Patents by Inventor Matthias Baer
Matthias Baer 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).
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Publication number: 20180060088Abstract: Techniques for group interactions are described. In at least some implementations, content associated with a group identity is presented based on priority settings for each user from a group of users. According to various implementations, priority settings are determined for each user based on an individual identity for each user and the group identity. Thus, a group of users can interact with content optimized for priority settings of the group associated with the group identity in a single location.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthias Baer, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Terri Lynne Chudzik, Peter G. Davis, Abolade Gbadegesin, Jason Christopher Mayans, Naveen K. Yajaman
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Patent number: 9898766Abstract: A method of payment using a client device is disclosed. The payment can be made through a payment method service that can control the payment flow and options available to the user of a client device. Using the payment method service, new payment options with new data schemas and/or new process flows can be used by the client device, but without any need to update software stored on the client device. The payment method service can utilize the look and feel of the client device, such that the user views payment options in the native UI of the client device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: J. Sage Schreiner, Sean Nordberg, Jeremy Corley, Nancy Sedora, Steve Lunsman, Matthias Baer, David Manci Gardner, Patrick J. Derks, Rahul Dhar, Matt Pisut, James Oleinik, Tal Goldbloom, Ashish Virmani, Yoav Sion, Gene Michael DeClark, Anubhav Kale
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Patent number: 9792015Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system for visualizing items and conversations in a communication application. Conversations are presented as a list of items in the communication application. A quantity of presented items is limited based on a size of a client device employed for viewing the items. Visualizations are applied to the presented items to attempt to maximize a number of items that are presented while providing information about the items to enable a user to preview content and take actions on the items. The visualizations include different templates applied to each item based on a type of item and content associated with the item, and the templates may be are dynamically updated based on user interactions with the items. The templates for items are determined by applying a set of rules and factors to each item to determine a most appropriate visualization for each item.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Matthias Baer, Ned Bearer Friend, Nicholas Smith, Bryan Eric Baird, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Hiroshi Tsukahara
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Publication number: 20170289766Abstract: Techniques for digital assistant experience based on presence sensing are described herein. In implementations, a system is able to detect user presence and distance from a reference point, and tailor a digital assistant experience based on distance. The distance, for example, represents a distance from a client device that outputs various elements of a digital assistant experience, such as visual and audio elements. Various other contextual factors may additionally or alternatively be considered in adapting a digital assistant experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James William Scott, Tobias Alexander Grosse-Puppendahl, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Joseph Spencer King, Diego HernĂ¡n Carlomagno, Konstantinos Aisopos, Matthias Baer
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Publication number: 20170126608Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system to facilitate efficient management and prioritization of conversations, such as emails, in a communication application. Conversations may be prioritized according to user preferences, and an inbox may be rearranged to display important conversations in a user defined order. Conversations may also be associated together so that they may appear together and flow together in the inbox. Additionally, the system may enable a user to delay display of a conversation until a later time based on various criteria such as location, time, and client device. A user may also move important emails to the top of an inbox for prominent display. The system may perform the actions automatically based on observed user behavior. Furthermore, the system may enable touch interactions for interacting with and managing the conversations, and quick controls may be provided for executing commands to perform actions associated with the conversations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Ned Bearer Friend, Matthias Baer, Nicholas Smith, Trevor Neil Lacey, Peter Loren Engrav, Michael Borysenko
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Publication number: 20170116553Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein facilitate the use of the primary work queue within an information management application as a centralized access point for creating and viewing multiple types of new draft items such as a note, to-do, or message item. An information management application can receive a new item request through its user interface and initiate a new draft item in response to the new item request. A view of new draft item can then be surfaced in a primary work queue of the information management application. The item type of the new draft item may be different than other item types in the primary work queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: TERESA THOMAS, MATTHIAS BAER, HIROSHI TSUKAHARA, MARCOS DAVID MARIN AMADOR, TONY LIANG, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARTER, MATTHEW WOOD
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Patent number: 9576261Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein facilitate the use of the primary work queue within an information management application as a centralized access point for creating and viewing multiple types of new draft items such as a note, to-do, or message item. An information management application can receive a new item request through its user interface and initiate a new draft item in response to the new item request. A view of new draft item can then be surfaced in a primary work queue of the information management application. The item type of the new draft item may be different than other item types in the primary work queue.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Teresa Thomas, Matthias Baer, Hiroshi Tsukahara, Marcos David Marin Amador, Tony Liang, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Matthew Wood
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Patent number: 9264104Abstract: A method for exchanging information between two communication devices includes communicating first identity information from a first communication device to a second communication device over a short-range communication link in response to an event. A second identity is received from the second communication device over the short-range communication link. The first identity information identifies a user of the first communication device and the second identity information identifies a user of the second communication device. Based on the first and second identity information, information is obtained specifying at least one attribute of the first and second users that they have in common.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jae Park, Karen Luk, Michael Connolly, Sogol Malekzadeh, John Skovron, Matthias Baer, Monica Gonzalez, Jonathan Aroner
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Publication number: 20150302334Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein facilitate the use of the primary work queue within an information management application as a centralized access point for creating and viewing multiple types of new draft items such as a note, to-do, or message item. An information management application can receive a new item request through its user interface and initiate a new draft item in response to the new item request. A view of new draft item can then be surfaced in a primary work queue of the information management application. The item type of the new draft item may be different than other item types in the primary work queue.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: TERESA THOMAS, MATTHIAS BAER, HIROSHI TSUKAHARA, MARCOS DAVID MARIN AMADOR, TONY LIANG, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CARTER, MATTHEW WOOD
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Patent number: 9064247Abstract: Card applets associated with an electronic wallet are activated and deactivated based on user-defined rules. Based on the rules and a device state, a card emulation state and card applet states are modified to enable or disable completion of transactions. The transactions are between a computing device and a reader such as a point-of-sale terminal. In some embodiments, a user designates a plurality of the card applets as fast cards capable of completing a transaction via near-field communication (NFC) interaction without user input at a time of the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthias Baer, Michael Connolly, Alejandro Steckler, Sogol Malekzadeh, Tirthankar Sengupta
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Publication number: 20150106741Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system to facilitate efficient management and prioritization of conversations, such as emails, in a communication application. Conversations may be prioritized according to user preferences, and an inbox may be rearranged to display important conversations in a user defined order. Conversations may also be associated together so that they may appear together and flow together in the inbox. Additionally, the system may enable a user to delay display of a conversation until a later time based on various criteria such as location, time, and client device. A user may also move important emails to the top of an inbox for prominent display. The system may perform the actions automatically based on observed user behavior. Furthermore, the system may enable touch interactions for interacting with and managing the conversations, and quick controls may be provided for executing commands to perform actions associated with the conversations.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ned Bearer Friend, Matthias Baer, Nicholas Smith, Trevor Neil Lacey, Peter Loren Engrav, Michael Borysenko
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Publication number: 20150082189Abstract: Technologies are generally described for providing a system for visualizing items and conversations in a communication application. Conversations are presented as a list of items in the communication application. A quantity of presented items is limited based on a size of a client device employed for viewing the items. Visualizations are applied to the presented items to attempt to maximize a number of items that are presented while providing information about the items to enable a user to preview content and take actions on the items. The visualizations include different templates applied to each item based on a type of item and content associated with the item, and the templates may be are dynamically updated based on user interactions with the items. The templates for items are determined by applying a set of rules and factors to each item to determine a most appropriate visualization for each item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthias Baer, Ned Bearer Friend, Nicholas Smith, Bryan Eric Baird, Benjamin Franklin Carter, Hiroshi Tsukahara
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Patent number: 8969914Abstract: An integrated circuit including a first power rail, a second power rail, a power clamp connected between the first and second power rails; and a trigger circuit connected to the power clamp and the first second power rails. The trigger circuit includes an RC element formed on the basis of field effect transistors, first inverter stage connected to the RC element, a second inverter stage, and a third inverter stage. The first, second and third inverter stages are connected in series to a control input of the power clamp. The trigger circuit also included a feed back connection from an output of the second inverter stage to the first inverter stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.Inventors: Sreenivasa Chalamala, Matthias Baer
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Publication number: 20140148094Abstract: A method for exchanging information between two communication devices includes communicating first identity information from a first communication device to a second communication device over a short-range communication link in response to an event. A second identity is received from the second communication device over the short-range communication link. The first identity information identifies a user of the first communication device and the second identity information identifies a user of the second communication device. Based on the first and second identity information, information is obtained specifying at least one attribute of the first and second users that they have in common.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Park, Karen Luk, Michael Connolly, Sogol Malekzadeh, John Skovron, Matthias Baer, Monica Gonzalez, Jonathan Aroner
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Publication number: 20140101009Abstract: A simplified transaction data management system using automatic calculation with multiple editable fields is provided. The system enables a user to manage transactions with a simplified interface, with multiple editable fields and automatic calculation of other fields based on mathematical relations with inputs that are received in any of the other editable fields. For example, either net amounts subject to a tax or gross amounts including the tax may be entered for a transaction, and the other value is automatically computed and displayed. Either value may subsequently be re-entered, and the other value may again automatically be computed and displayed, replacing the earlier input and output.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthias Baer, Amit Arora
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Patent number: 8655321Abstract: A simplified notification scheme that looks at past behavior of accepting or rejecting messages and modifies whether and/or how future similar notifications are displayed. For example, if a user consistently ignores or rejects a pop-up notification, the system can modify whether or not such a pop-up notification is displayed again. In one specific embodiment, a wireless network can be detected by a mobile phone. The phone can determine whether or not a pop-up notification related to the wireless-network detection should be displayed based on past behavior of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthias Baer, Jesse Sage Schreiner
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Patent number: 8635125Abstract: A simplified transaction data management system using automatic calculation with multiple editable fields is provided. The system enables a user to manage transactions with a simplified interface, with multiple editable fields and automatic calculation of other fields based on mathematical relations with inputs that are received in any of the other editable fields. For example, either net amounts subject to a tax or gross amounts including the tax may be entered for a transaction, and the other value is automatically computed and displayed. Either value may subsequently be re-entered, and the other value may again automatically be computed and displayed, replacing the earlier input and output.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthias Baer, Amit Arora
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Publication number: 20130339166Abstract: Card applets associated with an electronic wallet are activated and deactivated based on user-defined rules. Based on the rules and a device state, a card emulation state and card applet states are modified to enable or disable completion of transactions. The transactions are between a computing device and a reader such as a point-of-sale terminal. In some embodiments, a user designates a plurality of the card applets as fast cards capable of completing a transaction via near-field communication (NFC) interaction without user input at a time of the transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Matthias Baer, Michael Connolly, Alejandro Steckler, Sogol Malekzadeh, Tirthankar Sengupta
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Publication number: 20130297452Abstract: A method of payment using a client device is disclosed. The payment can be made through a payment method service that can control the payment flow and options available to the user of a client device. Using the payment method service, new payment options with new data schemas and/or new process flows can be used by the client device, but without any need to update software stored on the client device. The payment method service can utilize the look and feel of the client device, such that the user views payment options in the native UI of the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: J. Sage Schreiner, Sean Nordberg, Jeremy Corley, Nancy Sedora, Steve Lunsman, Matthias Baer, David Manci Gardner, Patrick J. Derks, Rahul Dhar, Matt Pisut, James Oleinik, Tal Goldbloom, Ashish Virmani, Yoav Sion, Gene Michael DeClark, Anubhav Kale
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Publication number: 20120258691Abstract: A simplified notification scheme that looks at past behavior of accepting or rejecting messages and modifies whether and/or how future similar notifications are displayed. For example, if a user consistently ignores or rejects a pop-up notification, the system can modify whether or not such a pop-up notification is displayed again. In one specific embodiment, a wireless network can be detected by a mobile phone. The phone can determine whether or not a pop-up notification related to the wireless-network detection should be displayed based on past behavior of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthias Baer, Jesse Sage Schreiner