Patents by Inventor Eric Doerr

Eric Doerr 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).

  • Publication number: 20070299707
    Abstract: The present invention relates to designating that durations of specific tasks are estimated or tentative. The user can indicate estimated durations by the sheet mode or the dialog mode. Estimated duration characters are symbols of uncertainty, such as “?”, that indicate that the duration entries are not fixed and final, but may need to be adjusted in the future. The user can select an option to not display the estimated duration character even though the estimated field for the task is set. The user can also select an option to have new tasks that are created have estimated duration characters until the user chooses to enter a duration value. The program can also filter the task list to display only tasks that have estimated duration characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brett Bentsen, Qin Zhang, Eric Doerr
  • Publication number: 20060212455
    Abstract: Methods and systems that permit a user to associate metadata representing one or more workflow-related actions with an image file are provided. Workflow-related actions describe one or more actions which may be undertaken with respect to the associated image file. For instance, workflow-related actions may include, by way of example only, printing, editing, reviewing, sharing, deleting, and the like. Once associated with metadata representing one or more workflow-related actions, the image file may be retrieved based upon a query for at least one of the workflow-related actions. If more than one workflow-related action is represented in the metadata associated with the image file, the image file may be retrieved based upon a query for each workflow-related action individually or multiple workflow-related actions concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Perry, David Parlin, Eric Doerr, James Wang, Michael Gilmore, Scott Dart, Hong Li