US 11,990,115 B2
Road map for audio presentation of communications
August Kathryn Niehaus, Bellevue, WA (US); Saurabh Choudhury, Bothell, WA (US); Eugene Y. Suh, Bellevue, WA (US); and Gunjan Sood, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/807,830.
Application 17/807,830 is a continuation of application No. 16/436,665, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,367,429.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328033 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/06 (2013.01); G10L 13/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2022.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC G10L 13/00 (2013.01) [G10L 13/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:
receiving an instruction to initiate audio presentation of electronic communications for a recipient; and
responsive to the instruction, outputting an audio presentation including, for each thread of a plurality of threads of the electronic communications:
an initial portion that includes audible output of a thread summary for the thread, and
a subsequent portion that includes audible output of text content of a plurality of unreviewed electronic communications of the thread,
wherein the thread summary of each thread of the plurality of threads identifies an estimated duration of time to present the subsequent portion of the audio presentation for the thread prior to the audible output of the text content of the subsequent portion for the thread.