Patents by Inventor Natalie Eason

Natalie Eason 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).

  • Systems and methods for interacting with a computer through handwriting to a screen
    Publication number: 20060092138
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable a user to: select a control with a handwritten stroke at least part of which resides outside of a selectable area of the control; use a moving-input control without having to make a selection other than handwriting on, over, or near the control; and/or delete text displayed on an electronic form by handwriting over that text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Kim, Shiraz Cupala, Peter Sommer, Simin Wang, Natalie Eason
  • Systems and methods for handwriting to a screen
    Publication number: 20060071910
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that enable handwriting into a data-entry field on a screen without independently selecting that data-entry field. These systems and methods can also provide a handwriting guide geographically associated with a data-entry field into which a user is intending to write that permits substantially all of a computing device's screen to be viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Kim, Shiraz Cupala, Peter Sommer, J. Smith, Simin Wang, Natalie Eason