Patents by Inventor Ross Edward Smith, IV

Ross Edward Smith, IV 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).

  • Populating contact information within an electronic message based on contact relationship information
    Patent number: 11836443
    Abstract: When composing an electronic message having at least one intended recipient, a contact manager provides contact information for one or more related recipients. The contact manager may receive an identifier associated with the intended recipient(s), which may be used to lookup and identify contact information for related recipient(s). The contact manager may access a contact database, and, using the identifier and relationship information, determine a contact for the related recipient. The contact manager may then populate the contact information for the contact in a recipient field or other compose surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Ndubisi Osahor, Julien André Michel Yerma, Elias Kaplan, Marie Charlotte-Amalie Mélanie Clemessy, Allie Jordan Shuldman, Rikinkumar Ashwin Shah, Ross Edward Smith, IV
  • POPULATING CONTACT INFORMATION WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BASED ON CONTACT RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20230237254
    Abstract: When composing an electronic message having at least one intended recipient, a contact manager provides contact information for one or more related recipients. The contact manager may receive an identifier associated with the intended recipient(s), which may be used to lookup and identify contact information for related recipient(s). The contact manager may access a contact database, and, using the identifier and relationship information, determine a contact for the related recipient. The contact manager may then populate the contact information for the contact in a recipient field or other compose surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Leonard Ndubisi OSAHOR, Julien André Michel YERMA, Elias KAPLAN, Marie Charlotte-Amalie, Mélanie CLEMESSY, Allie Jordan SHULDMAN, Rikinkumar Ashwin SHAH, Ross Edward SMITH, IV