Patents by Inventor Michael M. Tse

Michael M. Tse 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).

  • Publication number: 20150278765
    Abstract: A method for displaying an information collection includes collecting a plurality of user signals associated with a user of a device, and identifying a first subject from the plurality of user signals. The first subject has at least a first piece of information. A connection between the first subject and a second subject is determined, and a second piece of information from the second subject is determined. The second piece of information is relevant to the first piece of information. The first and second pieces of information are assembled into a user information collection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jagannatha Raju Dantuluri, Marc Christopher Pottier, Karan Singh, Deborah Briana Harrison, David M. Gardner, Shira Weinberg, Michael M. Tse, Richa Prasad, Timothy P. Wantland, Shane Landry, Susan Michele Hendrich
  • Patent number: 8140601
    Abstract: A method for managing a group of owned and for-purchase media items in response to a single user action. The method treats the owned media items and the for-purchase media items similarly with respect to the user's interaction with them, facilitating a user paradigm-shift from thinking about two stores of media items to a single store of media items available for use. A media item grouping generic to both types of media items is provided, permitting sharing of media item collections between users having different access rights with respect to the media items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Coporation
    Inventors: Daniel Plastina, Michael J. Novak, Kipley J. Olson, Michael M. Tse, David M. Nadalin, Phillip Lu, Dennis A. Kiilerich, Andrew L. Silverman