Patents by Inventor Diana Gail Kimball

Diana Gail Kimball 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).

  • Format object task pane
    Patent number: 10248439
    Abstract: A format object task pane is provided that presents contextual formatting controls for formatting objects. The format object task pane may be docked to an edge of an application window and may be modeless, allowing a user to interact with application functionalities while the task pane is open. Formatting controls may behave contextually and display controls specific to a currently selected object. The presented formatting controls may be organized by categories and by sections within the categories. Text formatting and object formatting controls may be provided in a same task pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Megan Ann Bates, Diana Gail Kimball
  • PRESENTER VIEW IN PRESENTATION APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20140173442
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing a presenter view in a presentation application. A determination is made, by a presentation application executing on a computer, as to whether a secondary display device is coupled to the computer. If a determination is made that the secondary display device is coupled to the computer, then the presentation application is transformed from a default configuration to a presenter configuration. If a determination has been made that the presentation is complete, then the presentation application is transformed from a presenter configuration to a default configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lishan Yu, Christopher Michael Maloney, Diana Gail Kimball, Trevor Bradshaw Florence, Shawn Alan Villaron, Hannes Ruescher, Jeffrey Edwin Murray
  • Format Object Task Pane
    Publication number: 20130125041
    Abstract: A format object task pane is provided that presents contextual formatting controls for formatting objects. The format object task pane may be docked to an edge of an application window and may be modeless, allowing a user to interact with application functionalities while the task pane is open. Formatting controls may behave contextually and display controls specific to a currently selected object. The presented formatting controls may be organized by categories and by sections within the categories. Text formatting and object formatting controls may be provided in a same task pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Megan Ann Bates, Diana Gail Kimball
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D711413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lishan Yu, Trevor Florence, Valerie Rosen, Christopher Michael Maloney, Christopher D. Edwards, Diana Gail Kimball