Patents by Inventor Heather J. O'Cull

Heather J. O'Cull 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).

  • Method and system for generating a timeline associated with a project schedule
    Patent number: 7921026
    Abstract: A timeline is generated from and fully integrated with a project schedule. The project schedule may be any graphical representation for displaying detailed information associated with a project. The timeline visually represents certain tasks, dates and other information associated with the project schedule such that an overview of the project schedule may be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heather J. O'Cull, Alexander A. Sourov, Rahul N. Motwani, Daniil Magdalin, Lawrence D. Boyes, Kyle D. Power
  • PROJECT TASK DRIVERS PANE
    Publication number: 20080027776
    Abstract: A task driver system for explaining the factors contributing to a task's scheduling for a project to a project manager and for displaying and navigating between related tasks is provided. The system receives information defining a set of tasks for the project. For each task, the system first analyzes scheduling considerations for the task. Based on the analysis, the task driver system determines a schedule for the task that satisfies the scheduling considerations. Finally, the system stores information identifying the factors that contributed to the schedule for the task as task drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander A. Sourov, Clifford J. Watson, Daniil Magdalin, Heather J. O'Cull, Sundaravadivelan Paranthaman