Patents by Inventor William S. Archbell

William S. Archbell 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 sender-selected sound items to conversation participants
    Patent number: 9063695
    Abstract: Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: K. Aaron Williams, John R. Selbie, William S Archbell, Kandarp Jani, Troy A Schauls, Raghuveer Simha, Yuanquan Zhang, Thomas Aleksandr Barbour
  • Providing sender-selected sound items to conversation participants
    Patent number: 8762458
    Abstract: Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: K. Aaron Williams, John R. Selbie, William S. Archbell, Kandarp Jani, Troy A. Schauls, Thomas A. Barbour, Raghuveer Simha, Yuanquan Zhang
  • Providing Sender-Selected Sound Items to Conversation Participants
    Publication number: 20140123007
    Abstract: Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: K. Aaron Williams, John R. Selbie, William S Archbell, Kandarp Jani, Troy A Schauls, Raghuveer Simha, Yuanquan Zhang, Thomas Aleksandr Barbour
  • Providing Sender-Selected Sound Items to Conversation Participants
    Publication number: 20090006567
    Abstract: Functionality is described for allowing a first user to select a sound item. The first user can use a first device to send this sound item to a second device operated by a second user. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the sound item selected by the first user can be presented by the second device to the second user. The first device and the second device may correspond to two devices in an Instant Messaging (IM) system. According to another illustrative aspect, functionality is described that allows the first user to select the new sound item from a source sound item by adjusting the position and/or size (e.g., width) of a graphical selection unit that is presented over a graphical depiction of the source sound item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: K. Aaron Williams, John R. Selbie, William S. Archbell, Kandarp Jani, Troy A. Schauls, Thomas A. Barbour, Raghuveer Simha, Yuanquan Zhang