Patents by Inventor Meenakshi Naren

Meenakshi Naren 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 Spreadsheet Presentation Using Spotlighting and Enhanced Spreadsheet Collaboration Using Live Typing
    Publication number: 20240012986
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes receiving input from a first collaborator user device to modify a cell in a collaborative spreadsheet being shared with other collaborators and viewable on other collaborator user devices, sending modifications via a real time channel to the other user devices for display of mirror modifications to the cell prior to commitment of the modifications, and providing an identifier of the first collaborative user device for display of a notice that the first user device is associated with the mirror modifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Meenakshi NAREN, Shashank KAPOOR, Karthik KASOJU, Aman GUPTA, Kshitij Sandeep MINOCHA, Jeet Mukeshkumar PATEL, Sandeep CHOUDRI, Naresh JAIN, Bharath TUMU
  • Enhanced spreadsheet presentation using spotlighting and enhanced spreadsheet collaboration using live typing
    Patent number: 11755829
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes accessing a spreadsheet for display on a display screen during a remote meeting, receiving a first selection to execute a spotlight function, receiving a second selection of a portion of the spreadsheet being displayed, creating an overlay via the spotlight function, the overlay having a transparent cavity corresponding to the selected portion of the spreadsheet, and applying the overlay to the spreadsheet being displayed such that the selected portion is visible and other portions of the spreadsheet are obscured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Meenakshi Naren, Vinay Vishwanath, Shashank Kapoor, Shravani Dilip Agarkar, Karthik Kasoju, Sandeep Choudri, Naresh Jain, Tumu Sree Bharath, Brian M. Jones, Jeet Mukeshkumar Patel, Sameer Desai, Shashank Gupta