Patents by Inventor Steven Lepofsky

Steven Lepofsky 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).

  • Publication number: 20230262015
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah URAIZEE, George Arthur HERBERT, III, Steven LEPOFSKY, Aaron STOLARZ, Rebecca LAWLER
  • Patent number: 11677697
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, George Arthur Herbert, III, Steven Lepofsky, Aaron Stolarz, Rebecca Lawler
  • Publication number: 20220231978
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Misbah URAIZEE, George Arthur HERBERT, III, Steven LEPOFSKY, Aaron STOLARZ, Rebecca LAWLER
  • Patent number: 11329935
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, George Arthur Herbert, III, Steven Lepofsky, Aaron Stolarz, Rebecca Lawler
  • Publication number: 20180041455
    Abstract: Users of communication applications may be enabled to select from a user-friendly and efficiently provided list of files that may be of interest to them to attach to a correspondence and send to one or more recipients. For example, the communication application may retrieve information from one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with applications of the user to determine the list of files. The files may be local files or cloud-based files, and a variety of criteria may be used to determine, group, and present the files to the user for selection. Once selected by the user, the files or links to cloud destinations of the files may be attached to the correspondence, where the files or links may be displayed in an attachment well or a body of the correspondence. Permissions associated with the attachments may be set by default, by user configuration, and/or modified by user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah URAIZEE, Chris WALKER, Steven LEPOFSKY
  • Patent number: 9832149
    Abstract: Users of communication applications may be enabled to select from a user-friendly and efficiently provided list of files that may be of interest to them to attach to a correspondence and send to one or more recipients. For example, the communication application may retrieve information from one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with applications of the user to determine the list of files. The files may be local files or cloud-based files, and a variety of criteria may be used to determine, group, and present the files to the user for selection. Once selected by the user, the files or links to cloud destinations of the files may be attached to the correspondence, where the files or links may be displayed in an attachment well or a body of the correspondence. Permissions associated with the attachments may be set by default, by user configuration, and/or modified by user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, Chris Walker, Steven Lepofsky
  • Publication number: 20160315888
    Abstract: Technologies are presented directed to smart attachment of cloud-based files to communications such as email. A communication service may determine and select automatically between local and cloud versions of synchronized files allowing the recipient of the message to receive a version of the file regardless of whether the sender is offline or online when the attachment was made and in a user-friendly manner to the sender through a single representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, George Arthur Herbert, III, Steven Lepofsky, Aaron Stolarz, Rebecca Lawler
  • Publication number: 20160094499
    Abstract: Users of communication applications may be enabled to select from a user-friendly and efficiently provided list of files that may be of interest to them to attach to a correspondence and send to one or more recipients. For example, the communication application may retrieve information from one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) associated with applications of the user to determine the list of files. The files may be local files or cloud-based files, and a variety of criteria may be used to determine, group, and present the files to the user for selection. Once selected by the user, the files or links to cloud destinations of the files may be attached to the correspondence, where the files or links may be displayed in an attachment well or a body of the correspondence. Permissions associated with the attachments may be set by default, by user configuration, and/or modified by user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Misbah Uraizee, Chris Walker, Steven Lepofsky