Patents by Inventor Phillip E. Napieralski

Phillip E. Napieralski 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).

  • Actions on digital document elements from voice
    Patent number: 9582498
    Abstract: A set of one or more terms can be derived from the voiced user input. It can be determined that the set of one or more terms corresponds to a specific digital document in a computer system, and that the set of one or more terms corresponds to at least one computer-executable command. The determination that the set of one or more terms corresponds to the at least one command can include analyzing the set of one or more terms using a document-specific natural language translation data structure. The translation data structure can be a computer-readable data structure that is identified in the computer system with the specific digital document in the computer system. It can be determined that the set of one or more terms corresponds to an element in the document, and the at least one command can be executed on the element in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip E. Napieralski, Vishal Gandhi, Zhen Huang, Denys Krut, Xiaodi Huang, Kaili Xu
  • ACTIONS ON DIGITAL DOCUMENT ELEMENTS FROM VOICE
    Publication number: 20160078019
    Abstract: A set of one or more terms can be derived from the voiced user input. It can be determined that the set of one or more terms corresponds to a specific digital document in a computer system, and that the set of one or more terms corresponds to at least one computer-executable command. The determination that the set of one or more terms corresponds to the at least one command can include analyzing the set of one or more terms using a document-specific natural language translation data structure. The translation data structure can be a computer-readable data structure that is identified in the computer system with the specific digital document in the computer system. It can be determined that the set of one or more terms corresponds to an element in the document, and the at least one command can be executed on the element in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip E. Napieralski, Vishal Gandhi, Zhen Huang, Denys Krut, Xiaodi Huang, Kaili Xu