Patents by Inventor Michael Smuga

Michael Smuga 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: 8131778
    Abstract: Method for providing a versatile notepad for social networking and interactions with a plurality of users. An input content is received from a user. The received input content is analyzed based on at least the following expression types: expression indicative of time, expression indicative of a location, expression indicative of a statement, expression indicative of an individual, an expression indicative of a list, and a combination of expressions indicative the time, the location, the statement, the list, and the individual. The analyzed information is dynamically converted to a communication object as a function of the expression types. The communication object is rendered to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Golds, Stephanie Teng, Jason Silvis, Michael Smuga
  • Publication number: 20090055415
    Abstract: Method for providing a versatile notepad for social networking and interactions with a plurality of users. An input content is received from a user. The received input content is analyzed based on at least the following expression types: expression indicative of time, expression indicative of a location, expression indicative of a statement, expression indicative of an individual, an expression indicative of a list, and a combination of expressions indicative the time, the location, the statement, the list, and the individual. The analyzed information is dynamically converted to a communication object as a function of the expression types. The communication object is rendered to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Golds, Stephanie Teng, Jason Silvis, Michael Smuga
  • Publication number: 20060129583
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods enabling creation and/or use of a recursive section for an electronic form are described. In one embodiment, a system and/or method enables alteration, responsive to graphical selection of a recursive section component, of an electronic form's schema to permit a recursive section. In another embodiment, a system and/or method enables a user to modify a recursive section in an electronic form through a rendering of the electronic form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alessandro Catorcini, Anand Ramagopalrao, Michael Smuga, Michael Palmer
  • Publication number: 20060107252
    Abstract: Systems and methods enabling creation and/or use of an electronic form capable of allowing a user to select from mutually exclusive options without the electronic form being in an invalid state are described. One of the described electronic forms remains valid to its schema by atomic swapping of data substructures corresponding to the form's mutually exclusive options. A method and a user interface for creating some of these electronic forms are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Smuga, Alessandro Catorcini, Scott Roberts, Willson Raj David, Andrew Begun