Patents by Inventor Doug Kramer
Doug Kramer 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: 9569079Abstract: The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Doug Kramer, Kevin Kennedy, Maxim Mazeev, Sundaram Ramani, Robert Levy
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Publication number: 20160085419Abstract: Processing multiple inputs received across simultaneously displayed applications. In an embodiment, a computing device displays a first application on a first portion of a display device, and simultaneously displays a second application on a second, different, portion of the display device. The computing device receives a first user input in connection with the first portion of the display device, and, at substantially the same time, also receives a second user input in connection with the second portion of the display device. The computing device routes the first user input to the first application based on the first user input having been received in connection with first portion of the display device, and, at substantially the same time, also routes the second user input to the second application based on the second user input having been received in connection with the second portion of the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Patent number: 9164659Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Publication number: 20140333560Abstract: The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Doug Kramer, Kevin Kennedy, Maxim Mazeev, Sundaram Ramani, Robert Levy
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Patent number: 8797271Abstract: The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Doug Kramer, Kevin Kennedy, Maxim Mazeev, Sundaram Ramani, Robert Levy
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Patent number: 8347215Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Publication number: 20100053110Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Patent number: 7620901Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Publication number: 20090213084Abstract: The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Doug Kramer, Kevin Kennedy, Maxim Mazeev, Sundaram Ramani, Robert Levy
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Patent number: 7463746Abstract: A loudspeaker system having an enclosure having a narrow opening or slot for radiating high frequency acoustic energy. The loudspeaker system has a cover member defining a slot between the cover member and a boundary of a listening space. The loudspeaker system may also include a fixed or adaptive equalizer for modifying frequency response anomalies resulting from the interaction of the acoustic energy, the narrow opening, and the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Bose CorporationInventors: Gerald F. Caron, George E. P. Chute, Allan S. Copeland, Eric J. Freeman, Doug Kramer
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Publication number: 20070226636Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: September 27, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek Sunday, Chris Whytock
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Publication number: 20050259841Abstract: A loudspeaker system having an enclosure having a narrow opening or slot for radiating high frequency acoustic energy. The loudspeaker system has a cover member defining a slot between the cover member and a boundary of a listening space. The loudspeaker system may also include a fixed or adaptive equalizer for modifying frequency response anomalies resulting from the interaction of the acoustic energy, the narrow opening, and the boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Gerald Caron, George Chute, Allan Copeland, Eric Freeman, Doug Kramer
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Publication number: 20020162702Abstract: An embodiment of the invention comprises an apparatus for mounting a speaker to a wall, comprising a wall plate covering the in-wall electrical box and having an opening and a support member being coupled to the wall plate and capable of coupling to the speaker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2001Publication date: November 7, 2002Inventor: Doug Kramer