Patents by Inventor Matthew F. Gray

Matthew F. Gray 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).

  • Destination-agnostic item-keeping UI for heterogenous digital items
    Patent number: 11886384
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to centralize access to various digital items irrespective of the location of those digital items. To achieve this, items that are stored at their original location, e.g., within a cloud storage platform, can be selected by a user for storage at a centralized location such as a favorites section. These items are selected using an interface control which can be an operating system component of an item keeping system that is accessible in any context or application. The item keeping system can generate an item alias for selected items which is then stored in the centralized location. In addition, item aliases can be moved to various destinations by the user to enable customized item storage for items of varying types, origin, and location. In addition, functionality of the interface control can be modified to suite selected items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos German Perez, Todd S. Behrbaum, Wendy Lu, Matthew F. Gray, Daniela Dimitrova, Helen Anderson, Olga K. Dalecka, Jokko Juhana Korhonen
  • DESTINATION-AGNOSTIC ITEM-KEEPING UI FOR HETEROGENOUS DIGITAL ITEMS
    Publication number: 20230315686
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to centralize access to various digital items irrespective of the location of those digital items. To achieve this, items that are stored at their original location, e.g., within a cloud storage platform, can be selected by a user for storage at a centralized location such as a favorites section. These items are selected using an interface control which can be an operating system component of an item keeping system that is accessible in any context or application. The item keeping system can generate an item alias for selected items which is then stored in the centralized location. In addition, item aliases can be moved to various destinations by the user to enable customized item storage for items of varying types, origin, and location. In addition, functionality of the interface control can be modified to suite selected items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Carlos German PEREZ, Todd S. BEHRBAUM, Wendy LU, Matthew F. GRAY, Daniela DIMITROVA, Helen ANDERSON, Olga K. DALECKA, Jokko Juhana KORHONEN