Patents by Inventor Megan Quintero

Megan Quintero 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).

  • Patent number: 11132413
    Abstract: A travel or a promotion based recommendation is provided in association with a social graph of a recipient of a communication. A communication service initiates operations to provide the travel or promotion based recommendation by processing a content of a communication to identify a travel plan of a recipient or a promotion directed to a recipient. A detected shared attribute between the travel plan of the recipient and the travel plan of the acquaintance is assigned a relevancy score. The promotion is processed to determine a trend of the promotion with an acquaintance at a social networking site and an accuracy of the promotion. The shared attribute or the promotion is provided to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roshin Lal Ramesan, Megan Quintero
  • Patent number: 10354313
    Abstract: A communication is emphasized based on a past interaction related to promoted items. A communication application initiates operations to process a previous communication associated with an item upon receiving a communication from a provider associated with the item. The previous communication includes an order and/or shipping confirmation associated with a past purchase of the item by a recipient of the communication. Next, the item is identified as an item of interest for the recipient based on the previous communication, a recipient attribute, and/or an item attribute. The communication is also assigned to a list of communications to be emphasized based on the identification of the item as the item of interest. Furthermore, the communication is provided to a client application to be presented to the recipient with an emphasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Megan Quintero
  • Publication number: 20170344643
    Abstract: A travel or a promotion based recommendation is provided in association with a social graph of a recipient of a communication. A communication service initiates operations to provide the travel or promotion based recommendation by processing a content of a communication to identify a travel, plan of a recipient or a promotion directed to a recipient. A detected shared attribute between the travel plan of the recipient and the travel plan of the acquaintance is assigned a relevancy score. The promotion is processed to determine a trend of the promotion with an acquaintance at a social networking site and an accuracy of the promotion. The shared attribute or the promotion is provided to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Roshin Lal Ramesan, Megan Quintero
  • Publication number: 20170330236
    Abstract: A contact card is enhanced based on a knowledge graph. A communication application initiates operations to enhance a smart contact card upon receiving a communication from an organization or brand. A knowledge graph is queried to retrieve an association information between a recipient of the communication and the organization or brand. The association information is matched to an interest of the recipient. The association information is also inserted into a smart contact card of the organization or brand. A control element to interact with the association information is inserted into the smart contact card as well. Furthermore, the smart contact card is presented to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Megan Quintero
  • Publication number: 20170308949
    Abstract: A communication is emphasized based on a past interaction related to promoted items. A communication application initiates operations to process a previous communication associated with an item upon receiving a communication from a provider associated with the item. The previous communication includes an order and/or shipping confirmation associated with a past purchase of the item by a recipient of the communication. Next, the item is identified as an item of interest for the recipient based on the previous communication, a recipient attribute, and/or an item attribute. The communication is also assigned to a list of communications to be emphasized based on the identification of the item as the item of interest. Furthermore, the communication is provided to a client application to be presented to the recipient with an emphasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventor: Megan Quintero