Patents by Inventor Robert Kenneth Stein

Robert Kenneth Stein 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: 8527896
    Abstract: A graphical user interface is provided that has two distinct sections. A first area has an array of menu items. When a menu item is hovered over by a pointer, an icon such as a contextually-related animated icon is displayed on a second area and changes its appearance in such a way as to indicate to the user the location of the pointer and/or the consequence of selecting that menu item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Andrew Matthews, Kanwal VedBrat, Mark Richard Ligameri, Paul Alexander Gusmorino, III, Charles W Stabb, Gregory Scott Matthews Melander, Robert Kenneth Stein, III, Jenny Lam
  • Publication number: 20090088235
    Abstract: A device, system, and method are directed towards playing a concentric puzzle video game. A definition is employed to arrange at least one operation and a display of the game. The definition includes content for configuring the display. The display of the game is arranged to include a plurality of concentric rings. At least a portion of the content is displayed on at least one of the concentric rings. At least one of the plurality of concentric rings that the portion of the content is displayed on is rotated. An initial ordering of at least one portion of the displayed content is changed by a rotation of at least one of the plurality of the concentric rings. An input rotates a selected ring of the plurality of concentric rings. The initial ordering of at least one portion of the displayed content is restorable by the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Kenneth Stein, III
  • Patent number: D574844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Gusmorino, Mark R. Ligameri, Jenny T. Lam, Greg S. Melander, Robert Kenneth Stein, III
  • Patent number: D574846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Gilmore, Robert Kenneth Stein, Tjeerd Hoek
  • Patent number: D574847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael Gilmore, Robert Kenneth Stein, Manuel Clement
  • Patent number: D574848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microosft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael Gilmore, Robert Kenneth Stein, Manuel Clement
  • Patent number: D575303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Kenneth Stein, Michael A. LaJoie, Tjeerd Hoek, Michael Gilmore
  • Patent number: D575796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Luciana Bordallo Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Robert Ward Massa, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato, Jenny Lam, Denise Michele Trabona, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Martijn van Tilburg, Russell Scott Randall, Michael Gilmore, Lindsey Barcheck, Dana Nunnelly, Manuel Clement
  • Patent number: D585457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato, Robert Kenneth Stein, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa
  • Patent number: D588607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael Gilmore, Robert Kenneth Stein, Manuel Clement
  • Patent number: D588608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Gilmore, Robert Kenneth Stein, Tjeerd Hoek
  • Patent number: D607896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Robert Kenneth Stein, Robert Ward Massa, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato
  • Patent number: D629007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato, Robert Kenneth Stein, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa, Lindsey Barcheck
  • Patent number: D629008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato, Robert Kenneth Stein, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa, Lindsey Barcheck
  • Patent number: D629420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Lindsey Barcheck, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt
  • Patent number: D635580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bryan Pieratt, Michael A. LaJoie, Michael Curato, Robert Kenneth Stein, Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa, Lindsey Barcheck
  • Patent number: D637202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Lindsey Barcheck, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt
  • Patent number: D653262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen
  • Patent number: D657797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen
  • Patent number: D659161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen