Patents by Inventor Ryan Gregory CROPP

Ryan Gregory CROPP 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).

  • Publication number: 20240414107
    Abstract: Systems and method for providing an application chatbot that provides a conversational interface that receives natural language input from an application user, interprets the user's intent, and uses application-related context for generating and providing a contextually accurate response in a conversation with the user. In some examples, the application chatbot determines an action to perform corresponding to the response and provides an option to perform the action in the conversational user interface. A selection of the option causes the action to be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Felix ANDREW, Ryan Gregory CROPP, Laurentiu T. NEDELCU
  • Patent number: 12010076
    Abstract: Systems and method for providing an application chatbot that provides a conversational interface that receives natural language input from an application user, interprets the user's intent, and uses application-related context for generating and providing a contextually accurate response in a conversation with the user. In some examples, the application chatbot determines an action to perform corresponding to the response and provides an option to perform the action in the conversational user interface. A selection of the option causes the action to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Felix Andrew, Ryan Gregory Cropp, Laurentiu T. Nedelcu
  • Patent number: 11741171
    Abstract: A system identifies and alerts a user to websites that are new to the web, for example, based on a purchase date, a transfer of ownership date, network traffic to the website, a reputation of the website, and/or appearance of the website in search results. An alert may be provided before, during and/or after a user navigates to a website. An alert may be provided for a displayed website. One or more alerts may be provided for one or more links to websites in a displayed webpage, such as search engine results. One or more alerts may be provided for one or more links to websites shown in a history or list of recently visited websites. A new to the web label may alert a user to consider whether a website is malicious, aiding a user's determination whether to navigate away from or to avoid navigating to new websites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Lillian Rachel Kravitz, Ryan Gregory Cropp, David Fang
  • Patent number: 11727140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system configured to collect and maintain user data within a first party silo while allowing third party data consumers to use the user data in accordance with explicit input from users. The system provides a user with transparency and control with regard to data use by displaying graphical user interfaces configured to receive input indicating whether the user allows or prevents third party data consumers to use his or her data. The system exposes an API that enables the third party data consumers to submit a data query. The system uses the data query to internally analyze a user data set. User data is included in the user data set in accordance with the input. The system is configured to provide, via the API, a result of the analysis to the third party data consumer that submitted the data query without providing the user data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Gregory Cropp, Edward Arthur Scott Low, Lillian Kravitz
  • Publication number: 20220327167
    Abstract: A system identifies and alerts a user to websites that are new to the web, for example, based on a purchase date, a transfer of ownership date, network traffic to the website, a reputation of the website, and/or appearance of the website in search results. An alert may be provided before, during and/or after a user navigates to a website. An alert may be provided for a displayed website. One or more alerts may be provided for one or more links to websites in a displayed webpage, such as search engine results. One or more alerts may be provided for one or more links to websites shown in a history or list of recently visited websites. A new to the web label may alert a user to consider whether a website is malicious, aiding a user's determination whether to navigate away from or to avoid navigating to new websites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Lillian Rachel KRAVITZ, Ryan Gregory CROPP, David FANG
  • Publication number: 20210357528
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system configured to collect and maintain user data within a first party silo while allowing third party data consumers to use the user data in accordance with explicit input from users. The system provides a user with transparency and control with regard to data use by displaying graphical user interfaces configured to receive input indicating whether the user allows or prevents third party data consumers to use his or her data. The system exposes an API that enables the third party data consumers to submit a data query. The system uses the data query to internally analyze a user data set. User data is included in the user data set in accordance with the input. The system is configured to provide, via the API, a result of the analysis to the third party data consumer that submitted the data query without providing the user data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Gregory CROPP, Edward Arthur Scott LOW, Lillian KRAVITZ