Patents by Inventor Nickolas Welton

Nickolas Welton 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).

  • Identifying and surfacing relevant report artifacts in documents
    Patent number: 10599314
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • IDENTIFYING AND SURFACING RELEVANT REPORT ARTIFACTS IN DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20170357428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • Identifying and surfacing relevant report artifacts in documents
    Patent number: 9778833
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo
  • IDENTIFYING AND SURFACING RELEVANT REPORT ARTIFACTS IN DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20160018974
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for enhancing document productivity. In at least one implementation, an attempt to add a data connection in a document is identified. In response to identifying the attempt to add the data connection in the document, at least one other document is identified as relevant to the attempt. A suggestion may be surfaced in a user interface that identifies at least a portion of the one other documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Nickolas Welton, Benjamin E. Rampson, Stephen J. Adelson, L. Stephen Lobo