Patents by Inventor Galen M. Elias

Galen M. Elias 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).

  • Pinning a callout animation
    Patent number: 10162502
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • PINNING A CALLOUT ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20170052686
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Pinning a callout animation
    Patent number: 9489761
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • PINNING A CALLOUT ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20150228104
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Pinning a Callout Animation
    Publication number: 20130093793
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D698799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Teresa Thomas, Tyler Robert Adams, Galen M. Elias