Michael Patrick O'Connor

US Patent:

20130268507, Oct 10, 2013

Filed:

Apr 8, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/441898

Inventors:

Steven William Macbeth - Redmond WA, US
Michael William O'Connor - Snoqualmie WA, US
Zhaowei Charlie Jiang - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael Van Snellenberg - Seattle WA, US
Li Jiang - Bellevue WA, US
Shajib Sadhukha - Seattle WA, US
Amit Kumar - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707709, 707769, 707723, 707E17108, 707E17014

Abstract:

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating the completion of a user task. That is, user intent (e.g., intentions of a user to perform a user task) may be identified. The user intent may comprise an entity (e.g., a movie entity) and/or an action (e.g., an order movie tickets action) that the user wants to perform on the entity. A provider list may be created based upon one or more providers capable of performing the action on the entity (e.g., a movie application may be capable of performing the order movie tickets action on the movie entity). Providers may be dynamically selected for inclusion within the provider list at run-time. For example, an open market of providers may be maintained (e.g., providers may be added, removed, and/or updated over time), such that providers may be selected from the open market to complete user tasks.

US Patent:

20180068372, Mar 8, 2018

Filed:

Nov 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/801156

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michael William O'Connor - Snoqualmie WA, US
Zhaowei Charlie Jiang - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael Van Snellenberg - Seattle WA, US
Li Jiang - Bellevue WA, US
Shajib Sadhukha - Seattle WA, US
Amir Kumar - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06
G06Q 50/10
G06F 17/30
G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating the completion of a user task. That is, user intent (e.g., intentions of a user to perform a user task) may be identified. The user intent may comprise an entity (e.g., a movie entity) and/or an action (e.g., an order movie tickets action) that the user wants to perform on the entity. A provider list may be created based upon one or more providers capable of performing the action on the entity (e.g., a movie application may be capable of performing the order movie tickets action on the movie entity). Providers may be dynamically selected for inclusion within the provider list at run-time. For example, an open market of providers may be maintained (e.g., providers may be added, removed, and/or updated over time), such that providers may be selected from the open market to complete user tasks.