Patents by Inventor Romualdo T. Impas
Romualdo T. Impas 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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Publication number: 20170186206Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Patent number: 9620085Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Patent number: 9552129Abstract: Search results may be rendered on a map utilizing one or more points of interest. An individual point of interest may include a casing layer and a core layer. Casing layers and/or core layers may be configured to change in size and color at different levels of detail associated with zoom operations. Zoom operations may further include de-clustering overlapping points of interest to eliminate overlap. A hover input associated with a cluster may render a numerical value associated with a corresponding number of points of interest that appear in the cluster. Various embodiments provide a visual language that enables a continuous representation, at different levels of detail, that range from a single discrete point to multiple points that are near each other or clustered together to unify the look-and-feel of represented elements and provide interactive consistency across various map properties and platforms.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Gonzalo A. Ramos, Timothy P. Wantland, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: 9514714Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for kinetic mapping. A spatial interface, such as a map, may represent information according to an overview scale. If the spatial interface comprises a substantial amount of uninteresting content, such as a 100 mile stretch of highway, compared to interesting content, such as a 1 mile complex detour after the highway, then the interesting content may not be displayed at an adequate level of detail due to being displayed at the same overview scale as the 100 mile stretch of highway. Accordingly, points of interest within the spatial interface may be identified and encapsulated to create portals representing such information at relatively higher levels of detail. A kinetic geospatial interface comprising the portals (e.g., the detour) at a focused scale and non-portal information (e.g., the highway) at a collapsed scale (e.g., a lower level of detail than the focused scale) is generated.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: 9449581Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Publication number: 20160267880Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Publication number: 20150234547Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating a scene of a visual interface with a portal. For example, one or more points of interest may be identified for the scene (e.g., a lake, a park, a condo, and/or other points of interest for a city scene). The scene may be populated with portals corresponding to the points of interest (e.g., a portal may have a semi-transparent perimeter compassing at least some of a point of interest, which may mitigate occlusion of the scene). A portal may be hydrated with imagery of a point of interest to provide a preview of the point of interest (e.g., a first portal for the lake may be hydrated with imagery of the lake). A user may seamlessly navigate between and/or explore scenes by selecting portals to transition the visual interface to new scenes depicting corresponding points of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas, Timothy P. Wantland, Michael Bray, Gonzalo Alberto Ramos, Blaise Aguera y Arcas
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Publication number: 20150235623Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Publication number: 20150193446Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for exposing one or more points of interest through a visual interface, such as a map. For example, the visual interface may correspond to a location displayed at a first level of detail (e.g., a state level of granularity). One or more points of interest (e.g., coffee shops within the state) may be clustered to generate one or more clustering halos (e.g., a first clustering halo comprising coffee shops within a city), which may be populated within the visual interface. The visual interface may be transitioned into various levels of detail, such as a first transitioned visual interface comprising points of interest at a city level, a second transitioned visual interface comprising points of interest at a building/street level of detail, etc. Portals corresponding to points of interest may be hydrated with imagery for such points of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas, Timothy Phillip Wantland, Michael John Bray
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Publication number: 20150145865Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for kinetic mapping. A spatial interface, such as a map, may represent information according to an overview scale. If the spatial interface comprises a substantial amount of uninteresting content, such as a 100 mile stretch of highway, compared to interesting content, such as a 1 mile complex detour after the highway, then the interesting content may not be displayed at an adequate level of detail due to being displayed at the same overview scale as the 100 mile stretch of highway. Accordingly, points of interest within the spatial interface may be identified and encapsulated to create portals representing such information at relatively higher levels of detail. A kinetic geospatial interface comprising the portals (e.g., the detour) at a focused scale and non-portal information (e.g., the highway) at a collapsed scale (e.g., a lower level of detail than the focused scale) is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: 9043723Abstract: Various embodiments present a combined visual entity that represents overlapping visual entities. The combined visual entity can include a primary visualization that represents one of the overlapping visual entities and annotations that represent others of the overlapping visual entities. For example, a map view can include multiple geographical entities that overlap. A primary visualization can be rendered that represents one of the multiple geographical entities. The primary visualization can be visually annotated (e.g., with symbols, letters, or other visual indicators) to indicate others of the multiple geographical entities. In some embodiments, a zoom operation can cause visual entities to be added and/or removed from the combined visual entity.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jeff J. Lin, Anne H. Loomis, Romualdo T. Impas, Alan Paulin
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Publication number: 20150135116Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing a control user interface (UI) element. The control UI element, associated with a continuous variable, may be displayed, such as in association with a user interface (e.g., the control UI element may correspond to a view rotation variable of a map interface). The control UI element may comprise a current state indicator element configured to display a current state of the continuous variable (e.g., a compass displaying a current heading associated with the view rotation variable). The control UI element may be populated with one or more expanded control elements associated with various aspects of the continuous variable (e.g., a first expanded control element may be used to modify a right rotation aspect of the view rotation variable and a second expanded control element may be used to modify a left rotation aspect of the view rotation variable).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Luis E. Cabrera-Cordon, Romualdo T. Impas, David Buerer, Norberto Arrieta, Daniel Dole
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Publication number: 20130249812Abstract: Various embodiments provide a visual language that enables a continuous representation, at different levels of detail, that range from a single discrete point to multiple points that are near each other or clustered together to unify the look-and-feel of represented elements and provide interactive consistency across various map properties and platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Gonzalo A. Ramos, Timothy P. Wantland, Donald A. Barnett, Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: D689089Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Romualdo T. Impas, Vincent J. Pasceri
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Patent number: D689090Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Romualdo T. Impas, Vincent J. Pasceri
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Patent number: D689091Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Romualdo T. Impas, Vincent J. Pasceri
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Patent number: D691632Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: D702257Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy Wantland, Romualdo T. Impas
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Patent number: D738892Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Romualdo T. Impas, Vincent J. Pasceri, Jonathan Cook
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Patent number: D738893Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Romualdo T. Impas, Vincent J. Pasceri, Jonathan Cook