Patents by Inventor Alan Michael Bush

Alan Michael Bush has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Task switching on mobile devices
    Patent number: 10631246
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a task switching technology on a computing device such as a Smartphone. An application is comprised of one or more tasks. When a user requests that another task be executed, information about the previously executing task (e.g., including a screenshot) is preserved to a stack. If the user invokes a task switcher program, the user is presented with a view of the stack, e.g., containing the screenshots (and representative text) of the tasks that previously executed. The user may navigate among those presented task representations to arbitrarily select any one, with the selected task resumed upon selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Rachel Jiang, Rhoniel Villano Manlapaz, Megan Galbraith Donahue, Amy Elizabeth Alberts, Jan H. Karachale, Ashwini Varma, Vijayendra Gopalrao Vasu, Alan Michael Bush
  • Task Switching on Mobile Devices
    Publication number: 20120210266
    Abstract: The subject disclosure is directed towards a task switching technology on a computing device such as a Smartphone. An application is comprised of one or more tasks. When a user requests that another task be executed, information about the previously executing task (e.g., including a screenshot) is preserved to a stack. If the user invokes a task switcher program, the user is presented with a view of the stack, e.g., containing the screenshots (and representative text) of the tasks that previously executed. The user may navigate among those presented task representations to arbitrarily select any one, with the selected task resumed upon selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel Jiang, Rhoniel Villano Manlapaz, Megan Galbraith Donahue, Amy Elizabeth Alberts, Jan H. Karachale, Ashwini Varma, Vijayendra Gopalrao Vasu, Alan Michael Bush