Patents by Inventor Keri Diane TALBOT

Keri Diane TALBOT 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).

  • Freeform conversation writing assistant
    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
  • FREEFORM CONVERSATION WRITING ASSISTANT
    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