Patents by Inventor James Patrick SPOTANSKI

James Patrick SPOTANSKI 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: 11501208
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to providing transition-related assistance during a presentation. One example provides a method comprising, during a rehearsal of a presentation, receiving content of the presentation. Based on the content received, a transition within the presentation is determined via a machine learning model. During a performance of the presentation, the transition is automatically enacted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Patrick Spotanski, Daniel Y. Parish, Tracy ThuyDuyen Tran, Ling Lu, Kiruthika Selvamani, Carlos Esteban Lopez Rivas, Ajitesh Kishore
  • Patent number: 11189283
    Abstract: In a device including a processor and a memory, the memory includes executable instructions that cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving a user input to initiate a conversation session for generating an outline for a writing; generating a voice output asking a question regarding the writing; receiving a voice input from the user responding to the voice output; identifying, based on the received voice input, content of the voice input responding to the voice output; repeating, until a predetermined condition is met, the steps of generating the voice output, receiving the voice input, and identifying the content of the voice input, wherein the question asked via each voice output is generated in response to the content of the voice input responding to the preceding voice output; and generating, based on the content of the voice inputs, the outline for the writing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy ThuyDuyen Tran, Daniel Parish, Ajitesh Kishore, James Patrick Spotanski, Keri Diane Talbot, Kiruthika Selvamani
  • Publication number: 20210103851
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to providing transition-related assistance during a presentation. One example provides a method comprising, during a rehearsal of a presentation, receiving content of the presentation. Based on the content received, a transition within the presentation is determined via a machine learning model. During a performance of the presentation, the transition is automatically enacted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Patrick SPOTANSKI, Daniel Y. PARISH, Tracy ThuyDuyen TRAN, Ling LU, Kiruthika SELVAMANI, Carlos Esteban LOPEZ RIVAS, Ajitesh KISHORE
  • Publication number: 20210082419
    Abstract: In a device including a processor and a memory, the memory includes executable instructions that cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving a user input to initiate a conversation session for generating an outline for a writing; generating a voice output asking a question regarding the writing; receiving a voice input from the user responding to the voice output; identifying, based on the received voice input, content of the voice input responding to the voice output; repeating, until a predetermined condition is met, the steps of generating the voice output, receiving the voice input, and identifying the content of the voice input, wherein the question asked via each voice output is generated in response to the content of the voice input responding to the preceding voice output; and generating, based on the content of the voice inputs, the outline for the writing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy ThuyDuyen TRAN, Daniel PARISH, Ajitesh KISHORE, James Patrick SPOTANSKI, Keri Diane TALBOT, Kiruthika SELVAMANI