Patents by Inventor Mike Hayton

Mike Hayton 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: 9749692
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing digital content recommendations based upon environmental sensor data. For example, one embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive sensor data from a sensor system, to detect a user present in the use environment via the sensor data, identify the user, recognize a current state of each of one or more use environment state features associated with the user via the sensor data, and store the current state of each of the one or more use environment state features. The computing device is further configured to detect a triggering condition for a selected use environment state feature, and in response provide information related to the selected use environment state feature based upon one or more of the current state of the use selected use environment state feature and a previously-stored state of the selected use environment state feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Hayton, Zach Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160255401
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing digital content recommendations based upon environmental sensor data. For example, one embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive sensor data from a sensor system, to detect a user present in the use environment via the sensor data, identify the user, recognize a current state of each of one or more use environment state features associated with the user via the sensor data, and store the current state of each of the one or more use environment state features. The computing device is further configured to detect a triggering condition for a selected use environment state feature, and in response provide information related to the selected use environment state feature based upon one or more of the current state of the use selected use environment state feature and a previously-stored state of the selected use environment state feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Hayton, Zach Johnson
  • Patent number: 9344773
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing digital content recommendations based upon environmental sensor data. For example, one embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive sensor data from a sensor system, to detect a user present in the use environment via the sensor data, identify the user, recognize a current state of each of one or more use environment state features associated with the user via the sensor data, and store the current state of each of the one or more use environment state features. The computing device is further configured to detect a triggering condition for a selected use environment state feature, and in response provide information related to the selected use environment state feature based upon one or more of the current state of the use selected use environment state feature and a previously-stored state of the selected use environment state feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Mike Hayton, Zach Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150120427
    Abstract: Embodiments that relate to rewarding a contributor for a contribution to a digital media distribution system are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment data indicating an interaction by a selected participant with the contribution is received. Using the data, a value is assigned to the interaction. Based on the value assigned to the interaction, an incentive is allocated to the contributor, where the incentive comprises a suppression of advertisements that would otherwise be delivered to the contributor. A delivery of the advertisements to the contributor is suppressed according to the allocated incentive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Mike Hayton
  • Publication number: 20140223467
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to providing digital content recommendations based upon environmental sensor data. For example, one embodiment provides a computing device configured to receive sensor data from a sensor system, to detect a user present in the use environment via the sensor data, identify the user, recognize a current state of each of one or more use environment state features associated with the user via the sensor data, and store the current state of each of the one or more use environment state features. The computing device is further configured to detect a triggering condition for a selected use environment state feature, and in response provide information related to the selected use environment state feature based upon one or more of the current state of the use selected use environment state feature and a previously-stored state of the selected use environment state feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mike Hayton, Zach Johnson