Patents by Inventor Patricia Hendricks Balik

Patricia Hendricks Balik 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: 11163617
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to tailor notifications of productivity feature suggestions based on predictive relevance to a context associate with user access to an electronic document. Machine learning modeling executes a contextual evaluation of user access to predictively determine relevance of a suggestion that relates to: 1) a confidence in the quality of the suggestion; and 2) a timing prediction as to the urgency for surfacing the suggestion to the user so that the suggestion is most applicable. Example notifications are proactive interruptions that aim to aid processing efficiency in task execution as well as an improve user interface experience when users work with an application/service and/or an application platform that comprises a suite of applications/services. A manner in which the notification is presented may vary based on the confidence in the relevance of the suggestion and timing relevance for interrupting a user's workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Hendricks Balik, Anav Silverman, Alyssa Rachel Mayo, Shikha Devesh Desai, Gwenyth Alanna Vabalis Hardiman, Penelope Ann Collisson, Yu Been Lee, Susan Michele Hendrich
  • Patent number: 11093510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to identify and present productivity features that are contextually relevant for user access to an electronic document. In doing so, signal data is evaluated to determine a context associated with user access to an electronic document and insights, from the determined context, are utilized to rank productivity features for relevance to a user workflow. As an example, an intelligent learning model is trained and implemented to identify what productivity features are most relevant to a current task of a user. Productivity features are identified and ranked for contextual relevance. A notification comprising one or more ranked productivity features is presented to a user. In one example, the notification is presented through a user interface of an application/service. For instance, a user interface pane is surfaced to present suggestions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Hendricks Balik, Anav Silverman, Alyssa Rachel Mayo, Shikha Devesh Desai, Gwenyth Alanna Vabalis Hardiman, Penelope Ann Collisson, Yu Been Lee, Susan Michele Hendrich
  • Publication number: 20200097586
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to identify and present productivity features that are contextually relevant for user access to an electronic document. In doing so, signal data is evaluated to determine a context associated with user access to an electronic document and insights, from the determined context, are utilized to rank productivity features for relevance to a user workflow. As an example, an intelligent learning model is trained and implemented to identify what productivity features are most relevant to a current task of a user. Productivity features are identified and ranked for contextual relevance. A notification comprising one or more ranked productivity features is presented to a user. In one example, the notification is presented through a user interface of an application/service. For instance, a user interface pane is surfaced to present suggestions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Patricia Hendricks Balik, Anav Silverman, Alyssa Rachel Mayo, Shikha Devesh Desai, Gwenyth Alanna Vabalis Hardiman, Penelope Ann Collisson, Yu Been Lee, Susan Michele Hendrich
  • Publication number: 20200097340
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processing operations configured to tailor notifications of productivity feature suggestions based on predictive relevance to a context associate with user access to an electronic document. Machine learning modeling executes a contextual evaluation of user access to predictively determine relevance of a suggestion that relates to: 1) a confidence in the quality of the suggestion; and 2) a timing prediction as to the urgency for surfacing the suggestion to the user so that the suggestion is most applicable. Example notifications are proactive interruptions that aim to aid processing efficiency in task execution as well as an improve user interface experience when users work with an application/service and/or an application platform that comprises a suite of applications/services. A manner in which the notification is presented may vary based on the confidence in the relevance of the suggestion and timing relevance for interrupting a user's workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Patricia Hendricks Balik, Anav Silverman, Alyssa Rachel Mayo, Shikha Devesh Desai, Gwenyth Alanna Vabalis Hardiman, Penelope Ann Collisson, Yu Been Lee, Susan Michele Hendrich