Patents by Inventor Po-Yan Tsang

Po-Yan Tsang 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).

  • Patent number: 9449303
    Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang
  • Patent number: 9159296
    Abstract: An application synchronizes views during document presentation. The application detects a selection of a section of a portion of presented content at a presenter view. The application shifts the portion of the content displayed at an attendee view to bring to focus the selection. Alternatively, the application displays the selection in a pop-out view pane within the attendee view to bring to focus the selection. The application also shifts content in the attendee view according to an offset ratio calculated from comparing a non-displayed section of a page of the document and a displayed section of a page of the document within the presenter view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Heidi McAllister, Po Yan Tsang, Chad Nedziek, Ning Jiang, Kenneth Mui, Subalakshmi Venugopal, Eric Bailey
  • Publication number: 20140019858
    Abstract: An application synchronizes views during document presentation. The application detects a selection of a section of a portion of presented content at a presenter view. The application shifts the portion of the content displayed at an attendee view to bring to focus the selection. Alternatively, the application displays the selection in a pop-out view pane within the attendee view to bring to focus the selection. The application also shifts content in the attendee view according to an offset ratio calculated from comparing a non-displayed section of a page of the document and a displayed section of a page of the document within the presenter view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heidi McAllister, Po Yan Tsang, Chad Nedziek, Ning Jiang, Kenneth Mui, Subalakshmi Venugopal, Eric Bailey
  • Publication number: 20130191719
    Abstract: A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Underhill, Cynthia Wessling, Apeksha Godiyal, Syed Mustafa Bilal, Hong Lin, Nathaniel Stott, Charles Duze, Po-Yan Tsang
  • Patent number: 8230319
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for refreshing data-linked diagrams on a server computer and viewing and consuming the refreshed diagrams via a Web browser. A drawing program allows equations within a diagram definition to define how external data is utilized to modify the attributes of a diagram element. When the diagram is published to a server computer, the definition is converted to server-legible definition. A published diagram is generated that includes a diagram representation defined by the server-legible definition. Upon a request for the published diagram, the external data is refreshed and the diagram definition is updated. The equations are recalculated to generate new element attributes. The diagram representation is then updated with the new attributes and returned for display by a client Web browser. An interface provides exploration tools and a client API exposes methods for surfacing external data and annotating the diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Phillippe-Joseph Arida, Po-Yan Tsang, William G Morein, Abraham Mathew, Loic Henry-Greard, Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Sung Won Shin, Heidi McAllister, John Wang, Emil Cicos, Mairead Therese Droney
  • Publication number: 20090199081
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for refreshing data-linked diagrams on a server computer and viewing and consuming the refreshed diagrams via a Web browser. A drawing program allows equations within a diagram definition to define how external data is utilized to modify the attributes of a diagram element. When the diagram is published to a server computer, the definition is converted to server-legible definition. A published diagram is generated that includes a diagram representation defined by the server-legible definition. Upon a request for the published diagram, the external data is refreshed and the diagram definition is updated. The equations are recalculated to generate new element attributes. The diagram representation is then updated with the new attributes and returned for display by a client Web browser. An interface provides exploration tools and a client API exposes methods for surfacing external data and annotating the diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Phillippe-Joseph Arida, Po-Yan Tsang, William G. Morein, Abraham Mathew, Loic Henry-Greard, Raveendrnathan Loganathan, Sung Won Shin, Heidi McAllister, John Wang, Emil Cicos, Mairead Therese Droney