Patents by Inventor Sian Lindley
Sian Lindley 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).
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Patent number: 10606467Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to fidelity management of an exemplary notecard item based on action(s) for movement that may re-locate notecard item(s) across any of: different content portions of a digital document, different digital documents of an application/service and digital documents of different applications/services. Specific data (and metadata) is collected and analyzed to enable determination of a level of fidelity for rendering of a notecard item, where a representation of a notecard item is generated to fit a context of a digital document in which the notecard item is being placed. A representation of a notecard item may be rendered at a first level of fidelity in one context but a different level of fidelity when the notecard item is moved to a different context. In other instances, evaluation of a notecard item yields a determination to maintain fidelity after an action that re-locates a notecard item.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yibing Zhu, Theresa Estrada, Derik B. Stenerson, Keith Fournier, II, Victor Poznanski, Sian Lindley
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Patent number: 10402487Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to creation and management of exemplary notecard items that are reusable in different contexts and across different applications/services. Exemplary notecard items may be created and presented through a user interface of an application/service. A notecard item is individual, self-contained digital data object that provides content to supplement a digital document. Exemplary notecard items live outside of an application/service, in which the notecard item is created or used, where a notecard item may be linked to a digital document but also exists as a separate object. For instance, an exemplary notecard file may be created for management of a created notecard item, where the notecard file is stored in one or more data storages (e.g., a local cache of a computing device and/or a distributed data storage) that is accessible by applications/services.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Keith Fournier, II, Derik B. Stenerson, Yibing Zhu, Victor Poznanski, Theresa Estrada, Sian Lindley
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Publication number: 20190251153Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to creation and management of exemplary notecard items that are reusable in different contexts and across different applications/services. Exemplary notecard items may be created and presented through a user interface of an application/service. A notecard item is individual, self-contained digital data object that provides content to supplement a digital document. Exemplary notecard items live outside of an application/service, in which the notecard item is created or used, where a notecard item may be linked to a digital document but also exists as a separate object. For instance, an exemplary notecard file may be created for management of a created notecard item, where the notecard file is stored in one or more data storages (e.g., a local cache of a computing device and/or a distributed data storage) that is accessible by applications/services.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Keith Fournier, II, Derik B. Stenerson, Yibing Zhu, Victor Poznanski, Theresa Estrada, Sian Lindley
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Publication number: 20190250788Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure relate to fidelity management of an exemplary notecard item based on action(s) for movement that may re-locate notecard item(s) across any of: different content portions of a digital document, different digital documents of an application/service and digital documents of different applications/services. Specific data (and metadata) is collected and analyzed to enable determination of a level of fidelity for rendering of a notecard item, where a representation of a notecard item is generated to fit a context of a digital document in which the notecard item is being placed. A representation of a notecard item may be rendered at a first level of fidelity in one context but a different level of fidelity when the notecard item is moved to a different context. In other instances, evaluation of a notecard item yields a determination to maintain fidelity after an action that re-locates a notecard item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Yibing Zhu, Theresa Estrada, Derik B. Stenerson, Keith Fournier, II, Victor Poznanski, Sian Lindley
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Patent number: 8259957Abstract: The disclosure relates to communication devices which monitor an audio environment at a remote location and convey to a user a representation of that audio environment. The “representation” may be an abstraction of the audio environment at the remote location or may be a measure of decibels or some other quality or parameter of the audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are two-way devices which allow users at remote locations to share an audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are one way devices. In some embodiments, the communication devices may have the form of a window and be arranged to present sound in a manner that mimics sound received through a window. In such embodiments, the more open the window is, the more sound is relayed by the communication device.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Frohlich, Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, Abigail Sellen, John Williamson
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Patent number: 8238582Abstract: The disclosure relates to sound playback and editing apparatus. The editing apparatus uses user interaction to allow the user to instinctively modify recorded sound. This can be achieved by converting a quality of the user's physical interactions with the editing apparatus into instructions for processing the sound. For example, in one embodiment the user can mix sound files by ‘mixing’, i.e. shaking, physical representations of those sound files (such as the recording medium on which the files are stored) alone or together.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, David Frohlich, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, Abigail Sellen, John Williamson
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Patent number: 7671737Abstract: The disclosure relates to monitoring and notification apparatus capable of monitoring events at various locations. The apparatus includes a sound receiving unit which receives audio content from various locations. A user can select which of the location is monitored at any one time. In one embodiment, this selection is made depending on the orientation of the sound receiving unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Abigail Sellen, Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, David Frohlich, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, John Williamson
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Publication number: 20090180623Abstract: The disclosure relates to communication devices which monitor an audio environment at a remote location and convey to a user a representation of that audio environment. The “representation” may be an abstraction of the audio environment at the remote location or may be a measure of decibels or some other quality or parameter of the audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are two-way devices which allow users at remote locations to share an audio environment. In some embodiments, the communication devices are one way devices. In some embodiments, the communication devices may have the form of a window and be arranged to present sound in a manner that mimics sound received through a window. In such embodiments, the more open the window is, the more sound is relayed by the communication device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Frohlich, Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, Abigail Sellen, John Williamson
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Publication number: 20090183074Abstract: The disclosure relates to presenting sound. In some embodiments, this is a visual presentation. One embodiment provides a presentation of sound built over time, which may be displayed in layers similar to strata in a sedimentary rock formation. In another embodiment, the visual presentation is an animated presentation which reflects a characteristic, for example the volume, of the sound at that instant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Sian Lindley, Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, David Frohlich, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, Abigail Sellen, John Williamson
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Publication number: 20090146803Abstract: The disclosure relates to monitoring and notification apparatus capable of monitoring events at various locations. The apparatus includes a sound receiving unit which receives audio content from various locations. A user can select which of the location is monitored at any one time. In one embodiment, this selection is made depending on the orientation of the sound receiving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Abigail Sellen, Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, David Frohlich, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, John Williamson
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Publication number: 20090147649Abstract: The disclosure relates to sound playback and editing apparatus. The editing apparatus uses user interaction to allow the user to instinctively modify recorded sound. This can be achieved by converting a quality of the user's physical interactions with the editing apparatus into instructions for processing the sound. For example, in one embodiment the user can mix sound files by ‘mixing’, i.e. shaking, physical representations of those sound files (such as the recording medium on which the files are stored) alone or together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lorna Brown, Abigail Durrant, David Frohlich, Sian Lindley, Gerard Oleksik, Dominic Robson, Francis Rumsey, Abigail Sellen, John Williamson