# Microsoft Technology Licensing — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Microsoft Technology Licensing has 10 landmark patents explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How AI Understands Answers Across Multiple Documents](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20240338414/inter-document-attention-mechanism)
  Microsoft's 2024 patent on using AI to find answers by understanding how information in one document relates to information in another.
- [AI That Links Information Across Documents for Better Answers](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12657244/inter-document-attention-mechanism-12657244) — granted 2026
  This patent describes an AI system that improves answers to questions by linking and understanding information across several related documents, rather than just one at a time.
- [Mouse with Two Angled Scroll Wheels for Sideways Feedback](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12585346/double-wheel-assembly) — granted 2026
  This patent describes a pointing device, like a computer mouse, that uses two scroll wheels, one of which is angled to allow for both vertical scrolling and a unique sideways haptic feedback when scrolled.
- [Connecting Different Types of Fiber Optic Cables with an Adapter](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12517303/optical-waveguide-adapter-assembly) — granted 2026
  This patent describes a special adapter that smoothly connects a traditional solid core optical fiber to a newer hollow core optical fiber by carefully changing the light's beam size as it passes between them.
- [How AI Learns to Test Software in the Cloud](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12001320/cloud-architecture-for-reinforcement-learning) — granted 2024
  This patent describes a cloud system where a single AI model learns to test many live software applications at once by trying actions, getting feedback, and improving itself.
- [Improving AI Language Understanding with Aligned Knowledge Graphs](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11798529/generation-of-optimized-knowledge-based-language-model-through-knowledge-graph-m) — granted 2023
  This patent describes a method for making AI language models smarter by combining them with knowledge modules, which learn from two different, but related, knowledge graphs.
- [How AI Models Learn Complex Tasks by Breaking Them Down](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/11120365/for-hierarchical-decomposition-deep-reinforcement-learning-for-an-artificial-int) — granted 2021
  This patent describes a method for training artificial intelligence models to solve big problems by splitting them into smaller, manageable steps and learning each step separately before combining them.
- [Microsoft's Hologram System That Reacts to Your Location](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10789779/location-based-holographic-experience) — granted 2020
  Microsoft's 2020 patent describes a headset that shows holograms based on where you are in a physical space, guiding you along a path and reacting to your movement.
- [How Computers Learn to Track Your Eyes Better](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9727135/gaze-calibration) — granted 2017
  This patent describes a method for eye-tracking systems to get more accurate by first asking you to look at specific points, and then secretly improving its accuracy as you use the computer normally.
- [How Quantum Computers Use Special Devices to Control Qubits](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9256834/quantum-computers-having-partial-interferometric-quantum-gates) — granted 2016
  This patent describes a way for quantum computers to control special quantum bits, called topological qubits, using a "partial interferometric device" to perform specific operations.

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