Patents by Inventor Michael G. Toepke

Michael G. Toepke 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).

  • Soft input panel system and method
    Patent number: 7411582
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a graphical windowing environment. A touch-sensitive display screen for displaying images and detecting user activity is provided. A management component connects to the graphical windowing environment to create an input panel window for display on the screen. An input method which may be a COM object is selected from multiple input methods available, and installed such that the input method can call functions of the management component. Each input method includes a corresponding input panel, such as a keyboard, which it draws in the input panel window. When the user taps the screen at the input panel, the input method calls a function of the management component to pass corresponding input information appropriate information such as a keystroke or character to the management component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Toepke, Jeffrey R. Blum, Kathryn L. Parker
  • Soft input panel system and method
    Publication number: 20050088421
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a graphical windowing environment. A touch-sensitive display screen for displaying images and detecting user activity is provided. A management component connects to the graphical windowing environment to create an input panel window for display on the screen. An input method which may be a COM object is selected from multiple input methods available, and installed such that the input method can call functions of the management component. Each input method includes a corresponding input panel, such as a keyboard, which it draws in the input panel window. When the user taps the screen at the input panel, the input method calls a function of the management component to pass corresponding input information appropriate information such as a keystroke or character to the management component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Toepke, Jeffrey Blum, Kathryn Parker
  • Soft input panel system and method
    Patent number: 6819315
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a graphical windowing environment. A touch-sensitive display screen for displaying images and detecting user activity is provided. A management component connects to the graphical windowing environment to create an input panel window for display on the screen. An input method which may be a COM object is selected from multiple input methods available, and installed such that the input method can call functions of the management component. Each input method includes a corresponding input panel, such as a keyboard, which it draws in the input panel window. When the user taps the screen at the input panel, the input method calls a function of the management component to pass corresponding input information appropriate information such as a keystroke or character to the management component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Toepke, Jeffrey R. Blum, Kathryn L. Parker
  • Soft input panel system and method
    Publication number: 20020105504
    Abstract: A method and system for receiving user input data into a computer system having a graphical windowing environment. A touch-sensitive display screen for displaying images and detecting user activity is provided. A management component connects to the graphical windowing environment to create an input panel window for display on the screen. An input method which may be a COM object is selected from multiple input methods available, and installed such that the input method can call functions of the management component. Each input method includes a corresponding input panel, such as a keyboard, which it draws in the input panel window. When the user taps the screen at the input panel, the input method calls a function of the management component to pass corresponding input information appropriate information such as a keystroke or character to the management component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Michael G. Toepke, Jeffrey R. Blum, Kathryn L. Parker