Patents by Inventor Kyle Thomas Kral

Kyle Thomas Kral 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).

  • Publication number: 20240378095
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatic proximity detection with content sharing between devices includes a first computing device and a second computing device. The first computing device, in response to a touch point of an input device being at a display edge of a first UI, broadcasts a first beacon, receives a second beacon from a second computing device, the received second beacon including an identification of the second computing device proximate to the display edge of the first UI and a confirmation of a location of the second computing device based on an input being received at the second computing device, generates a connection with the second computing device to transfer the display content, and transfers, via the generated connection, the displayed content to the second computing device. The second computing device presents the transferred content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: Kyle Thomas KRAL
  • Publication number: 20160037481
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide notifications with respect to various communications that are visually embellished to indicate a perceived importance of the communication based upon one or more criteria. In addition, in at least some embodiments, multiple different types of notifications can be combined and presented as a single icon with an associated count to indicate the number of different notifications that have been received. Further, other embodiments enable a user to quickly and efficiently deep link directly into an application associated with a particular notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sung Joon Won, Jiwon Choi, Justin Chung-ting Lam, Kyle Thomas Kral, Travis Jay Popkave