Patents by Inventor Patrick Michael Halvorsen

Patrick Michael Halvorsen 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).

  • Enabling and disabling location sharing based on environmental signals
    Patent number: 10694339
    Abstract: Environmental signals are used to determine when to prompt a user to enable location sharing on their computer devices. These environmental signals may include the current location of the user being an unusual location for the user or a location that is tagged as a known social location such as a concert venue, stadium, or park. The environmental signals may also include one or more friends of the user being near the user. If the user chooses to enable location sharing in response to the prompt, the location of the user may be shared with some or all of their friends, or just the friends that have been determined to be near the user. After some amount of time has passed, or the environmental signals have changed, the location sharing may be automatically disabled for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andi F. Rusu, Felix G. T. I. Andrew, Patrick Michael Halvorsen
  • ENABLING AND DISABLING LOCATION SHARING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20190149955
    Abstract: Environmental signals are used to determine when to prompt a user to enable location sharing on their computer devices. These environmental signals may include the current location of the user being an unusual location for the user or a location that is tagged as a known social location such as a concert venue, stadium, or park. The environmental signals may also include one or more friends of the user being near the user. If the user chooses to enable location sharing in response to the prompt, the location of the user may be shared with some or all of their friends, or just the friends that have been determined to be near the user. After some amount of time has passed, or the environmental signals have changed, the location sharing may be automatically disabled for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Andi F. RUSU, Felix G.T.I. ANDREW, Patrick Michael HALVORSEN
  • ENABLING AND DISABLING LOCATION SHARING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20190082301
    Abstract: Environmental signals are used to determine when to prompt a user to enable location sharing on their computer devices. These environmental signals may include the current location of the user being an unusual location for the user or a location that is tagged as a known social location such as a concert venue, stadium, or park. The environmental signals may also include one or more friends of the user being near the user. If the user chooses to enable location sharing in response to the prompt, the location of the user may be shared with some or all of their friends, or just the friends that have been determined to be near the user. After some amount of time has passed, or the environmental signals have changed, the location sharing may be automatically disabled for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Andi F. RUSU, Felix G.T.I. ANDREW, Patrick Michael HALVORSEN
  • Enabling and disabling location sharing based on environmental signals
    Patent number: 10212555
    Abstract: Environmental signals are used to determine when to prompt a user to enable location sharing on their computer devices. These environmental signals may include the current location of the user being an unusual location for the user or a location that is tagged as a known social location such as a concert venue, stadium, or park. The environmental signals may also include one or more friends of the user being near the user. If the user chooses to enable location sharing in response to the prompt, the location of the user may be shared with some or all of their friends, or just the friends that have been determined to be near the user. After some amount of time has passed, or the environmental signals have changed, the location sharing may be automatically disabled for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andi F. Rusu, Felix G. T. I. Andrew, Patrick Michael Halvorsen