Patents by Inventor Kip Fern

Kip Fern 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).

  • Sorting parsed attachments from communications
    Patent number: 10474428
    Abstract: Parsed attachments from email communications may be sorted. In some examples, an application, such as an email processing application, may display email summaries associated with emails within an email summary view of the email application interface. A selected email associated with a selected email summary may be displayed in an email view. The email processing application may identify one or more attachments within the emails. Attachment summaries associated with the one or more attachments may be displayed within an attachment summary view of the email application interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Russell Lee Simpson, Jr., Ilya Smirnov, Paul Limont, Kip Fern, Jason Cook, Elena Catrinescu, Hayley Steplyk, David Meyers
  • SORTING PARSED ATTACHMENTS FROM COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170097808
    Abstract: Parsed attachments from email communications may be sorted. In some examples, an application, such as an email processing application, may display email summaries associated with emails within an email summary view of the email application interface. A selected email associated with a selected email summary may be displayed in an email view. The email processing application may identify one or more attachments within the emails. Attachment summaries associated with the one or more attachments may be displayed within an attachment summary view of the email application interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Joey Masterson, Russell Lee Simpson, JR., IIya Smirnov, Paul Limont, Kip Fern, Jason Cook, Elena Catrinescu, Hayley Steplyk, David Meyers
  • CONVERSATION AND VERSION CONTROL FOR OBJECTS IN COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170090705
    Abstract: Conversation and version control is provided for objects in communications. An application, such as a communication application, identifies attachments within communications in response to an input to display attachment summaries associated with the attachments. The attachment summaries are displayed in a summary view. In response to an action on one of the attachment summaries, attachment management elements and an attachment associated with the attachment summary is displayed in an attachment view. The attachment management elements include operations to present information associated with the attachment, the communications associated with the attachment, versions of the attachment, and participants associated with the attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kip Fern, Joey Masterson, Alex Darrow, Hayley Steplyk