Patents by Inventor Sunil Sudhakar Pandith

Sunil Sudhakar Pandith 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).

  • Providing item specific functionality via service-assisted applications
    Patent number: 9262057
    Abstract: Embodiments extend functionality of a first application with actions from one or more second applications specifically applicable to a content item selected by a user. The selected content item belongs to a category. A description of the selected content item distinguishes the selected content item from other content items in the same category. At least one of a plurality of second applications is selected based on a comparison between the description and application data associated with the second applications. The computing device identifies, to the user, the actions from the second applications applicable to the selected content item. Upon selection of an action, the computing device executes the corresponding second application and provides output data within the context of the first application, or otherwise integrated with the first application experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Techology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jared Adam Brown, Sunil Sudhakar Pandith, Yanshu Fan, Kerri Irene Higgins Sheldon, Gavin Dean Lazarow, Lejie Xu
  • PROVIDING ITEM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONALITY VIA SERVICE-ASSISTED APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120233567
    Abstract: Embodiments extend functionality of a first application with actions from one or more second applications specifically applicable to a content item selected by a user. The selected content item belongs to a category. A description of the selected content item distinguishes the selected content item from other content items in the same category. At least one of a plurality of second applications is selected based on a comparison between the description and application data associated with the second applications. The computing device identifies, to the user, the actions from the second applications applicable to the selected content item. Upon selection of an action, the computing device executes the corresponding second application and provides output data within the context of the first application, or otherwise integrated with the first application experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jared Adam Brown, Sunil Sudhakar Pandith, Yanshu Fan, Kerri Irene Higgins Sheldon, Gavin Dean Lazarow, Lejie Xu