Patents by Inventor VERNON WILLIAM SOUTHWARD

VERNON WILLIAM SOUTHWARD 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).

  • Productivity tools for content authoring
    Patent number: 10210146
    Abstract: An assisted content authoring productivity tool can provide a set of structured content related to at least one topic determined from a user's expression of intent. Additional information can be obtained about a selected result from the set of structured content through the assisted content authoring productivity tool by using the set of structured content as context for the further search. An item from the set of structured content can be inserted into a document in a content authoring surface of a content authoring application. The insertion may be carried out cross-device. Topics for the search of structured content can be determined using the user's expression of intent and, once available, the context can include the results of previous searches for the structured content related to at least one topic determined from the user's expression of intent. Each additional search results may provide further context in a recursive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Bernhard S. J. Kohlmeier, Lorrissa Reyes, Pradeep Chilakamarri, Vernon William Southward
  • PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS FOR CONTENT AUTHORING
    Publication number: 20160092416
    Abstract: An assisted content authoring productivity tool can provide a set of structured content related to at least one topic determined from a user's expression of intent. Additional information can be obtained about a selected result from the set of structured content through the assisted content authoring productivity tool by using the set of structured content as context for the further search. An item from the set of structured content can be inserted into a document in a content authoring surface of a content authoring application. The insertion may be carried out cross-device. Topics for the search of structured content can be determined using the user's expression of intent and, once available, the context can include the results of previous searches for the structured content related to at least one topic determined from the user's expression of intent. Each additional search results may provide further context in a recursive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: BERNHARD S.J. KOHLMEIER, LORRISSA REYES, PRADEEP CHILAKAMARRI, VERNON WILLIAM SOUTHWARD