Patents by Inventor Phillip Mark Profitt

Phillip Mark Profitt 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).

  • AUTOMATIC CONTEXT SENSITIVE SEARCH FOR APPLICATION ASSISTANCE
    Publication number: 20150242504
    Abstract: A system and method of providing help to an application user by generating a context-based help search for publically available help information made available by third parties on public networks. The system and method determine whether a user would benefit from assistance in using a primary computing application and a context of use of the primary computing. A context-based a search query is executed to retrieve publically available network resident help information relating to the needed help, and the results are output to a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Phillip Mark Profitt