Patents by Inventor Meghan McNeil

Meghan McNeil 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).

  • Graphical user interface with dial control for a parameter
    Patent number: 9594493
    Abstract: A graphical user interface for a computer includes a dial control. The control can be implemented, for example, as a touch-based, pointer-based, pen-based and/or keyboard-based mechanism. The dial control is intended for manipulating a large range of values, such as a menu of items from which a user makes a selection, or a range of continuous or discrete values. A dial control can replace other control types such as a slider, drop down menu or text field. The graphical elements of the dial control include one or more displayed rings and a handle for each ring. Inside the ring, or in another area adjacent the ring, a value can be displayed. The ring can be manipulated by the user to change the value selected by the dial control. In the case of multiple rings, each ring can be manipulated independently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ana Lilia Otero Diaz, Ramona Canan, Orry Soegiono, Yang Liu, Benjamin Smith, Kshitij Mehta, Meghan McNeil, William Carr, Bede Jordan, Jesse Bishop, Hamid Mahmood, Steven Abrahams, Jeff West, Geoffrey T. Ebersol, Susmitha Kothari
  • RATING PHOTOS FOR TASKS BASED ON CONTENT AND ADJACENT SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20150317510
    Abstract: Technologies for selecting a representative subset of images from a set of images, the selecting based at least in part on rating the images in the set based on task, Image, and/or adjacent information. An Indication of the task may be embodied in a query provided by a user. The task may indicate the user's intended use of the subset of images. The set of images may be grouped into one or more clusters that are based on technical attributes of the images in the set, and/or technical attributes indicated by the task. Adjacent information may be obtained from sources that are generally unrelated or indirectly related to the images in the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Lee, Chunkit Jacky Chan, Doug Ricard, Stacia Scott, Allison Light, William David Sproule, Meghan McNeil, Christopher Mabrey, Adam Avery, Joshua Weisberg, Alexander Brodie
  • GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH DIAL CONTROL FOR A PARAMETER
    Publication number: 20140359508
    Abstract: A graphical user interface for a computer includes a dial control. The control can be implemented, for example, as a touch-based, pointer-based, pen-based and/or keyboard-based mechanism. The dial control is intended for manipulating a large range of values, such as a menu of items from which a user makes a selection, or a range of continuous or discrete values. A dial control can replace other control types such as a slider, drop down menu or text field. The graphical elements of the dial control include one or more displayed rings and a handle for each ring. Inside the ring, or in another area adjacent the ring, a value can be displayed. The ring can be manipulated by the user to change the value selected by the dial control. In the case of multiple rings, each ring can be manipulated independently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Ana Lilia Otero Diaz, Ramona Canan, Orry Soegiono, Yang Liu, Benjamin Smith, Kshitij Mehta, Meghan McNeil, William Carr, Bede Jordan, Jesse Bishop, Hamid Mahmood, Steven Abrahams, Jeff West, Geoffrey T. Ebersol, Susmitha Kothari
  • Device holder
    Patent number: D832611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Mark McKenna, Ryan D. Vaughan, Meghan McNeil Raven, Julia Todd