Dan H WuSeattle, WA

8195601, Jun 5, 2012

Sep 26, 2008

12/238451

David W. Law - Seattle WA, US
Jeffrey Craig Kunins - Seattle WA, US
Eric Zappa - Seattle WA, US
Brian M. Perrin - Redmond WA, US
Archana M. Gadkari - Bellevue WA, US
Dan Wu - Lynnwood WA, US
Joseph Andrew Bono - Kirkland WA, US
Jeffrey Earl Steinbok - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 17/30

707600

A visitor to a profile page is invited to modify a user profile associated with the profile page. If the visitor elects to provide a suggested modification to the profile page, a message is transmitted to the user that owns the profile page requesting authorization to perform the suggested modification. In response to the message, the user can accept the suggested modification to the user profile, decline the suggested modification to the user profile, or edit the suggested modification to the user profile. If the user accepts or edits the suggested modification to the user profile, the user profile is modified accordingly. In this manner, a visitor to a profile page can assist in the creation of a user profile.

8255987, Aug 28, 2012

Jan 15, 2009

12/354106

Joseph Andrew Bono - Kirkland WA, US
Thomas R. Bauman - Redmond WA, US
Jeffrey E. Steinbok - Redmond WA, US
Eileen S. Hash - Kirkland WA, US
Dan Wu - Lynnwood WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16

726 14, 713155, 713168, 713169, 713170, 726 4, 726 11

Communication abuse prevention techniques are described. In an implementation, a reputation level for a communication is determined based on relation information for a sender and an intended recipient of the communication. A challenge is invoked that is to be completed by the sender before the communication is sent. The challenge is selected based on the reputation level for the communication.

8571863, Oct 29, 2013

Jan 4, 2011

12/984581

Reda Harb - Bellevue WA, US
Dan Wu - Bellevue WA, US

Intellectual Ventures Fund 79 LLC - Las Vegas NV

G10L 21/00

704235

In one example, a device captures a segment of audio played out over an audio source in response to a control signal from a user interface of the device. The device causes any speech of the captured segment to be converted into a text segment using a local or remote speech-to-text component. The device causes the text segment to be provided to a remote network device for analysis. In response to the providing, the device receives back a tag that identifies an electronic media object. The electronic media object may correspond to, for example, an electronic book, and the device may use the tag to purchase and download the book. The device may be configured to convert text of the downloaded electronic book to synthesized speech, and then cause the synthesized speech to be played out over a local or remote speaker.

2012024, Sep 20, 2012

May 31, 2012

13/485780

Joseph Andrew Bono - Kirkland WA, US
Thomas R. Bauman - Redmond WA, US
Jeffrey E. Steinbok - Redmond WA, US
Eileen S. Hash - Kirkland WA, US
Dan Wu - Lynnwood WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 21/00

726 4

Communication abuse prevention techniques are described. In an implementation, a reputation level for a communication is determined based on relation information for a sender and an intended recipient of the communication. A challenge is invoked that is to be completed by the sender before the communication is sent. The challenge is selected based on the reputation level for the communication. The communication is caused to be available for access based on successful completion of the challenge. Access to the communication is inhibited in response to a subsequent determination of the reputation level that indicates that the reputation level for the communication has changed to a new reputation level prior to the communication being accessed by the intended recipient. The subsequent determination is based on additional information associated with the sender of the communication

2023001, Jan 19, 2023

Sep 15, 2022

17/945475

- Redmond WA, US
Dan WU - Bothell WA, US
Xiao WANG - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan Drew PIO - Seattle WA, US
Maryam Ummi YUSUF - Everett WA, US
Jared BROWN - Seattle WA, US

H04L 67/131
G06F 9/451
H04L 67/01

Embodiments of the disclosure render a context menu upon receiving a context menu indication from a user. The context menu comprises a combination of local context menu items and remote context menu items that are selected based on the context received with the context menu indication. The context menu is created by identifying a set of local and remote context menu item providers and receiving both a rank and HTML based on the received context. The set of local and remote context menu items are ranked according to their respective rank and a number of ranked context menu items are selected. The HTML for the selected context menu items are combined and the combined HTML is rendered to yield the context menu. The context menu is presented to the user.

2021036, Nov 25, 2021

Oct 14, 2020

17/070760

- Redmond WA, US
Jared BROWN - Seattle WA, US
Anjali Muralidhar RAI - Redmond WA, US
Paul Valentin BORZA - Seattle WA, US
Tomoe YAMAGATA - Shoreline WA, US
Julian VARANDA - Seattle WA, US
Dan WU - Bothell WA, US
Jessica A. BOOS - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

G06F 16/957
G06F 16/248
G06F 3/0483
G06F 3/0482

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems and methods are described that relate to providing, in a browser environment, a sidebar search capability to users. Once in a primary content page, the user is able to select text for searching. In response, the system provides a context menu or keyboard shortcut that includes an option for conducting a sidebar search. In response to user selection, the system passes highlighted or selected text as a parameter to the search engine. The results are provided in an area alongside the currently displayed content page, such as in a sidebar search pane. The user is able to experience search results without leaving the context of their current search tab.

2021034, Nov 4, 2021

May 1, 2020

16/864597

- Redmond WA, US
Dan WU - Bothell WA, US
Xiao WANG - Bellevue WA, US
Jonathan Drew PIO - Seattle WA, US
Maryam Ummi YUSUF - Everett WA, US
Jared Brown - Seattle WA, US

H04L 29/06
G06F 9/451

Embodiments of the disclosure render a context menu upon receiving a context menu indication from a user. The context menu comprises a combination of local context menu items and remote context menu items that are selected based on the context received with the context menu indication. The context menu is created by identifying a set of local and remote context menu item providers and receiving both a rank and HTML based on the received context. The set of local and remote context menu items are ranked according to their respective rank and a number of ranked context menu items are selected. The HTML for the selected context menu items are combined and the combined HTML is rendered to yield the context menu. The context menu is presented to the user.