Patents by Inventor Brian E. Keane

Brian E. Keane 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).

  • Managing Virtual Ports
    Publication number: 20120144348
    Abstract: Techniques for managing virtual ports are disclosed herein. Each such virtual port may have different associated features such as, for example, privileges, rights or options. When one or more users are in a capture scene of a gesture based system, the system may associate virtual ports with the users and maintain the virtual ports. Also provided are techniques for disassociating virtual ports with users or swapping virtual ports between two or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kathryn Stone-Perez, Jeffrey Margolis, Mark J. Finocchio, Brian E. Keane, Rudy Jacobus Poot, Stephen G. Latta
  • Managing virtual port associations to users in a gesture-based computing environment
    Patent number: 8181123
    Abstract: Techniques for managing virtual ports are disclosed herein. Each such virtual port may have different associated features such as, for example, privileges, rights or options. When one or more users are in a capture scene of a gesture based system, the system may associate virtual ports with the users and maintain the virtual ports. Also provided are techniques for disassociating virtual ports with users or swapping virtual ports between two or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn Stone-Perez, Jeffrey Margolis, Mark J. Finocchio, Brian E. Keane, Rudy Jacobus Poot, Stephen G. Latta
  • MANAGING VIRTUAL PORTS
    Publication number: 20100281437
    Abstract: Techniques for managing virtual ports are disclosed herein. Each such virtual port may have different associated features such as, for example, privileges, rights or options. When one or more users are in a capture scene of a gesture based system, the system may associate virtual ports with the users and maintain the virtual ports. Also provided are techniques for disassociating virtual ports with users or swapping virtual ports between two or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn Stone-Perez, Jeffrey Margolis, Mark J. Finocchio, Brian E. Keane, Rudy Jacobus Poot, Stephen G. Latta