Mark H Swift

US Patent:

20200371663, Nov 26, 2020

Filed:

May 20, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/416822

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Mark Robert SWIFT - Mercer Island WA, US
Xiaoyue WANG - Bellevue WA, US
Michael BRASKET - Redmond WA, US
Thaddeus A. SCOTT - Kirkland WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0481
G06F 3/0484
G06F 17/24
G06F 17/21

Abstract:

The techniques disclosed herein provide a contextual toolset for use in canvases of collaboration applications. The techniques also provide smart hooks for pinning tools to specific locations on content opened in a canvas. The contextual toolset may include tools specific to an application opened in a canvas and/or tools for implementing the functionality of external applications. The smart hooks maintain linkages between an instance of tool usage and an object in a file or other content. The linkages maintain the tool in the same location relative to the object even if the object is moved. Instances of external applications opened in a canvas may be presented in a dedicated user interface region that passes data to and from the external application.

US Patent:

20180337963, Nov 22, 2018

Filed:

May 18, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/599422

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Mark Robert SWIFT - Mercer Island WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Disclosed techniques provide for the management of immersion levels and notifications of conference activities that are of interest to a user. In some embodiments, a system can monitor a conference session, that a user is not attending, on the user's behalf to determine when activity that is of interest to the user occurs during the conference session. The system can then send a notification to the user to inform her of the identified activity. In some embodiments, the notification may enable the user to control her immersion level with respect to the conference session. For example, the notification may include user interface element(s) that the user may select to observe or even join the conference session. In some embodiments, the notification may enable the user to directly share content with attendees of the conference session without having to observe or join the conference session.

US Patent:

20170346863, Nov 30, 2017

Filed:

May 27, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/167624

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Alistair Robert Kilpatrick - London, GB
Kevin D. Morrison - Arlington MA, US
Casey James Baker - Seattle WA, US
Thomas Steven Bouchard - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 29/06
H04N 7/14

Abstract:

A method of monitoring shared user event at a user terminal, including identifying one or more shared user events of which the user of the terminal is not a participant and obtaining information about the content and/or participants of said shared user event without becoming a participant of the shared user event. Based on said obtained information a display is caused to render at least one portal object representing said shared experience, the portal object providing a view of the content and/or participants of said shared experience.

US Patent:

20170053445, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Apr 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/138927

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brandon V. Taylor - Bainbridge Island WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Austin S. Lee - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan S. Menezes - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 19/00
H04N 13/04

Abstract:

Augmented reality apparatus comprises stereoscopic display apparatus, a computer interface, and a rendering module. The stereoscopic display apparatus is arranged to provide to a user of the augmented reality apparatus a view of a real-world environment in which the user is located. The display apparatus is configured to generate a stereoscopic image that is visible to the user simultaneously with the real-world view. The computer interface is configured to receive from a network externally generated 3D model data of the real-world environment in which the user is located. The rendering module is configured to use the externally generated 3D model data to control the display apparatus to render a virtual element in a manner such that it is perceived by the user as a 3D element located at a desired location in the real-world environment.

US Patent:

20170053446, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Apr 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/138995

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brandon V. Taylor - Mercer Island WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Austin S. Lee - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan S. Menezes - Woodinville WA, US
Jason Thomas Faulkner - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 19/00
G02B 27/01
G06F 3/16
G06T 19/20
G06F 3/01
G06F 3/14

Abstract:

A user device comprises a network interface, a rendering module, and a scene modification module. The network interface is configured to receive a video signal from another device via a network. The rendering module is configured to control display apparatus of the user device to display a virtual element to a user of the user device, the virtual element comprising a video image derived from the video signal. The modification module is configured to generate rendering data for displaying a modified version of the virtual element at the other device. The modified version does not include said video image. The network interface is configured to transmit the rendering data to the other device via the network. Alternatively or in addition, the rendering data can be modified at the other device to the same end.

US Patent:

20170053447, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Apr 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/139095

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brandon V. Taylor - Mercer Island WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Austin S. Lee - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan S. Menezes - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 19/00
G06T 15/20
G02B 27/01
G06T 17/00

Abstract:

An augmented reality (AR) system receives a plurality of local 3D models of a part of a real-world environment, each having been generated by a different AR device when located in the real-world environment. The local 3D models are combined to generate a global 3D model, at least part of which is transmitted to a device remote from the real-world environment. The global 3D model represents a greater portion of the real-environment than any of the local 3D models individually. The AR system receives rendering data from the remote device, and transmits it to an AR device when the AR device is located in the real-world environment. Alternatively, the rendering data may be transmitted from the remote device to the AR device via a network directly. The rendering data is for use in rendering a virtual object at the AR device in the real-world environment.

US Patent:

20170053455, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Apr 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/141290

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brandon V. Taylor - Mercer Island WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Austin S. Lee - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan S. Menezes - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 19/20
G06T 19/00

Abstract:

A user device within a communication architecture, the user device comprising an asynchronous session viewer configured to: receive asynchronous session data, the asynchronous session data comprising at least one image, camera pose data associated with the at least one image, and surface reconstruction data associated with the camera pose data; select a field of view position; and edit the asynchronous session data by adding/amending/deleting at least one annotation object based on the selected field of view.

US Patent:

20170053621, Feb 23, 2017

Filed:

Apr 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/141666

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brandon V. Taylor - Mercer Island WA, US
Mark Robert Swift - Mercer Island WA, US
Austin S. Lee - Pittsburgh PA, US
Ryan S. Menezes - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/377
G06F 3/14
G06F 3/0481
G06F 17/24
G06T 19/00

Abstract:

A user device within a communication architecture, the user device comprising a session viewer configured to: receive at least one annotation object associated with a mixed reality/virtual reality session; determine a field of view position; and generate an image overlay based on the determined field of view position and at least one annotation object to display an indicator to guide a user of the user device to a representation of the annotation object.