Patents by Inventor Steven Michael McMurray

Steven Michael McMurray 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).

  • Patent number: 11586698
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing collected web content are presented. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage. An indication to export the collection of web content to a productivity application may be received. A plurality of attributes that each of the plurality of sections have a value for may be identified. A productivity application document may be populated with the plurality of attributes and the corresponding values from each of the sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Butcher, Daniel John Krenn, Steven Michael McMurray, Steven Oliver Lengieza, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Puneet Arora, Pramod Nammi, Akshansh Choudhary, Kurian Jacob, Vikas Verma, Vikram Singh
  • Patent number: 11475098
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for collecting and surfacing web content are provided. Web content from a webpage may be displayed in a web browser. A type associated with the webpage may be identified. An indication to add a new section corresponding to the webpage to a content collection pane may be received. A plurality of elements on the webpage may be identified based on the identified type associated with the webpage. A subset of web content from the webpage corresponding to the plurality of elements may be extracted. The new section may be added to the content collection pane, wherein the new section comprises the subset of web content extracted from the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Michael McMurray, Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, William Christian Ross Stockwell, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Sophors Khut, Yuxiao Sun, Ryan Young
  • Publication number: 20210342416
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing collected web content are presented. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage. An indication to export the collection of web content to a productivity application may be received. A plurality of attributes that each of the plurality of sections have a value for may be identified. A productivity application document may be populated with the plurality of attributes and the corresponding values from each of the sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Butcher, Daniel John Krenn, Steven Michael McMurray, Steven Oliver Lengieza, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Puneet Arora, Pramod Nammi, Akshansh Choudhary, Kurian Jacob, Vikas Verma, Vikram Singh
  • Publication number: 20210256076
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for automating web browser task actions are presented. An indication to record a new action may be received. One or more steps associated with the action may be performed during the recording. Each step may comprise interaction with a different webpage element corresponding to an HTML node. The HTML node, and one or more additional HTML nodes may be extracted and/or tagged, and a machine learning model may be applied to the extracted/tagged nodes. The machine learning model may have been trained to create templates for identifying interacted-with web elements. The automated action may be performed by applying the machine learning model to one or more websites. The machine learning model may identify the correct web elements to interact with and move through the action steps in an automated manner to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Michael McMurray, Sophors Khut, Juan Gilberto Jose Marin Bear, Guruansh Singh, Yuxiao Sun
  • Patent number: 11093575
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing collected web content are presented. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage. An indication to export the collection of web content to a productivity application may be received. A plurality of attributes that each of the plurality of sections have a value for may be identified. A productivity application document may be populated with the plurality of attributes and the corresponding values from each of the sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Butcher, Daniel John Krenn, Steven Michael McMurray, Steven Oliver Lengieza, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Puneet Arora, Pramod Nammi, Akshansh Choudhary, Kurian Jacob, Vikas Verma, Vikram Singh
  • Publication number: 20200349215
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for collecting and surfacing web content are provided. Web content from a webpage may be displayed in a web browser. A type associated with the webpage may be identified. An indication to add a new section corresponding to the webpage to a content collection pane may be received. A plurality of elements on the webpage may be identified based on the identified type associated with the webpage. A subset of web content from the webpage corresponding to the plurality of elements may be extracted. The new section may be added to the content collection pane, wherein the new section comprises the subset of web content extracted from the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Michael McMurray, Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, William Christian Ross Stockwell, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Sophors Khut, Yuxiao Sun, Ryan Young
  • Publication number: 20200349223
    Abstract: In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for surfacing collected web content are presented. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage. An indication to export the collection of web content to a productivity application may be received. A plurality of attributes that each of the plurality of sections have a value for may be identified. A productivity application document may be populated with the plurality of attributes and the corresponding values from each of the sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Butcher, Daniel John Krenn, Steven Michael McMurray, Steven Oliver Lengieza, Silvana Patricia Moncayo, Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu, Puneet Arora, Pramod Nammi, Akshansh Choudhary, Kurian Jacob, Vikas Verma, Vikram Singh