Patents by Inventor Benjamin Rea Howell

Benjamin Rea Howell 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).

  • Command user interface for displaying and scaling selectable controls and commands
    Patent number: 10019145
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maya Rodrig, Erez Kikin-gil, Charles Scott Walker, Benjamin Rea Howell, Han-Wen Yeh, Alexandre Grigorovitch, Diego Felipe Martínez Díaz
  • COMMAND USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND SCALING SELECTABLE CONTROLS AND COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20160210035
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maya Rodrig, Erez Kikin-gil, Charles Scott Walker, Benjamin Rea Howell, Han-Wen Yeh, Alexandre Grigorovitch, Diego Felipe Martínez Díaz
  • Command user interface for displaying and scaling selectable controls and commands
    Patent number: 9329761
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Maya Rodrig, Erez Kikin-gil, Charles Scott Walker, Benjamin Rea Howell, Han-Wen Yeh, Alexandre Grigorovitch, Diego Felipe Martínez Díaz
  • COMMAND USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING AND SCALING SELECTABLE CONTROLS AND COMMANDS
    Publication number: 20150277708
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an improved user interface for displaying and scaling selectable software commands and controls in at least one of a first ribbon and a second ribbon. Underneath a first ribbon of top-level command tabs, selectable controls associated with a selected command tab are presented in logical subgroups or chunks. The selectable controls within the chunks are granularly scaled to accommodate different screen sizes or changes in window size. The scaling includes moving a subset of the selectable controls within at least one of the chunks between an overflow pane and the second ribbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maya Rodrig, Erez Kikin-gil, Charles Scott Walker, Benjamin Rea Howell, Han-Wen Yeh, Alexandre Grigorovitch, Diego Felipe Martínez Díaz