Patents by Inventor Richard Bretschneider

Richard Bretschneider 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automatically updating data files in a slide presentation program
    Patent number: 6128629
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method of updating and viewing an electronic slide show presentation is disclosed. The method includes storing a local version of the slide presentation file and an indication of the most recent update to the slide presentation. When a user launches the local slide presentation, the date of the most recent update to the slide presentation is retrieved, and used to determine whether a new update is advisable. A dialog window queries the user as to whether to perform an update of the slide presentation. If the user responds affirmatively, the slide presentation program automatically retrieves a version of the slide presentation from a remote computer on a network. After updating the local version of the an slide presentation file, an electronic slide show is automatically launched utilizing the remote version retrieved from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bretschneider, Burton Siu, Imran Iqbal Qureshi
  • Method and apparatus for automatically updating a data file from a network
    Patent number: 6041333
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method of updating and viewing an electronic slide show presentation is disclosed. The method includes storing a local version of the slide presentation file and an indication of the most recent update to the slide presentation. When a user launches the local slide presentation, the date of the most recent update to the slide presentation is retrieved, and used to determine whether a new update is advisable. A dialog window queries the user as to whether to perform an update of the slide presentation. If the user responds affirmatively, the slide presentation program automatically retrieves a version of the slide presentation from a remote computer on a network. After updating the local version of the an slide presentation file, an electronic slide show is automatically launched utilizing the remote version retrieved from the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bretschneider, Burton Siu, Imran Iqbal Qureshi
  • Method and system for controlling the display of objects in a slide show presentation
    Patent number: 6008807
    Abstract: A computer-based system and method of viewing an electronic slide show presentation providing three modes for viewing an electronic slide show: a speaker presentation mode, an individual browser mode, and a kiosk browser mode. For each mode, a user interface having features desirable in the corresponding mode is provided. The speaker presentation mode user interface displays slides sized to fill a computer display screen. The individual browser mode user interface displays slides within an application window and provides a navigation scrollbar for navigating the slides. The navigation scrollbar having advance and reverse buttons for controlling the display of builds in the slide, and previous and next slide buttons for controlling the display of slides. The kiosk browser mode user interface displays full screen slides and restricts a viewer's navigational functions. The method also provides a user with the ability to customize the user interface corresponding to a slide presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Bretschneider, Dennis Robert Austin, Hannes Helmut Ruescher
  • User interface for a display screen
    Patent number: D616452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maria M. Cameron, Thomas R. A. Ham, Richard A. Bretschneider