Patents by Inventor Eric Rockey

Eric Rockey 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).

  • Semantically applying formatting to a presentation model
    Publication number: 20060066627
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing a graphic. The graphics software program interpolates color values for different portions of the graphic according to the color transformation and semantic model. In other embodiments, a data structure is provided for a color transformation definition created to assign the color values to portions of the graphic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Gerhard, Tom Underhill, Gary Pritting, John Schilling, Eric Rockey, Keri Vandeberghe
  • Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets
    Publication number: 20050005248
    Abstract: Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user's context changes, the context-sensitive commands are automatically removed from the user interface. In one implementation context blocks and context panes are employed to present the commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Rockey, Shannon Talbott, Gavin Kelly, Nancy Jacobs, Michael Hopcroft, Daniel Westreich, Jonathan Perlow, Paul Erickson