Patents by Inventor Janet Longhurst

Janet Longhurst 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: 11803704
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of intelligently updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L Demaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Patent number: 11438227
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of iteratively updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Publication number: 20210097233
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of intelligently updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh PURANDARE, Janet LONGHURST, Tejas Pravin MEHTA, Wenvi HIDAYAT, John L. DEMARIS, Dieter P. JANSEN, Mary Ellen ARNDT
  • Patent number: 10867128
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of intelligently updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Publication number: 20200374185
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of iteratively updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Patent number: 10742500
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of iteratively updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Patent number: 10540620
    Abstract: In one example, an activity feed server may describe events in a project by collecting events from across multiple services into an activity feed personalized to the user. The activity feed server may store an event set describing activities related to the project. The activity feed server may rank a mature event set from the event set of events older than a period matching a processing delay based on a relevance weighting for a user to generate a curated event list. The activity feed server may queue a recent event set of events younger than the processing delay in chronological order to generate a recent event list. The activity feed server may generate an event list having the curated event list and the recent event list. The activity feed server may send the activity feed having the event list to a client device for presentation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Torres, John DeMaris, Janet Longhurst, Yimin Wu, Jeremy Mazner, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Nicholas Anthony Buelich, II, Nikita Voronkov, Adam Ford
  • Publication number: 20190089581
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of iteratively updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Publication number: 20190079909
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of intelligently updating a collaboration site or a template that may be used to create a new collaboration site. The collaboration site or the template may be updated to include new features based on (e.g., based at least in part on) a likelihood that the new features will be valuable to users. The likelihood that new features will be valuable to the users may be determined (e.g., derived) using heuristics, machine learning, intelligent user experiences, and/or an understanding of user behavior gathered by a service that provides the collaboration site or the template. The likelihood may be compared to a likelihood threshold to determine whether the collaboration site or the template is to be updated. In accordance with this example, the update may be made if the likelihood is greater than or equal to the likelihood threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sooraj Ashutosh Purandare, Janet Longhurst, Tejas Pravin Mehta, Wenvi Hidayat, John L. DeMaris, Dieter P. Jansen, Mary Ellen Arndt
  • Publication number: 20180121849
    Abstract: In one example, an activity feed server may describe events in a project by collecting events from across multiple services into an activity feed personalized to the user. The activity feed server may store an event set describing activities related to the project. The activity feed server may rank a mature event set from the event set of events older than a period matching a processing delay based on a relevance weighting for a user to generate a curated event list. The activity feed server may queue a recent event set of events younger than the processing delay in chronological order to generate a recent event list. The activity feed server may generate an event list having the curated event list and the recent event list. The activity feed server may send the activity feed having the event list to a client device for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Melissa Torres, John DeMaris, Janet Longhurst, Yimin Wu, Jeremy Mazner, Dmitriy Meyerzon, Nicholas Anthony Buelich, II, Nikita Voronkov, Adam Ford