Patents by Inventor Steven G. Zittrower

Steven G. Zittrower 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).

  • Memorable event detection, recording, and exploitation
    Patent number: 11625622
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting memorable events of a user, storing those memorable events in a user profile, and leveraging those events to the user. In so doing, memorable events with positive emotional weight may be recalled to encourage delightful experiences. Alternatively or additionally, memorable events with negative emotional weight may be recalled to increase user engagement for conversational systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Joseph Johnson, Jr., Dustin I. Abramson, Maria A. Rangel, Ying Wang, Di Li, Steven G. Zittrower, Hailong Mu, Kelli A. Stuckart, Hudong Wang, Pengfei Hao, Donald F. Brinkman, Kati A. London, Zhan Chen
  • Systems and methods for a personality consistent chat bot
    Patent number: 10250532
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personality consistent automated chatting are provided. The systems and methods track the emotional state of the chat bot, track entity related dispositions of the chat bot and/or track the closeness of the relationship between the chat bot and a user. Accordingly, the systems and methods are able to provide consistent personality and/or points of view by generating replies based on the tracked chat bot emotional state, chat bot entity dispositions, and/or the relationship closeness between the chat bot and the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Joseph Johnson, Jr., Dustin I. Abramson, Maria A. Rangel, Ying Wang, Di Li, Steven G. Zittrower, Hailong Mu, Kelli A. Stuckart, Hudong Wang, Pengfei Hao, Donald F. Brinkman, Kati A. London, Zhan Chen
  • MEMORABLE EVENT DETECTION, RECORDING, AND EXPLOITATION
    Publication number: 20180365570
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for detecting memorable events of a user, storing those memorable events in a user profile, and leveraging those events to the user. In so doing, memorable events with positive emotional weight may be recalled to encourage delightful experiences. Alternatively or additionally, memorable events with negative emotional weight may be recalled to increase user engagement for conversational systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil KOUKOUMIDIS, Joseph JOHNSON, JR., Dustin I. ABRAMSON, Maria A. RANGEL, Ying WANG, Di LI, Steven G. ZITTROWER, Hailong MU, Kelli A. STUCKART, Hudong WANG, Pengfei HAO, Donald F. BRINKMAN, Kati A. LONDON, Zhan CHEN
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PERSONALITY CONSISTENT CHAT BOT
    Publication number: 20180316631
    Abstract: Systems and methods for personality consistent automated chatting are provided. The systems and methods track the emotional state of the chat bot, track entity related dispositions of the chat bot and/or track the closeness of the relationship between the chat bot and a user. Accordingly, the systems and methods are able to provide consistent personality and/or points of view by generating replies based on the tracked chat bot emotional state, chat bot entity dispositions, and/or the relationship closeness between the chat bot and the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Emmanouil Koukoumidis, Joseph Johnson, JR., Dustin I. Abramson, Maria A. Rangel, Ying Wang, Di Li, Steven G. Zittrower, Hailong Mu, Kelli A. Stuckart, Hudong Wang, Pengfei Hao, Donald F. Brinkman, Kati A. London, Zhan Chen