Patents by Inventor Rico Mariani

Rico Mariani 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 system for tiling windows based on previous position and size
    Patent number: 5577187
    Abstract: A computer method and system tiles display windows on a computer screen in a fashion that approximately maintains the relative position and size of the display windows as they were before being aligned. Each display window on the computer screen is assigned to a line based on a location of the display window to create one or more linear sections of display windows. The linear sections are arranged to span the computer screen. The display windows assigned to each linear section are arranged to fill the linear section. In one embodiment, the linear sections are horizontal rows and in another embodiment the linear sections are vertical columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Rico Mariani