Patents by Inventor Guy Barker
Guy Barker 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: 9665384Abstract: Aggregation of computing device settings is disclosed. In embodiments, at least one tile is generated for display. The tile represents a system setting and a status of the system setting. The tile also includes one or more user-selectable elements that are selectable to adjust an aspect of the system setting. In addition, the tile is displayed and is presentable in different user interfaces with one or more aspects of the tile differing between two or more of the different user interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Ravipal S. Soin, Kamesh C. Tumsi Dayakar, William Mak, Guy Barker, Jennifer R. Stallard, Ryan E. Cukierman, Christopher M. Hahn
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Publication number: 20120290962Abstract: Aggregation of computing device settings is disclosed. In embodiments, at least one tile is generated for display. The tile represents a system setting and a status of the system setting. The tile also includes one or more user-selectable elements that are selectable to adjust an aspect of the system setting. In addition, the tile is displayed and is presentable in different user interfaces with one or more aspects of the tile differing between two or more of the different user interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Ravipal S. Soin, Kamesh C. Tumsi Dayakar, William Mak, Guy Barker, Jennifer R. Stallard, Ryan E. Cukierman, Christopher M. Hahn
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Patent number: 8225231Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling users to roam between networking environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, different machine settings may be stored in a memory for different network locations under separate network profiles. In another embodiment, these and other settings may be automatically adjusted upon entering a different location. In one such embodiment, a logical network may be employed to determine which settings are adjusted. Another aspect relates to a graphical user interface to implement the above and other methods of adapting a computing device to different network locations. In one embodiment, a graphical use interface may allow the use to modify which application and which aspects of those applications are displayed on the menu. In still yet another embodiments, a memory can update a network profile as the changes occur. In still yet further embodiments, the user may derive or otherwise create new network profiles from existing network profiles.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Ravipal S. Soin, Kamesh C. Tumsi Dayakar, William Mak, Guy Barker, Jennifer R. Stallard, Ryan E. Cukierman, Christopher M. Hahn
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Patent number: 7966352Abstract: A system and process for harvesting context information from selected content is described. One may use a stylus to indicate what content is to be captured. The context information that may be associated with selected content may include URLs, file names, folder names, text from the content, and ink.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vikram Madan, Issa Khoury, Gerhard Schobbe, Guy Barker, Judy Tandog
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Patent number: 7870501Abstract: An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or “halo,” is added surrounding the original graphical object's body. The halo may be in the same color as the graphical object originally was, preserving any meaning attributed to the color of the graphical object and simplifying the user's ability to identify the selected object(s), as well as the ability to select the highlighted object for further processing. The highlighted graphical object may also be displayed with a bounding box to further identify the selected object(s). A moving version of the highlighted graphical object may be drawn during a moving process, in which the moving version has an appearance distinct from the original object.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Marieke Iwema, Shawna Davis, Robert J. Jarrett, F. David Jones, Guy Barker, Bodin Dresevic
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Publication number: 20070067737Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling users to roam between networking environments are disclosed. In one embodiment, different machine settings may be stored in a memory for different network locations under se network profiles. In another embodiment, these and other settings may be automatically adjusted upon entering a different location. In one such embodiment, a logical network may be employed to determine which settings are adjusted. Another aspect relates to a graphical user interface to implement the above and other methods of adapting a computing device to different network locations. In one embodiment, a graphical use interface may allow the use to modify which application and which aspects of those applications are displayed on the menu. In still yet another embodiments, a memory can update a network profile as the changes occur. In still yet further embodiments, the user may derive or otherwise create new network profiles from existing network profiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2005Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tobiasz Zielinski, Ravipal Soin, Kamesh Tumsi Dayakar, William Mak, Guy Barker, Jennifer Stallard, Ryan Cukierman, Christopher Hahn
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Publication number: 20050165839Abstract: A system and process for harvesting context information from selected content is described. One may use a stylus to indicate what content is to be captured. The context information that may be associated with selected content may include URLs, file names, folder names, text from the content, and ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Vikram Madan, Issa Khoury, Gerhard Schobbe, Guy Barker, Judy Tandog
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Publication number: 20050149882Abstract: An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or “halo,” is added surrounding the original graphical object's body. The halo may be in the same color as the graphical object originally was, preserving any meaning attributed to the color of the graphical object and simplifying the user's ability to identify the selected object(s), as well as the ability to select the highlighted object for further processing. The highlighted graphical object may also be displayed with a bounding box to further identify the selected object(s). A moving version of the highlighted graphical object may be drawn during a moving process, in which the moving version has an appearance distinct from the original object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2005Publication date: July 7, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorpInventors: Marieke Iwema, Shawna Davis, Robert Jarrett, F. Jones, Guy Barker, Bodin Dresevic
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Publication number: 20030214539Abstract: An improved approach to highlighting a graphical object in a graphical user interface is disclosed. A body of a highlighted graphical object may, upon selection or highlighting, be changed to a transparent color, and a graphical outline, or “halo,” is added surrounding the original graphical objects body. The halo may be in the same color as the graphical object originally was, preserving any meaning attributed to the color of the graphical object and simplifying the user's ability to identify the selected object(s), as well as the ability to select the highlighted object for further processing. The highlighted graphical object may also be displayed with a bounding box to further identify the selected object(s). A moving version of the highlighted graphical object may be drawn during a moving process, in which the moving version has an appearance distinct from the original object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Microsoft Corp.Inventors: Marieke Iwema, Shawna Davis, Robert J. Jarrett, F. David Jones, Guy Barker, Bodin Dresevic
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Patent number: 6243701Abstract: A system and method for sorting accented character strings involves creating an expanded character string containing the characters in their base form (without accents) and corresponding ordinal values indicating whether the base characters are accented or unaccented. The ordinal values are assigned in a manner that differentiates accented from unaccented characters as well as one type of accented character from another. The expanded character strings are then sorted, first according to their base characters and then according to their ordinal values.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 1998Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Yung-Ho Shih, Daniel Boone, Guy Barker, Kevin Timothy Shields