Patents by Inventor Catherine R. Morrow

Catherine R. Morrow 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).

  • User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are contextually relevant to a selected object
    Patent number: 8117542
    Abstract: An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable functionality controls that identifies the context of the object to which the user interface is relevant, which contains rich functionality controls for applying contextually relevant functionality to a selected object, and which may be efficiently switched to a different context for applying a different set of functionalities to a different or neighboring editable object. A context menu of functionalities is displayed adjacent to a selected object where the menu of functionalities includes functionalities associated with editing the selected object. The context menu includes an identification of the object context and a control for selectively changing the context and associated functionalities of the menu to a different object context for displaying a different set of functionalities associated with the different context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roland Radtke, Aaron M. Butcher, Jensen M. Harris, Catherine R. Morrow, Jesse Clay Satterfield