Patents by Inventor Rowen Wu

Rowen Wu 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).

  • Replacing pronouns with focus-specific objects in search queries
    Patent number: 10262036
    Abstract: A computing device includes a logic machine and a storage machine holding instructions. The instructions are executable by the logic machine to, receive a machine-understandable representation of voice input, determine a pronoun associated with the voice input, map the pronoun to an object of user focus, generate one or more focus-specific search queries for the object of user focus, execute the one or more focus-specific search queries, and present the results of the one or more focus-specific search queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Llewyn Elise Paine, John C. Gordon, Rowen Wu
  • REPLACING PRONOUNS WITH FOCUS-SPECIFIC OBJECTS IN SEARCH QUERIES
    Publication number: 20180189354
    Abstract: A computing device includes a logic machine and a storage machine holding instructions. The instructions are executable by the logic machine to, receive a machine-understandable representation of voice input, determine a pronoun associated with the voice input, map the pronoun to an object of user focus, generate one or more focus-specific search queries for the object of user focus, execute the one or more focus-specific search queries, and present the results of the one or more focus-specific search queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Llewyn Elise Paine, John C. Gordon, Rowen Wu