Patents by Inventor Sarah Michelle Filman

Sarah Michelle Filman 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).

  • Displaying images interesting to a user
    Patent number: 9588992
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for displaying images in a user's online page, such as to provide an engaging and interesting user experience. A subset of one or more images is identified from a set that comprises user accessible images. Images for the subset are identified selecting one or more images from the set of user accessible images that meet a desired user interest threshold. The subset of selected images is then loaded onto the user's online page, such as an online service landing page, in an arrangement (e.g., slide show) of the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Michelle Filman, Jason Fergus Moore, Jiamin Zhu, Mark Kramer
  • DISPLAYING IMAGES INTERESTING TO A USER
    Publication number: 20120084731
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for displaying images in a user's online page, such as to provide an engaging and interesting user experience. A subset of one or more images is identified from a set that comprises user accessible images. Images for the subset are identified selecting one or more images from the set of user accessible images that meet a desired user interest threshold. The subset of selected images is then loaded onto the user's online page, such as an online service landing page, in an arrangement (e.g., slide show) of the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah Michelle Filman, Jason Fergus Moore, Jiamin Zhu, Mark Kramer