Patents by Inventor Thomas CONSTANTIN

Thomas CONSTANTIN 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: 20250217396
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically determining an intent of a user based on an intent model to attach a file to a document, prompting the user to confirm the intent using a predetermined character in an inline nudge, generating and displaying an inline menu with an interactive list of ranked files as a suggestion for attachment. The disclosed technology uses the intent for specifying a scope of the inline search. The intent model for attaching content maintained by third-party applications uses a combination of an embeddings model and an N-gram model with limited seed queries and determines the intent based on intent scores associated with respective third-party applications. The present disclosure ranks respective candidate content based on a degree of relevance to the intent. The user selects one or more content from the list for attaching to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas CONSTANTIN, Matthew Sledge EPSTEIN, TszYan C ZOGG, Lutfi Ilke KAYA, Christopher Andrews JUNG, Ragavenderan VENKATESAN, Ming WU, Zhiguo YU
  • Patent number: 12282503
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically determining an intent of a user based on an intent model to attach a file to a document, prompting the user to confirm the intent using a predetermined character in an inline nudge, generating and displaying an inline menu with an interactive list of ranked files as a suggestion for attachment. The disclosed technology uses the intent for specifying a scope of the inline search. The intent model for attaching content maintained by third-party applications uses a combination of an embeddings model and an N-gram model with limited seed queries and determines the intent based on intent scores associated with respective third-party applications. The present disclosure ranks respective candidate content based on a degree of relevance to the intent. The user selects one or more content from the list for attaching to the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Constantin, Matthew Sledge Epstein, TszYan C Zogg, Lutfi Ilke Kaya, Christopher Andrews Jung, Ragavenderan Venkatesan, Ming Wu, Zhiguo Yu
  • Publication number: 20230334073
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically determining an intent of a user based on an intent model to attach a file to a document, prompting the user to confirm the intent using a predetermined character in an inline nudge, generating and displaying an inline menu with an interactive list of ranked files as a suggestion for attachment. The disclosed technology uses the intent for specifying a scope of the inline search. The intent model for attaching content maintained by third-party applications uses a combination of an embeddings model and an N-gram model with limited seed queries and determines the intent based on intent scores associated with respective third-party applications. The present disclosure ranks respective candidate content based on a degree of relevance to the intent. The user selects one or more content from the list for attaching to the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas CONSTANTIN, Matthew Sledge EPSTEIN, TszYan C ZOGG, Lutfi Ilke KAYA, Christopher Andrews JUNG, Ragavenderan VENKATESAN, Ming WU, Zhiguo YU
  • Patent number: 11356400
    Abstract: A method for facilitating focused use of an email client includes entering an inbox pause mode and pausing display of at least some new email messages and email notifications while in the inbox pause mode. The method also includes detecting, while in the inbox pause mode, a selection by a user of a previously received email message that was received prior to entering the inbox pause mode. The method also includes displaying, while in the inbox pause mode, information about a subsequently received email message that is received subsequent to entering the inbox pause mode and that belongs to a conversation comprising the previously received email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya David Gorelik, Thomas Constantin, Suzan Marashi, Elena Catrinescu, Lydia Johanna Utkin, Gil Shulman, Sebastian De La Chica
  • Publication number: 20210392102
    Abstract: A method for facilitating focused use of an email client includes entering an inbox pause mode and pausing display of at least some new email messages and email notifications while in the inbox pause mode. The method also includes detecting, while in the inbox pause mode, a selection by a user of a previously received email message that was received prior to entering the inbox pause mode. The method also includes displaying, while in the inbox pause mode, information about a subsequently received email message that is received subsequent to entering the inbox pause mode and that belongs to a conversation comprising the previously received email message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ilya David GORELIK, Thomas CONSTANTIN, Suzan MARASHI, Elena CATRINESCU, Lydia Johanna UTKIN, Gil SHULMAN, Sebastian DE LA CHICA
  • Patent number: 11075873
    Abstract: A method for facilitating focused use of an email client includes entering an inbox pause mode and pausing display of at least some new email messages and email notifications while in the inbox pause mode. The method also includes detecting, while in the inbox pause mode, a selection by a user of a previously received email message that was received prior to entering the inbox pause mode. The method also includes displaying, while in the inbox pause mode, information about a subsequently received email message that is received subsequent to entering the inbox pause mode and that belongs to a conversation comprising the previously received email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ilya David Gorelik, Thomas Constantin, Suzan Marashi, Elena Catrinescu, Lydia Johanna Utkin, Gil Shulman, Sebastian De La Chica
  • Publication number: 20200336452
    Abstract: A method for facilitating focused use of an email client includes entering an inbox pause mode and pausing display of at least some new email messages and email notifications while in the inbox pause mode. The method also includes detecting, while in the inbox pause mode, a selection by a user of a previously received email message that was received prior to entering the inbox pause mode. The method also includes displaying, while in the inbox pause mode, information about a subsequently received email message that is received subsequent to entering the inbox pause mode and that belongs to a conversation comprising the previously received email message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ilya David GORELIK, Thomas CONSTANTIN, Suzan MARASHI, Elena CATRINESCU, Lydia Johanna UTKIN, Gil SHULMAN, Sebastian DE LA CHICA