Patents by Inventor Owen Braun
Owen Braun 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).
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Patent number: 9250855Abstract: Technologies are described herein for displaying a list of people associated with a message item along with images and other personal context information in a PIM application. The people associated with the message item are identified and a list is generated containing a name, an image, and other personal context information for each. The list of people associated with the message item is displayed in a window of the PIM along with the information regarding the message item.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Can Mehmet Comertoglu, Andrew T. Dean, Autumn Lee Stroupe, Owen Braun, Adriana Cristina Popp
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Publication number: 20140013231Abstract: Technologies are described herein for displaying a list of people associated with a message item along with images and other personal context information in a PIM application. The people associated with the message item are identified and a list is generated containing a name, an image, and other personal context information for each. The list of people associated with the message item is displayed in a window of the PIM along with the information regarding the message item.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Can Mehmet Comertoglu, Andrew T. Dean, Autumn Lee Stroupe, Owen Braun, Adriana Cristina Popp
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Patent number: 8539031Abstract: Technologies are described herein for displaying a list of people associated with a message item along with images and other personal context information in a PIM application. The people associated with the message item are identified and a list is generated containing a name, an image, and other personal context information for each. The list of people associated with the message item is displayed in a window of the PIM along with the information regarding the message item.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Can Mehmet Comertoglu, Andrew T. Dean, Autumn Lee Stroupe, Owen Braun, Adriana Cristina Popp
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Publication number: 20110313803Abstract: Providing access to task lists via social communications systems is provided. A user may expose a list authoring surface and associated task lists to other users via one or more social communications systems. When another user attempts to access contents of the list authoring surface, the user attempting access may be required to provide permissions credentials, or the attempting user's social communications account may be designated as a permissioned account from which access to the contents of the list authoring surface may be obtained. Version control management may be applied to the accessed task lists to ensure accessing users receive access to most up-to-date versions of accessed task lists. Once an accessing user obtains access to a given task list, the accessing user may comment on accessed tasks, make changes to accessed tasks and/or collaborate on accessed tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ned B. Friend, Michael Ivan Borysenko, Owen Braun, Gregory J. Hollobaugh, Erez Kikin-Gil, Matthew J. Kotler, Charles W. Parker, Tara Leigh Roth, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nathaniel Stott, Igor Zaika
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Patent number: 7970771Abstract: An object tracking module establishes relationships between different types of data objects associated with application programs while a particular activity occurs. Contextual information associated with the data objects and the activity is collected to establish the relationship. The contextual information may include data objects that are accessed or created while the activity is in progress, or any other information associated with the activity. When an event related to the activity occurs, the object tracking module locates data relevant to the event based on the established relationships. The relevant data is presented in the same information space where the event occurs. A user may easily access the relevant information without manually searching for the data. The object tracking module may determine the degree of relevance between the data objects and the event such that only the most relevant objects are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Rasmussen, Christopher H. Pratley, Owen Braun
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Patent number: 7751623Abstract: A handwriting guide including an active and/or inactive writing guide is rendered by displaying a shaded outline object having a line for receiving electronic ink, displaying the active writing guide thereby indicating a location of a current active context, and expanding the active and/or inactive writing guide up to a maximum width of the outline object in response to receiving more electronic ink within a line. The active writing guide can comprise a bracket displayed on each corner of a writing area distinguished on a line and can correspond to an insertion point upon switching to text mode. A drawing guide that includes an active and/or inactive drawing guide is rendered by displaying a shaded drawing guide and the active drawing guide in response to detecting ink strokes within the drawing guide. The active drawing guide can comprise a bounding rectangle encompassing a drawing area that receives ink strokes.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Benoit Barabe, Peter Engrav, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Kentaro Urata
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Publication number: 20100070875Abstract: Techniques, systems, and graphical user interfaces for presenting an interactive profile of a second entity to a first entity in an electronic communication (e.g., email, instant messaging, chat-room, etc.) application are disclosed herein. Data associated with a second entity is extracted from one or more non-dedicated sources external to the electronic communication. The extracted data is presented to a first entity as the interactive profile of the second entity in the electronic communication application. The interactive profile is also capable of acting as an electronic communication channel through which the first and second entities may communicate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Andrzej Turski, Shane Williams, Stacey Ellan Harris, Lili Cheng, Michael Anthony Affronti, Owen Braun
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Publication number: 20090327433Abstract: Technologies are described herein for displaying a list of people associated with a message item along with images and other personal context information in a PIM application. The people associated with the message item are identified and a list is generated containing a name, an image, and other personal context information for each. The list of people associated with the message item is displayed in a window of the PIM along with the information regarding the message item.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Can Mehmet Comertoglu, Andrew T. Dean, Autumn Lee Stroupe, Owen Braun, Adriana Cristina Popp
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Publication number: 20080115056Abstract: Calculations within a text editor may be provided. First, a text string may be received within the text editor. The received text string may be configured to be displayed on a display by the text editor. The text string may comprise information entered by a user into the text editor. The information may include equation text and language text associated with the equation text. Next, the text string may be parsed to detect an equation within the equation text in the text string. At least one calculation indicated by the detected equation may be performed to produce a result. The result may then be displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Daniel Escapa, Owen Braun, Peter Baer, Brian Holley, Chris Pratley
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Publication number: 20070260997Abstract: A software application window shows current content in a content region and navigation information in a plurality of navigation regions, with the navigation regions showing contextual information for the current content, as well as for related content. A request to hide navigation information is received, and navigation information for related content is hidden from the window. Any space made available by the hidden content is used to expand the content region, while maintaining the same size and location of the software application window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2006Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Owen Braun, David Tse
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Publication number: 20070201053Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting printing settings to optimize the fit of text, data and/or images on printed pages. Once selected text or data is designated for printing, a determination is made as to whether the selected text or data may be printed on a single page or whether multiple pages are required. The best fit of the text or data on a single or multiple pages is accomplished by incrementally adjusting a number of different print settings until an optimum fit of the text or data is achieved on a single page or on a set of pages. Print settings include margins, scale, and orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy Sellers, Nam-Yul Kwon, John Griffin, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Peter Engrav, Stuart Stuple
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Publication number: 20070006316Abstract: Methods, systems and computer products are provided for preventing display of sensitive information. Displayed information may be designated as sensitive information and may be covered from display on a computer screen display by an opaque covering. The sensitive information covering may be removed to expose the underlying information in response to minimal user action. Uncovered sensitive information may be automatically re-covered according to a number of triggering mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2005Publication date: January 4, 2007Inventors: Olga Veselova, Owen Braun
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Publication number: 20060257025Abstract: Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as handwriting or a drawing, respectively. The writing guides can provide feedback regarding the classification of the detected ink and can be resized as additional ink is detected. The handwriting guide can comprise a writing area, writing guide portion, bullet guide, indent marker, character notches, gesture guide, or sacrificial guide to create meaningful structure within an outline object of an electronic document.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Kentaro Urata, Peter Engrav, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Stuart Stuple
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Publication number: 20060212812Abstract: A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less precise selections based in part on the speed of a selection. The free-form selection tool is further operable to recognize when a user is attempting to retry a selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Ian McGraw, Owen Braun, Benoit Barabe, Peter Engrav
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Publication number: 20060136357Abstract: An object tracking module establishes relationships between different types of data objects associated with application programs while a particular activity occurs. Contextual information associated with the data objects and the activity is collected to establish the relationship. The contextual information may include data objects that are accessed or created while the activity is in progress, or any other information associated with the activity. When an event related to the activity occurs, the object tracking module locates data relevant to the event based on the established relationships. The relevant data is presented in the same information space where the event occurs. A user may easily access the relevant information without manually searching for the data. The object tracking module may determine the degree of relevance between the data objects and the event such that only the most relevant objects are displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2004Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Rasmussen, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun
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Patent number: D677681Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan S. Kaufthal, Clinton Dee Covington, Owen Braun, Samuel Radakovitz, Hiroshi Tsukahara
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Patent number: D677682Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2012Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan S. Kaufthal, Clinton Dee Covington, Owen Braun, Samuel Radakovitz, Hiroshi Tsukahara