Patents by Inventor Steven DiCarlo

Steven DiCarlo 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).

  • INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIGITAL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20240143356
    Abstract: A method of operating a computing device in support of improved accessibility includes displaying a user interface to an application on a display screen of the computing device, wherein the computing device includes an accessibility assistant that reads an audible description of an element of the user interface; initiating, on the computing device, a virtual assistant that conducts an audible conversation between a user and the virtual assistant through at least a microphone and a speaker associated with the computing device, wherein the virtual assistant is not integrated with an operating system of the computing device; inhibiting an ability of the accessibility assistant to read the audible description of the element of the user interface; and upon transition of the virtual assistant from an active state, enabling the ability of the accessibility assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jaclyn Carley KNAPP, Lisa STIFELMAN, André Roberto LIMA TAPAJÓS, Jin XU, Steven DICARLO, Kaichun WU, Yuhua GUAN
  • Interplay between digital assistive technology
    Patent number: 11922194
    Abstract: A method of operating a computing device in support of improved accessibility includes displaying a user interface to an application on a display screen of the computing device, wherein the computing device includes an accessibility assistant that reads an audible description of an element of the user interface; initiating, on the computing device, a virtual assistant that conducts an audible conversation between a user and the virtual assistant through at least a microphone and a speaker associated with the computing device, wherein the virtual assistant is not integrated with an operating system of the computing device; inhibiting an ability of the accessibility assistant to read the audible description of the element of the user interface; and upon transition of the virtual assistant from an active state, enabling the ability of the accessibility assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jaclyn Carley Knapp, Lisa Stifelman, André Roberto Lima Tapajós, Jin Xu, Steven DiCarlo, Kaichun Wu, Yuhua Guan
  • INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIGITAL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20230376327
    Abstract: A method of operating a computing device in support of improved accessibility includes displaying a user interface to an application on a display screen of the computing device, wherein the computing device includes an accessibility assistant that reads an audible description of an element of the user interface; initiating, on the computing device, a virtual assistant that conducts an audible conversation between a user and the virtual assistant through at least a microphone and a speaker associated with the computing device, wherein the virtual assistant is not integrated with an operating system of the computing device; inhibiting an ability of the accessibility assistant to read the audible description of the element of the user interface; and upon transition of the virtual assistant from an active state, enabling the ability of the accessibility assistant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jaclyn Carley Knapp, Lisa Stifelman, André Roberto Lima Tapajós, Jin Xu, Steven DiCarlo, Kaichun Wu, Yuhua Guan