Patents by Inventor Michael Affronti
Michael Affronti 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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Patent number: 10764232Abstract: Methods for predicting preferred communications patterns are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request from a first user to initiate communication with a second user by a first communication method, determining a communication preference hierarchy of the second user based on a plurality of factors concerning the second user, wherein the plurality of factors include a presence state, selecting a second communication method from the communication preference hierarchy, wherein the second communication method is preferred over the first communication method in the communication preference hierarchy, and in response to the request from the first user, providing a recommendation to the first user to communicate with the second user by the second communication method. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Fuze, Inc.Inventors: Leopoldo E Yanes, Hadi Chemaly, Michael Affronti, Jedidiah Brown, Keith Johnson
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Patent number: 10331335Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tali Roth, Matthew Wood, Scott Stiles, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Patent number: 10007423Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tali Roth, Matthew Wood, Scott Stiles, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Patent number: 9729485Abstract: Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Robert Emmett Mccann, Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, James Edelen
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Patent number: 9715485Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tali Roth, Scott Stiles, Matthew Wood, Michael Affronti, Jodie P. B. Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Publication number: 20160334987Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tali Roth, Matthew Wood, Scott Stiles, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Patent number: 9436685Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tali Roth, Scott Stiles, Matthew Wood, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Patent number: 9338114Abstract: Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, Robert Emmett McCann, James Edelen, Jorge Pereira
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Publication number: 20140208227Abstract: Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Robert Emmett Mccann, Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, James Edelen
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Patent number: 8701046Abstract: Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert Emmett McCann, Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, James Edelen
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Patent number: 8402096Abstract: Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, Robert Emmett Mccann, James Edelen, Jorge Pereira
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Publication number: 20120254713Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Tali Roth, Scott Stiles, Matthew Wood, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
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Publication number: 20090327972Abstract: Techniques for the aggregate and hierarchical display of grouped items spanning multiple storage locations are described. Some techniques may aggregate items in response to user input identifying a scope for item retrieval. The user input may identify a scope such as selection of a local storage location or a search query for retrieving items. The aggregated items may span multiple storage locations and include items within the identified scope and related items outside the identified scope. A group of aggregated items are presented in a hierarchical display within a user interface. The hierarchical display may visually differentiate items inside and outside of the identified scope, and may identify parent-child relationship between related items. An aggregate header for the group of aggregated items may be displayed indicating total items in the group and a status for items in the group within the identified scope. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Emmett McCann, Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, James Edelen
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Publication number: 20090319619Abstract: Automatic conversation techniques are described. An apparatus may comprise a computing device having an incoming message module operative to receive an incoming message, a conversation identification module communicatively coupled to the incoming message module, the conversation identification module operative to determine the incoming message is part of a conversation thread, and associate the incoming message with the conversation thread by setting a conversation identifier property of the incoming message to a conversation identifier for the conversation thread, and a conversation manager module communicatively coupled to the conversation identification module, the conversation manager module operative to determine a conversation rule is associated with the conversation thread, and apply the conversation rule to the incoming message. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Affronti, Andrew Brauninger, Robert Emmett Mccann, James Edelen, Jorge Pereira
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Publication number: 20070038712Abstract: Syndication feed resources, such as those adhering to the Really Simply Syndication (RSS) protocol are accessed, and syndication feed items are acquired from syndication feeds that are available. The syndication feed items are converted to a format compatible with an electronic mail module of an information workflow application so that the converted syndication feed items may be handled by the information workflow application as if they are electronic mail messages. The converted syndicated feed items may be assigned an account within the information workflow application and be synchronized according to the synchronization schedule set forth and may be delivered to the location that is also set forth including a mail folder where electronic mail messages are also placed. Additionally, the converted syndicated feed items may be displayed in a window or preview pane, forwarded, flagged, handled according to user-defined and application-defined mail rules for electronic mail messages, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2005Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael Affronti, Aaron Hartwell, Ina Teegan
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Publication number: 20060123011Abstract: A sharing infrastructure is directed at providing a framework for sharing resources between initiators and participants. The sharing infrastructure is designed to manage and direct various sharing providers, articulate information about sharing relationships, and to provide a framework for pluggable data sharing, data discovery, schema translation, and conflict resolution. The infrastructure allows for common sharing operations to be implemented in a more centralized fashion, and eases the cost of implementing new sharing providers. An extensible and pluggable provider model eases remote and local configuration; schema mapping; and protocol handling. A sharing protocol is defined that relates to establishing and managing a sharing relationship.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cameron Stillion, Glenn Frankel, Michael Affronti