Microsoft Patents an Audio-Guided Screen Capture Tool for Visually Impaired Users
Taking a screenshot sounds trivial — unless you can't see the screen. Microsoft is filing a patent for a screen capture system…
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Microsoft Patents an AI System That Finds Images Visually Different From Your Query
Most image search returns more of the same — Microsoft's new patent describes a system that deliberately hunts for related images that…
Microsoft Patents a Spatiotemporal Memory System That Makes Video Searchable in 3D
Microsoft is building what amounts to a spatial long-term memory for video — a system that can answer questions like "where was…
Microsoft Patents a Second AI That Arranges Your LLM Prompts for Better Code Responses
It turns out that where you put information inside an AI prompt matters almost as much as what you put there —…
Microsoft Patents a Context-Aware System for Summarizing Mixed Text, Images, and Audio
Imagine feeding an AI a meeting recording, a slide deck, and a chat transcript — and getting back a single, coherent summary…
Microsoft Patents a Way for AR Headsets to Share Each Other's Views Mid-Collaboration
Imagine working alongside a colleague in augmented reality and being able to glance at exactly what they're seeing — without taking off…
Microsoft Patents a Domain-Aware Scoring System for AI-Generated Text Edits
When a doctor rewrites an AI-generated clinical note, not every edit carries the same weight — changing a drug name matters far…
Meta Patents Haptic Feedback System That Signals XR Event Urgency
Meta wants your wrist — or wearable of choice — to literally feel the difference between a low-priority XR notification and something…
Meta Patents a Disambiguation System for Ray-Ban Glasses That Asks You to Clarify What You're Looking At
When you ask your smart glasses to do something with an object in front of you, they might not know exactly which…
Meta Patents a Shared Social Media Session That Merges Two Users' Feeds in Real Time
Imagine scrolling through Instagram or Facebook with a friend — and the feed adapts to both of you at the same time,…
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