Patents by Inventor Mustafa Bilal

Mustafa Bilal 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).

  • System and method for providing linked note-taking
    Patent number: 10176156
    Abstract: A method for providing linked note-taking includes receiving a notification from an online presentation service presenting a document that a note file relating to the document has been created in a client application, requesting at least a portion of the document and document information from the online presentation service, receiving, from the online presentation service, the at least a portion of the document and document information retrieved from a client application where the document resides, receiving a note within the note file and associating the note with at least a portion of the document and document information without locally opening the document in the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Cynthia D. Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Mustafa Bilal, Charles Duze, James M. Krantz, Abraham Mathew, Thomas C. Underhill, Cassandra Lewis, Chad Nedzlek
  • Notebook driven accumulation of meeting documentation and notations
    Patent number: 9449303
    Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LINKED NOTE-TAKING
    Publication number: 20140123002
    Abstract: A method for providing linked note-taking includes receiving a notification from an online presentation service presenting a document that a note file relating to the document has been created in a client application, requesting at least a portion of the document and document information from the online presentation service, receiving, from the online presentation service, the at least a portion of the document and document information retrieved from a client application where the document resides, receiving a note within the note file and associating the note with at least a portion of the document and document information without locally opening the document in the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cynthia D. Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Mustafa Bilal, Charles Duze, James M. Krantz, Abraham Mathew, Thomas C. Underhill, Cassandra Lewis, Chad Nedzlek
  • NOTEBOOK DRIVEN ACCUMULATION OF MEETING DOCUMENTATION AND NOTATIONS
    Publication number: 20130191719
    Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang