Kevin P Morrison

US Patent:

D683747, Jun 4, 2013

Filed:

Feb 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

29/386247

Inventors:

Blaine J. Carpenter - Seattle WA, US
Kevin Morrison - Arlington MA, US
Marcelo Truffat - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

1402

US Classification:

D14487

US Patent:

20110185288, Jul 28, 2011

Filed:

Feb 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/032019

Inventors:

Amit Gupta - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Morrison - Arlington MA, US
Michael Eckert - Seattle WA, US
Thomas Bouchard - Seattle WA, US
Marcelo Truffat - Woodinville WA, US
Blaine Carpenter - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 11/07
G06F 15/16
G06F 3/01

US Classification:

715752, 709206, 714 15, 714E11023

Abstract:

Techniques for restoring communications sessions for applications having conversation environment and a meeting embodiment are described. A system may include a meeting component of a communications application for selecting a meeting from multiple meetings, a conversation component of the communications application for managing multiple conversation threads, and a recovery component of the communications application for recovering an active meeting from the multiple meetings or an active conversation thread from the multiple conversation threads. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

US Patent:

20220303322, Sep 22, 2022

Filed:

Dec 13, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/549391

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Aaron William LINNE - Bellevue WA, US
Rajiv RAMAIAH - Scottsdale AZ, US
Archana SASEETHARAN - Redmond WA, US
Mansoor MALIK - Kirkland WA, US
Shiraz CUPALA - Seattle WA, US
Beste NAZILLI - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Daniel MORRISON - Arlington MA, US
Sagar Nagaraja SHASTRY - Everett WA, US
Eric Jonathan HULL - Seattle WA, US
Alexander Tobias POWELL - Redmond WA, US
Lei YANG - Sammamish WA, US
Manasi SHARMA - Redmond WA, US
Siddharth UPPAL - Bothell WA, US
Yuri DOGANDJIEV - Renton WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 65/401
H04L 12/18

Abstract:

Updating user-specific instances of a second application for individual users of a group based on a data file for the second application being shared via a collaboration object that corresponds to the group within a first application. The instances of the second application present each individual user with their own custom user experience that is configured to provide access to specific content based on object permissions data. An application extension is executable, by the first application, to extend content editing functionalities of the second application into the collaboration object. Responsive to specific content being associated with the collaboration object via the application extension, each of the instances of the second application may be automatically updated to provide direct access to the specific content. Thus, each user within the group defined for collaboration object can access the data file via the collaboration object and their own instance of the second application.

US Patent:

20220261760, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb 18, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/179151

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Eric HULL - Seattle WA, US
Kevin Daniel MORRISON - Arlington MA, US
Lan YE - Redmond WA, US
Shivaram PRABHAKAR - Bothell WA, US
Julia FORAN - Kirkland WA, US
Szymon MADEJCZYK - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/10

Abstract:

Traditionally, meetings are widely utilized in business and personal communications, whether in-person and/or virtual. Organizing such meetings typically involves multiple exchanges of content and messages between users before, during, and after the meeting. In some cases, meetings may occur impromptu and may result in inefficient and unproductive collaboration. A collaboration object configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate before, during, and after a meeting is provided. In aspects, the collaboration object links content generated before, during, and after the meeting in a single location and provides functionality for concurrent multi-user interaction and synchronization of the content across applications. The collaboration object may be available from a variety of application platforms, enabling and persisting real-time editing and collaboration before, during and after the meeting.

US Patent:

20220263675, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

Feb 18, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/179186

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Eric HULL - Seattle WA, US
Kevin Daniel MORRISON - Arlington MA, US
Julia FORAN - Kirkland WA, US
Szymon MADEJCZYK - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 12/18
G06Q 10/10
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Traditionally, meetings are widely utilized in business and personal communications, whether in-person and/or virtual. Organizing such meetings typically involves multiple exchanges of content and messages between users before, during, and after the meeting. In some cases, meetings may occur impromptu and may result in inefficient and unproductive collaboration. A collaboration object configured to enable users to dynamically collaborate before, during, and after a meeting is provided. In aspects, the collaboration object links content generated before, during, and after the meeting in a single location and provides functionality for concurrent multi-user interaction and synchronization of the content across applications. The collaboration object may be available from a variety of application platforms, enabling and persisting real-time editing and collaboration before, during and after the meeting.

US Patent:

20210266501, Aug 26, 2021

Filed:

May 10, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/316653

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Ruchir ASTAVANS - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Daniel MORRISON - Arlington MA, US
Chad A. VOSS - Redmond WA, US
Arney PARANDEKAR - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

H04N 7/14
H04L 29/06
H04N 7/15
H04N 7/01

Abstract:

The disclosed techniques improve user engagement and promote efficient use of computing resources by providing dynamically controlled aspect ratios for communication session renderings based on a physical orientation of a device. In some configurations, a system can select a first aspect ratio for individual video streams of a communication session when a device is in a first orientation, e.g., a portrait orientation. In addition, the system can select a second aspect ratio for the individual video streams when the device is in a second orientation, e.g., a landscape orientation. In some configurations, the first aspect ratio can be greater than the second aspect ratio, or the aspect ratios can be selected based on a target aspect ratio, which can be adjusted over time. By dynamically selecting an aspect ratio for individual stream renderings, screen space of a device can be optimized while the device is held in various physical orientations.

US Patent:

20190222892, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Jun 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/021860

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Sonu ARORA - Kirkland WA, US
Santhosh Kumar MISRO - Issaquah WA, US
Joshua GEORGE - Redmond WA, US
Kevin Daniel MORRISON - Arlington MA, US

International Classification:

H04N 21/442
H04N 21/431
G06K 9/00
H04N 21/2187
H04N 21/258

Abstract:

The disclosed system implements techniques to identify activity in which attendees to a communication session likely have a greater interest. Prior to commencement of a communication session or during the communication session, the techniques enable a list of attendees to a communication session to be designated as a group for which detected activity has a priority with respect to being displayed. The designated list of attendees is a subset of a total number of attendees to the communication session. The system monitors streams associated with individual attendees on the list to detect an occurrence of a preset target event. The system configures a portion of a graphical user interface of the communication session to accentuate the stream that includes the occurrence of the preset target event.

US Patent:

20190132368, May 2, 2019

Filed:

Oct 24, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/169967

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Jason Thomas FAULKNER - Seattle WA, US
Casey BAKER - Seattle WA, US
Sonu ARORA - Kirkland WA, US
Christopher WELSH - Tacoma WA, US
Kevin D. MORRISON - Arlington MA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06

Abstract:

Described herein is a system that generates and displays an interactive timeline for a teleconference session, where the interactive timeline includes a representation of supplemental recorded content that has been added after a live viewing of the teleconference session has ended. The system can inject the supplemental recorded content into previously recorded content or append the supplemental recorded content to the interactive timeline. Moreover, the system can cause the supplemental recorded content to subsequently be displayed in one of multiple different views. Furthermore, the system can generate and/or distribute a notification of the supplemental recorded content so that participants to the teleconference session can be made aware of additional activity contributed to the teleconference session (e.g., by someone who missed the live viewing of the teleconference session).