Patents by Inventor Scott Tong

Scott Tong 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).

  • Patent number: 11243658
    Abstract: Techniques described herein are directed to generating and presenting customized directives for facilitating interactions between user(s) and user interface(s) associated with a content service provider. In an example, the content service provider may determine a state associated with a user based on user data associated with the user. Additionally, the content service provider may receive context data identifying an action performed by the user in association with content item(s) presented via a graphical user interface (GUI) and may determine an intent of the user based at least partly on the context data. Based at least partly on the state associated with the user and the intent of the user, the content service provider may determine a directive for prompting the user to access and/or use a feature associated with the content service provider and may cause a change to the GUI to communicate the directive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Pei Yin, Daniel Chu, Linus Chung, Angel Steger, Scott Tong
  • Patent number: 10261991
    Abstract: One variation of a system for imposing a dynamic sentiment vector to an electronic message includes: a processor; an electronic computing device communicatively coupled to the processor and associated with a particular user; and a sentiment vector generator comprising: a parsing module; a dynamic sentiment value spectrum associated with the particular user; and a program executable by the processor and configured to: receive a text input comprising message content from the electronic computing device; parse, at the parsing module, the message content comprised in the text input for emotionally charged language; based on the emotionally charged language, generate a sentiment value from the dynamic sentiment value spectrum for the text input and, based on the sentiment value, impose a sentiment vector, corresponding to the assigned sentiment value, to the text input, the imposed sentiment vector rendering a sensory effect on the message content designed to convey a corresponding sentiment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Aebeze labs
    Inventors: Michael Phillips Moskowitz, Matthew Jordan, Martin Kay, Ray Sidney, Barbara McGillivray, Scott Tong, Bradley Artziniega
  • Patent number: D558154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Young Soo Kim, Brian Boram, Scott Tong
  • Patent number: D730173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vivian Barad, Ricardo Figueiroa Monteiro, Scott Tong, Jeffrey Allen Loth, Robyn Lynne Yoder
  • Patent number: D730175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vivian Barad, Ricardo Figueiroa Monteiro, Scott Tong, Jeffrey Allen Loth, Robyn Lynne Yoder
  • Patent number: D751893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vivian Barad, Ricardo Figueiroa Monteiro, Scott Tong, Jeffrey Allen Loth, Robyn Lynne Yoder
  • Patent number: D751897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vivian Barad, Ricardo Figueiroa Monteiro, Scott Tong, Jeffrey Allen Loth, Robyn Lynne Yoder