Patents by Inventor Priya Vaidyanathan
Priya Vaidyanathan 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).
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Patent number: 11921788Abstract: A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Brian E. Uphoff, Brandon H. Paddock, Stephanie M. Monk, Dona Sarkar, Wentao Chen, Edward Boyle Averett, Manav Mishra, Derek S. Gebhard, Richard Jacob White, Yin Liu
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Patent number: 11625435Abstract: A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Brian E. Uphoff, Brandon H. Paddock, Stephanie M. Monk, Dona Sarkar, Wentao Chen, Edward Boyle Averett, Manav Mishra, Derek S. Gebhard, Richard Jacob White, Yin Liu
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Publication number: 20230092016Abstract: A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Brian E. Uphoff, Brandon H. Paddock, Stephanie M. Monk, Dona Sarkar, Wentao Chen, Edward Boyle Averett, Manav Mishra, Derek S. Gebhard, Richard Jacob White, Yin Liu
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Patent number: 10447828Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cross-application service-driven dynamic contextual messages. In one aspect, content is retrieved from a server computing device. The content may include at least one rule and at least one contextual message. The content retrieved from the server computing device may be stored. A dynamic background application may detect an action associated with a client application. In response to detecting the action associated with the client application, a contextual message may be identified from the at least one contextual message based on a rule from the at least one rule. The dynamic background application may display the identified contextual message within the client application.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Scott Hoogerwerf, Vlad Riscutia, Darron J. Stepanich
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Patent number: 10346479Abstract: A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and a search identification portion is displayed. Data input by a user as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more scopes on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the search identification portion. Search results based on a selected scope are displayed in a search results portion of the system level search user interface. A set of keyboard shortcuts allow users to quickly search using any of the scopes, and see previews of a number of results that each of the scopes return. Additionally, the system level search user interface allow users to easily focus on different search result entries, and efficiently change scopes for searching.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian E. Uphoff, Xiao Wei, Priya Vaidyanathan, Edward Boyle Averett, Rolf A. Ebeling, Michael J. Gilmore, Manav Mishra
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Patent number: 10346478Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan
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Publication number: 20180322220Abstract: A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Brian E. Uphoff, Brandon H. Paddock, Stephanie M. Monk, Dona Sarkar, Wentao Chen, Edward Boyle Averett, Manav Mishra, Derek S. Gebhard, Richard Jacob White, Yin Liu
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Patent number: 10121474Abstract: Contextual note taking is described. A note taking assistant can receive an indication of a specific presentation session. This indication can be used by the note taking assistant to access information or content related to the session. The note taking assistant can receive specific presentation session content, which includes identifiable context images. Identifiable context images are meant to define an individual page, an individual slide, or other atomic unit in the presentation. The note taking assistant operates by receiving a navigation message, changing the current assistant context image to a current presenter context image based on the navigation message; receiving a speech-to-text message comprising a unit of text; displaying the current presenter context image, and displaying the unit of text associated with the current presenter context image; and storing the unit of text associated with the current presenter context image.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jamie Yu, Roopesh Rajamani, Om Krishna, Priya Vaidyanathan
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Patent number: 10073927Abstract: A system level search module receives system level search user interface registration information for an application of the computing device. The registration information includes an indication of how the system level search module can launch the application. The registration information is added to a registration store, and the application is included as one of one or more applications that can be searched using the system level search user interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Brian E. Uphoff, Brandon H. Paddock, Stephanie M. Monk, Dona Sarkar, Wentao Chen, Edward Boyle Averett, Manav Mishra, Derek S. Gebhard, Richard Jacob White, Yin Liu
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Publication number: 20170255865Abstract: Experimentation action definitions can each define a different computer action. Execution rules can govern an execution order of the different computer actions. A set of computer-readable preference levels of a current user profile can be received. Each of the preference levels can be for a corresponding one of the executed actions being executed for the current user profile. The preference levels can correspond to user interface responses to the execution of the executed actions. One of the executed actions can be selected as a follow-up action to take for a subsequent user profile. The selecting can include selecting the follow-up action from among a plurality of available actions such as the executed actions. In response to the selection, execution of the selected follow-up action for a subsequent user profile can be requested.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Vlad Riscutia, Priya Vaidyanathan, Darron J. Stepanich, Scott Hoogerwerf
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Publication number: 20170257459Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to cross-application service-driven dynamic contextual messages. In one aspect, content is retrieved from a server computing device. The content may include at least one rule and at least one contextual message. The content retrieved from the server computing device may be stored. A dynamic background application may detect an action associated with a client application. In response to detecting the action associated with the client application, a contextual message may be identified from the at least one contextual message based on a rule from the at least one rule. The dynamic background application may display the identified contextual message within the client application.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Scott Hoogerwerf, Vlad Riscutia, Darron J. Stepanich
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Patent number: 9747377Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron C. Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Publication number: 20170236517Abstract: Contextual note taking is described. A note taking assistant can receive an indication of a specific presentation session. This indication can be used by the note taking assistant to access information or content related to the session. The note taking assistant can receive specific presentation session content, which includes identifiable context images. Identifiable context images are meant to define an individual page, an individual slide, or other atomic unit in the presentation. The note taking assistant operates by receiving a navigation message, changing the current assistant context image to a current presenter context image based on the navigation message; receiving a speech-to-text message comprising a unit of text; displaying the current presenter context image, and displaying the unit of text associated with the current presenter context image; and storing the unit of text associated with the current presenter context image.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Jamie YU, Roopesh RAJAMANI, Om KRISHNA, Priya VAIDYANATHAN
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Publication number: 20160321371Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron C. Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Patent number: 9396267Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron C. Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Publication number: 20150205873Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron C. Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Patent number: 9037565Abstract: A system level search user interface that includes both a data entry portion and an application identification portion is displayed. User data input as a search term is displayed in the data entry portion, and identifiers of each of one or more applications of multiple applications on the computing device that can be searched using the search term are displayed in the application identification portion. The search term is provided to one application of the multiple applications for that one application to generate and display search results based on the search term while the display of at least the data entry portion of the system level search user interface is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Priya Vaidyanathan, Stephanie M. Monk, Brandon H. Paddock, Richard Jacob White, Edward Boyle Averett, Rolf A. Ebeling, Michael J. Gilmore, Manav Mishra, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Marc Wautier, Dona Sarkar, Brendan D. Elliott, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan
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Patent number: 9002174Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron Chun-Win Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Publication number: 20140095480Abstract: Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for displaying a related content view within a search interface. That is, a search interface, such as a search application, may provide search results that are relevant to a query submitted through the search interface. For example, a main search engine results view comprising one or more search results of the query may be presented within the search interface. Responsive to a semantic zoom operation (e.g., a touch gesture), the search interface may be transitioned from the main search engine results view to a related content view comprising related content that corresponds to the query and/or a (e.g., supplemental) search result for the query. In this way, the user may explore supplemental content, such as query suggestions, images, entity descriptions/profiles, videos, and/or other content, that may be related to a query submitted by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Daniel Marantz, Aaron Chun-Win Yuen, Priya Vaidyanathan, Mark Blelock Atherton, Parthasarathy Govindarajen
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Publication number: 20130304757Abstract: A search term suggestion engine of a computing device receives characters of user data as the characters are input. The user data is at least part of a search term to be provided to one of multiple applications to search for the search term. An indication of multiple suggestion sources is received from the one application, and one or more suggested search terms are obtained, from the multiple suggestion sources, based on the received characters. One or more suggested search terms can also be obtained from the multiple suggestion sources based on one or more linguistic alternatives for the received characters. The one or more suggested search terms are combined into a combined set of suggested search terms, and the combined set of suggested search terms is returned to a search user interface for presentation to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Derek S. Gebhard, Marc Wautier, Manav Mishra, Edward Boyle Averett, Brendan D. Elliott, David J. G. Wood, Philip P. Fortier, Andrei T. Aron, Vivekanandan Elangovan, Kwong K. Leung, Arun Gurunathan, Octavio Alfredo Cruz Sanchez, Priya Vaidyanathan