Patents by Inventor Stephane L. Taine

Stephane L. Taine 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).

  • Parking and un-parking of conversations in multiple modalities
    Patent number: 9065681
    Abstract: A park request is received from a first computing system. The park request is a request to park a conversation between a user of the first computing system and a user of a second computing system. The park request conforms to a protocol that supports parking and unparking of conversations having a first modality and conversations having a second modality. Furthermore, an unpark request is received from a third computing system. The unpark request is a request to unpark the conversation. Referral information is sent to the third computing system. The referral information enables the third computing system to establish a communication session to carry the conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Srivatsa K. Srinivasan, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Timothy M. Moore, Andreas Strebel, Brian S. Stucker, Stephane L. Taine
  • Parking and Un-Parking of Conversations in Multiple Modalities
    Publication number: 20110179107
    Abstract: A park request is received from a first computing system. The park request is a request to park a conversation between a user of the first computing system and a user of a second computing system. The park request conforms to a protocol that supports parking and unparking of conversations having a first modality and conversations having a second modality. Furthermore, an unpark request is received from a third computing system. The unpark request is a request to unpark the conversation. Referral information is sent to the third computing system. The referral information enables the third computing system to establish a communication session to carry the conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Srivatsa K. Srinivasan, Krishnamurthy Ganesan, Timothy M. Moore, Andreas Strebel, Brian S. Stucker, Stephane L. Taine
  • TRANSFERRING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION MODALITIES DURING A CONVERSATION
    Publication number: 20110119389
    Abstract: A conversation may be established using any supported type of communication modalities, including voice, video, desktop sharing, IM, application sharing , and the like. During the conversation, a user may transfer all or part of the modalities of the conversation at the same time to one or more destinations. The transfer may specify mandatory and non-mandatory modalities and may occur supervised or in a blind manner. In addition to transferring the modality, a conversation payload (e.g. IM history) may also be transferred to a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stéphane Cavin, Stephane L. Taine