Patents by Inventor Matthew Hidinger

Matthew Hidinger 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).

  • Enhanced notifications
    Patent number: 10884833
    Abstract: A facility for providing enhanced time-sensitive notifications on an electronic device is described. In some such notifications, the facility replaces an icon or name of an application presenting the notification with another image or other text, respectively. In some such notifications, the facility renders certain aspects of the notification on an optional basis, such as based on the capabilities of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hidinger, Ali Rafiee, Andrew Clinick, Lei Xu, Theron Thomas Fennel, Ashwini Varma, Akhilesh Kaza, Nora I. Micheva
  • ENHANCED NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190347145
    Abstract: A facility for providing enhanced time-sensitive notifications on an electronic device is described. In some such notifications, the facility replaces an icon or name of an application presenting the notification with another image or other text, respectively. In some such notifications, the facility renders certain aspects of the notification on an optional basis, such as based on the capabilities of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hidinger, Ali Rafiee, Andrew Clinick, Lei Xu, Theron Thomas Fennel, Ashwini Varma, Akhilesh Kaza, Nora I. Micheva
  • Enhanced notifications
    Patent number: 10402237
    Abstract: A facility for providing enhanced time-sensitive notifications on an electronic device is described. In some such notifications, the facility replaces an icon or name of an application presenting the notification with another image or other text, respectively. In some such notifications, the facility renders certain aspects of the notification on an optional basis, such as based on the capabilities of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hidinger, Ali Rafiee, Andrew Clinick, Lei Xu, Theron Thomas Fennel, Ashwini Varma, Akhilesh Kaza, Nora I Micheva
  • APPLICATION CONTEXT AWARE CHATBOTS
    Publication number: 20180131643
    Abstract: A computing device is provided, which may include a display, an input device and a processor configured to execute an application program including an application user interface presented via the display, the application user interface including a session state of a current session of a user, and execute a bot client program configured to execute a dialog with a user, the bot client program including a conversation canvas presented via the display, wherein the bot client program is configured to receive a query in the dialog from the user via the input device and conversation canvas, determine that the query is directed to content related to the state of the application program, send a context request to the application program, receive context data from the application program, the context data being derived from the state of the application program, and determine a response to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Adina Magdalena TRUFINESCU, Fatima KARDAR, Matthew HIDINGER, Khuram SHAHID, Vishwac Sena KANNAN, Oscar E. MURILLO, Elan LEVY
  • ENHANCED NOTIFICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160147581
    Abstract: A facility for providing enhanced time-sensitive notifications on an electronic device is described. In some such notifications, the facility replaces an icon or name of an application presenting the notification with another image or other text, respectively. In some such notifications, the facility renders certain aspects of the notification on an optional basis, such as based on the capabilities of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Hidinger, Ali Rafiee, Andrew Clinick, Lei Xu, Theron Thomas Fennel, Ashwini Varma, Akhilesh Kaza, Nora I. Micheva