Patents by Inventor Kurt A. Thywissen

Kurt A. Thywissen 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).

  • Handling of a communication session
    Patent number: 9021105
    Abstract: Embodiments describe handling a communication session at a device, by executing a communication session handling program at the device, the communication session handling program comprising a communication session handling part for handling the communication session and an interfacing part for linking with a communication session control interface. An application executed at the device provides, to a user of the device, a communication session control interface for the communication session handled by the communication session handling part of the communication session handling program, the application linking with the interfacing part of the communication session handling program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Skype
    Inventors: Kurt A. Thywissen, Tyler Wells
  • Visual Content Modification for Distributed Story Reading
    Publication number: 20140192140
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan W. Peevers, John C. Tang, Nizamettin Gok, Gina Danielle Venolia, Kori Inkpen Quinn, Nitin Khanna, Simon Andrew Longbottom, Kurt A. Thywissen, Koray Can Oztekin, Vijay Chandrasekaran
  • Speech Modification for Distributed Story Reading
    Publication number: 20140195222
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan W. Peevers, John C. Tang, Nizamettin Gok, Gina Danielle Venolia, Kori Inkpen Quinn, Simon Andrew Longbottom, Kurt A. Thywissen
  • Location Based Augmentation For Story Reading
    Publication number: 20140191976
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alan W. Peevers, John C. Tang, Nizamettin Gok, Gina Danielle Venolia, Kori Inkpen Quinn, Nitin Khanna, Simon Andrew Longbottom, Kurt A. Thywissen
  • Handling of a communication session
    Patent number: 8516128
    Abstract: Method, device and computer program product for handling a communication session at a device, by executing a communication session handling program at the device, the communication session handling program comprising a communication session handling part for handling the communication session and an interfacing part for linking with a communication session control interface. An application executed at the device provides, to a user of the device, a communication session control interface for the communication session handled by the communication session handling part of the communication session handling program, the application linking with the interfacing part of the communication session handling program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Thywissen, Tyler Wells
  • Handling Of A Communication Session
    Publication number: 20110320609
    Abstract: Method, device and computer program product for handling a communication session at a device, by executing a communication session handling program at the device, the communication session handling program comprising a communication session handling part for handling the communication session and an interfacing part for linking with a communication session control interface. An application executed at the device provides, to a user of the device, a communication session control interface for the communication session handled by the communication session handling part of the communication session handling program, the application linking with the interfacing part of the communication session handling program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Kurt Thywissen, Tyler Wells