Patents by Inventor Joel B. Jacobs

Joel B. Jacobs 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).

  • TRACKING INPUT IN A SCREEN-REFLECTIVE INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100013777
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a method is adapted to tracking input with a device. The method includes an act of monitoring and acts of activating and displaying if a touch input is detected. The device has a first side and a second side, with the second side opposite the first side. The device has a display screen disposed on the first side, and a screen-reflective interface disposed on the second side. Respective positions on the screen-reflective interface correspond to respective locations of the display screen. The screen-reflective interface of the device is monitored. If a touch input is detected on the screen-reflective interface, the device performs acts of activating and displaying. Specifically, a tracking state is activated for the screen-reflective interface responsive to the detected touch input on the screen-reflective interface. The interface icon is displayed on the display screen to indicate that the tracking state has been activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick M. Baudisch, Georg F. Petschnigg, David H. Wykes, Albert Yiu-So Shum, Avi Geiger, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michael J. Sinclair, Joel B. Jacobs, Jonathan D. Friedman, Rosanna H. Ho
  • Display station
    Patent number: D440794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Elumens Corporation
    Inventors: Richard W. Zobel, Jr., Maaike Evers, Joel B. Jacobs
  • Handset
    Patent number: D618646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Henry Wykes, Catherine Kim, Audrey C. C. Louchart, Joel B. Jacobs, Kathleen W. Holmes, Jonathan D. Friedman, Albert Y. S. Shum, Michael Prstojevich, Bo Stefan Andren, Scott Harold Wilson
  • Handset
    Patent number: D618647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Henry Wykes, Catherine Kim, Audrey C. C. Louchart, Joel B. Jacobs, Kathleen W. Holmes, Jonathan D. Friedman, Albert Y. S. Shum, Michael Prstojevich, Norio Fujikawa
  • Handset
    Patent number: D629378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Henry Wykes, Catherine Kim, Audrey C. C. Louchart, Joel B. Jacobs, Kathleen W. Holmes, Jonathan D. Friedman, Albert Y. S. Shum, Michael Prstojevich, Bo Stefan Andren, Scott Harold Wilson
  • Handset
    Patent number: D629379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Henry Wykes, Catherine Kim, Audrey C. C. Louchart, Joel B. Jacobs, Kathleen W. Holmes, Jonathan D. Friedman, Albert Y. S. Shum, Michael Prstojevich, Norio Fujikawa
  • Electronic control module
    Patent number: D435020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Avocet Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Zweig, Thomas D. Downey, Adam K. McGinty, Scott O. Chamness, Joel B. Jacobs