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, James B. Lawson, Brian Whalen MacDonald, Mairéad Áine O'Donovan, Kimberly M. Vlcek, Nipoon Malhotra
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Publication number: 20130117297Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing query-completion suggestions configured to be searched against vertical information domains in response to receiving a general web search query are provided. At least a portion of a general web search query is received. As the portion of the general web search query is received, query-completion suggestions are determined as is a likely primary intent associated with at least a portion of the determined query-completion suggestions. If the likely primary intent associated with a particular query-completion suggestion is for information associated with a particular vertical information domain other than the general web domain, the query-completion suggestion is provided such that selection thereof causes searching of the query-completion suggestion against the particular information domain for search results.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: XIN LIU, NITIN AGRAWAL, JAMES FRANCIS GILSINAN, IV, JAMES B. LAWSON, BRIAN WHALEN MACDONALD, MAIRÉAD ÁINE O'DONOVAN, KIMBERLY M. VLCEK, NIPOON MALHOTRA
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Patent number: 7640213Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system includes one or more components to coordinate and manage a plurality of services offered by multiple service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers subscribing to such services. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services in order to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events for currency and non-currency resources.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan
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Publication number: 20090024522Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system includes one or more components to coordinate and manage a plurality of services offered by multiple service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers subscribing to such services. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services in order to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events for currency and non-currency resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, IV, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan
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Patent number: 7418426Abstract: The subject innovation relates to a system and/or methodology that provides an automated and dynamically responsive infrastructure to support online subscription services. The system coordinates and manages services offered by service providers. This can include automatically creating and managing billing accounts for customers. At least one engine is provided to process multiple rules in response to subscription events that occur in connection with the services to facilitate service delivery. At least one rating processor is provided to process multiple rating rules in response to subscription events.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Philip Peter Reunert, Jun Yin, Brett Adam Tanzer, Naveen Kachroo, Bharat Shyam, Darren Mitchell, Michael T. Daly, Todd D. Ostermeir, James Francis Gilsinan, David John Brennan, Carol R. Rall, Ram Viswanathan, Murali R. Krishnan