Patents by Inventor Matthew Stephen HOWARD

Matthew Stephen HOWARD 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).

  • Method and system of managing and displaying comments
    Patent number: 11824824
    Abstract: A method for generating a comment capsule for a content segment includes receiving the comment related to the content segment, receiving data associated with the comment, the data including at least one of an identifier for the content segment to which the comment relates, an identifier for a user generating the comment, and a time at which the comment was generated, generating display data for displaying the comment in a comment capsule, and transmitting the display data for displaying the comment capsule in a user interface screen associated with the content segment. The comment capsule is displayed on the user interface screen inline with the content segment, and an appearance of the comment capsule is dynamically changeable based on at least one of a number of comments received for the content segment, a size of the content segment, and a read status of the comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Sharma, Natalie Ann Mionis, Jyhyun Cho, Simoune Rebekah Morena Valerio Lucas, Matthew Stephen Howard, Nathan Darrel Kile, Jr., Daniel John Niezgocki Chattan
  • Content element recommendation system
    Patent number: 11790165
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying relevant content from other documents and presenting candidate documents/content in a document authoring application is described. A computer-implemented method includes performing an analysis of text of a document being authored by a user with a document authoring application, searching a document library for content elements and documents based on the analysis of the text, identifying candidate documents and candidate content based on the searching, presenting a list of candidate documents or candidate content with the document authoring application, receiving a selection of a candidate document or candidate content from the list in the document authoring application, and including an instance of the selected candidate document or candidate content in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Ransom Lloyd Richardson, Richard Malcolm Banks, Manoj Sharma, Zeyu Wu, Matthew Stephen Howard, Sudarshan Sundar, Lyndsy Marie Stopa, Yi Zheng, Jacob Lee Sanchez, Aleksandr Polyakov, Jason Peter Campoli, Gregory Alan Howard, Paul Anthony Scudieri
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING AND DISPLAYING COMMENTS
    Publication number: 20230139570
    Abstract: A method for generating a comment capsule for a content segment includes receiving the comment related to the content segment, receiving data associated with the comment, the data including at least one of an identifier for the content segment to which the comment relates, an identifier for a user generating the comment, and a time at which the comment was generated, generating display data for displaying the comment in a comment capsule, and transmitting the display data for displaying the comment capsule in a user interface screen associated with the content segment. The comment capsule is displayed on the user interface screen inline with the content segment, and an appearance of the comment capsule is dynamically changeable based on at least one of a number of comments received for the content segment, a size of the content segment, and a read status of the comment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj SHARMA, Natalie Ann MIONIS, Jyhyun CHO, Simoune Rebekah Morena Valerio LUCAS, Matthew Stephen HOWARD, Nathan Darrel KILE, JR, Daniel John Niezgocki CHATTAN
  • CONTENT ELEMENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220237374
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying relevant content from other documents and presenting candidate documents/content in a document authoring application is described. A computer-implemented method includes performing an analysis of text of a document being authored by a user with a document authoring application, searching a document library for content elements and documents based on the analysis of the text, identifying candidate documents and candidate content based on the searching, presenting a list of candidate documents or candidate content with the document authoring application, receiving a selection of a candidate document or candidate content from the list in the document authoring application, and including an instance of the selected candidate document or candidate content in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Gustav WILDE, Ransom Lloyd RICHARDSON, Richard Malcolm BANKS, Manoj SHARMA, Zeyu WU, Matthew Stephen HOWARD, Sudarshan SUNDAR, Lyndsy Marie STOPA, Yi ZHENG, Jacob Lee SANCHEZ, Aleksandr POLYAKOV, Jason Peter CAMPOLI, Gregory Alan HOWARD, Paul Anthony SCUDIERI