Patents by Inventor Stephen Houchen

Stephen Houchen 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).

  • Remote call control and conferencing using paired devices
    Patent number: 8250147
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user paired controller communication device may pair with a user paired server communication device. The user paired controller communication device may direct the user paired server communication device to execute a first mode communication session of a multimodal conversation, such as a voice session. The user paired controller communication may execute a second mode communication session of the multimodal conversation, such as an instant messaging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Adrian Potra, Vinit Deshpande, Ankit Tandon, Stephen Houchen, Anton Krantz, Sachin Sheth, Pradipta Kumar Basu, Sriram Parameswar
  • MULTIMODAL ESCALATION TO ENDPOINTS IN ENHANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100199320
    Abstract: Subscribers and endpoints of enhanced multimodal communication systems are enabled to direct call requests and escalations during an existing conversation based on capabilities of endpoints. A list of communication mode/endpoint identifiers are exchanged when a conversation is established, enabling the endpoints to direct requests to for particular communication modes to endpoints capable of facilitating the communication mode at any point during the conversation. Additional capabilities/endpoints are added to the list through updates during the conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Pradipta Kumar Basu, Ankit Tandon, Stephen Houchen, Stephane Taine
  • REMOTE CALL CONTROL AND CONFERENCING USING PAIRED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20090327426
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a user paired controller communication device may pair with a user paired server communication device. The user paired controller communication device may direct the user paired server communication device to execute a first mode communication session of a multimodal conversation, such as a voice session. The user paired controller communication may execute a second mode communication session of the multimodal conversation, such as an instant messaging session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Adrian Potra, Vinit Deshpande, Ankit Tandon, Stephen Houchen, Anton Krantz, Sachin Sheth, Pradipta Kumar Basu, Sriram Parameswar