Patents by Inventor Cynthia Wessling
Cynthia Wessling 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).
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Patent number: 9449303Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang
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Patent number: 9426419Abstract: A video conferencing device that includes a camera and display system captures video of local participants and displays incoming video feeds from remote locations. For example, incoming video feeds of the remote participants may be displayed on an outward-facing circular screen mounted on a central pedestal. One or more cameras are also mounted on the pedestal in order to capture video of the local participants. The incoming video feed can be arranged or organized in various ways on the display based in part on the quantity of incoming feeds and/or the needs of the conference-room participants.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Cynthia Wessling
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Patent number: 9165290Abstract: Notes may be shared in an online meeting with online meeting attendees through a software application associated with organizing an online meeting, for example, online meeting software, calendaring software, note-taking software, or the like. Notes may be created and/or shared before, during, and/or after the online meeting by meeting attendees. Meeting attendees may be notified when notes are shared for the online meeting. Notes may be shared with items of the software application associated with organizing the online meeting. For example, notes may be shared in online meeting software with the online meeting. Notes may be shared among items of different software applications, for example, notes shared in the online meeting software may be automatically shared with a calendar item in a calendaring software application.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Cynthia Wessling, Thomas Underhill, Alex Simmons, Hong Lin, Stuti Jain, Kitty Chou, Charles Duze, Sirirat Reinikka, Shruti Kasetty, Syed Bilal, Jeffrey Bell, David Rasmussen
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Publication number: 20140198172Abstract: A video conferencing device that includes a camera and display system captures video of local participants and displays incoming video feeds from remote locations. For example, incoming video feeds of the remote participants may be displayed on an outward-facing circular screen mounted on a central pedestal. One or more cameras are also mounted on the pedestal in order to capture video of the local participants. The incoming video feed can be arranged or organized in various ways on the display based in part on the quantity of incoming feeds and/or the needs of the conference-room participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventor: Cynthia Wessling
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Patent number: 8675038Abstract: A video conferencing device that includes a camera and display system captures video of local participants and displays incoming video feeds from remote locations. For example, incoming video feeds of the remote participants may be displayed on an outward-facing circular screen mounted on a central pedestal. One or more cameras are also mounted on the pedestal in order to capture video of the local participants. The incoming video feed can be arranged or organized in various ways on the display based in part on the quantity of incoming feeds and/or the needs of the conference-room participants.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Cynthia Wessling
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Publication number: 20130191719Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang
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Publication number: 20130110925Abstract: Notes may be shared in an online meeting with online meeting attendees through a software application associated with organizing an online meeting, for example, online meeting software, calendaring software, note-taking software, or the like. Notes may be created and/or shared before, during, and/or after the online meeting by meeting attendees. Meeting attendees may be notified when notes are shared for the online meeting. Notes may be shared with items of the software application associated with organizing the online meeting. For example, notes may be shared in online meeting software with the online meeting. Notes may be shared among items of different software applications, for example, notes shared in the online meeting software may be automatically shared with a calendar item in a calendaring software application.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cynthia Wessling, Thomas Underhill, Alex Simmons, Hong Lin, Stuti Jain, Kitty Chou, Charles Duze, Sirirat Reinikka, Shruti Kasetty, Syed Bilal, Jeffrey Bell, David Rasmussen
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Publication number: 20120075407Abstract: A video conferencing device that includes a camera and display system captures video of local participants and displays incoming video feeds from remote locations. For example, incoming video feeds of the remote participants may be displayed on an outward-facing circular screen mounted on a central pedestal. One or more cameras are also mounted on the pedestal in order to capture video of the local participants. The incoming video feed can be arranged or organized in various ways on the display based in part on the quantity of incoming feeds and/or the needs of the conference-room participants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventor: Cynthia Wessling
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Publication number: 20070103488Abstract: Lower resolution bitmaps are substituted with higher resolution bitmaps before output. The higher resolution bitmaps are substituted for the lower resolution bitmaps such that the bitmaps are of sufficient resolution and may be anti-aliased to produce a shape that has high resolution for printing and display devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2005Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benjamen Ross, Cynthia Wessling, Cherie Ekholm
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Publication number: 20070028169Abstract: A list of goals is displayed that may be selected by user to get started on a project using an application. Rather than requiring the user to know how to best achieve the selected goal using the functionality of a specific application, a user may choose a goal and a solution to get started. After selecting the goal, the user is presented with various solutions that may be used to get started. For example, the selected goal may be to attract new customers and in response to the selection the application may display a list of publications that may be created to attract new customers. Selecting one of the solutions leads the user to resources that will assist them in achieving their goal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Cynthia Wessling
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Publication number: 20070028170Abstract: An application assistance user interface guides, educates, and provides application functionality to a user to reach a goal that relates to their application. For example, a goal may be to provide marketing assistance while creating a publication using a publishing application. Rather than requiring the user to extensively search through menu items in order to complete the project and meet their goal, a user may selectively determine whether or not to perform any of the provided tasks within the application assistance user interface. The interface combines tasks within an interface that may be accessed by the user to complete at least a part of the goal. Selecting one of the tasks leads the user to application features, help topics, Web site locations, or to further tasks that may be used within the scenario to complete the goal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cynthia Wessling, Mwanza Russell, Yihua Xiong
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Publication number: 20060206836Abstract: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for creating an identity that defines a visual appearance for output generated by multiple applications. The identity may include a base design, an effects scheme, a color scheme, a font scheme, a logo, and business information. The identity being saved in a form that is accessible by the multiple applications so that when accessed, the application applies the identity to a document to give the document a consistent visual appearance with output from other applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cynthia Wessling, David Siedzik, Juraj Gottweis, Sumi Singh
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Publication number: 20050278625Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically generating and displaying previews of documents or templates of interest to a user. As a user provides or selects customized designs or themes, including color themes, font types, images, and the like, previews of one or more documents or templates to which the user selected designs or themes are applied are dynamically generated and are displayed to allow the user to select an actual document or template for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2004Publication date: December 15, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cynthia Wessling, Benjamen Ross
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Publication number: 20050268229Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating colorized previews of selected document templates. Upon selection of a desired color scheme, each document template represented by a collection of displayed document template previews is colorized according to a user-selected color scheme to provide the user with a preview of the collection of document templates colorized according to the user's desired color scheme prior to selection of one of the displayed templates for actual use. The colorized document templates are converted to bitmap format and are displayed to the user to allow the user to select a particular template colorized according to the user's selected color scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Cynthia Wessling, John Carlson, Rob Dolin