Patents by Inventor Shane M. Chism

Shane M. Chism 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).

  • People relevance platform
    Patent number: 11423090
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing a people relevance platform. In aspects, an event may be generated by an application/service on a client device. The event may be transmitted to a people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may use the event to query one or more data sources for user contacts associated with the user. The people relevance platform may generate/modify a graph or model using the user contact data, and may provide the user contact data to the client device. The client device may update a local cache and provide the user contact data to the originating application. The client device may monitor the user selection of a contact, and transmit the selection information to the people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may modify the graph and/or model based on the selection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shane M. Chism, Brenda W. Bell, Bernabe Hostein, Hari Bharath Molabanti, Aravind Narayanan Manimandiram
  • PEOPLE RELEVANCE PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20210109975
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing a people relevance platform. In aspects, an event may be generated by an application/service on a client device. The event may be transmitted to a people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may use the event to query one or more data sources for user contacts associated with the user. The people relevance platform may generate/modify a graph or model using the user contact data, and may provide the user contact data to the client device. The client device may update a local cache and provide the user contact data to the originating application. The client device may monitor the user selection of a contact, and transmit the selection information to the people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may modify the graph and/or model based on the selection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shane M. CHISM, Brenda W. BELL, Bernabe HOSTEIN, Hari Bharath MOLABANTI, Aravind Narayanan MANIMANDIRAM
  • People relevance platform
    Patent number: 10909181
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing a people relevance platform. In aspects, an event may be generated by an application/service on a client device. The event may be transmitted to a people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may use the event to query one or more data sources for user contacts associated with the user. The people relevance platform may generate/modify a graph or model using the user contact data, and may provide the user contact data to the client device. The client device may update a local cache and provide the user contact data to the originating application. The client device may monitor the user selection of a contact, and transmit the selection information to the people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may modify the graph and/or model based on the selection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shane M. Chism, Brenda W. Bell, Bernabe Hostein, Hari Bharath Molabanti, Aravind Narayanan Manimandiram
  • People Relevance Platform
    Publication number: 20170277810
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing a people relevance platform. In aspects, an event may be generated by an application/service on a client device. The event may be transmitted to a people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may use the event to query one or more data sources for user contacts associated with the user. The people relevance platform may generate/modify a graph or model using the user contact data, and may provide the user contact data to the client device. The client device may update a local cache and provide the user contact data to the originating application. The client device may monitor the user selection of a contact, and transmit the selection information to the people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may modify the graph and/or model based on the selection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shane M. Chism, Brenda W. Bell, Bernabe Hostein, Hari Bharath Molabanti, Aravind Narayanan Manimandiram