Patents by Inventor Russell P. Songco

Russell P. Songco 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).

  • DATA FEEDS WITH PERIPHERALLY PRESENTED INTERESTING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20170300597
    Abstract: A social data feed, comprising a set of data items submitted by individuals in a social network, may be presented to the user, but the frequency of new data items appearing in the social data feed may be overwhelming, and may cause the user to miss data items that may be of interest. Instead, potentially interesting data items may be selected and peripherally presented to the user, e.g., as a tiled set of thumbnail images presented near the right edge of the display, adjusted for low contrast with the display background. Peripheral presentation may suggest potentially interesting data items to the user, thereby promoting serendipitous discovery of interesting data items, while reducing the distraction of the user while viewing the social data feed. Metadata of an interesting data item may be displayed upon user selection (e.g., pointer hovering), and interesting content items within a selected data item may be highlighted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George Moromisato, Raman Narayanan, Rajendra H. Vishnumurty, Ming Liu, Matthew S. Augustine, Russell P. Songco
  • DATA FEEDS WITH PERIPHERALLY PRESENTED INTERESTING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20110173570
    Abstract: A social data feed, comprising a set of data items submitted by individuals in a social network, may be presented to the user, but the frequency of new data items appearing in the social data feed may be overwhelming, and may cause the user to miss data items that may be of interest. Instead, potentially interesting data items may be selected and peripherally presented to the user, e.g., as a tiled set of thumbnail images presented near the right edge of the display, adjusted for low contrast with the display background. Peripheral presentation may suggest potentially interesting data items to the user, thereby promoting serendipitous discovery of interesting data items, while reducing the distraction of the user while viewing the social data feed. Metadata of an interesting data item may be displayed upon user selection (e.g., pointer hovering), and interesting content items within a selected data item may be highlighted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George Moromisato, Raman Narayanan, Rajendra H. Vishnumurty, Ming Liu, Matthew S. Augustine, Russell P. Songco
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    Patent number: D595311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ozzie, George P. Moromisato, Noah B. Edelstein, Russell P. Songco
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    Patent number: D597102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ozzie, George P. Moromisato, Noah B. Edelstein, Russell P. Songco, Eric R. Sexauer
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    Patent number: D597555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond E. Ozzie, George P. Moromisato, Noah B. Edelstein, Russell P. Songco, Eric R. Sexauer