Patents by Inventor Thomas Jan Stovicek
Thomas Jan Stovicek 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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Patent number: 10802841Abstract: Providing a user interface (UI) on a web page. A toolbar section is defined on the web page. The web page includes a content section being different and separate from the toolbar section, and the content section displays additional content of the web page. One or more groups are specified to include one or more action controls associated therewith. Each of the specified groups has a group identifier associated therewith. The one or more action controls are displayed according to the specified groups in the toolbar section of the web page. Each of the one or more displayed action controls includes properties associated therewith, and the included properties define at least one of the following: a name of the action control, a link of the action control, the group identifier of the action control, and a classification identifier of the action control.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
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Patent number: 10511559Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of messages stored at a mobile communication device, groups messages based on a common subject line or another quasi-unique identifier, and displays message group entries representing distinct message groups in a user interface. The message group entries may be displayed in association with an icon representing multiple message states associated with individual messages comprised within that message group. The multiple message states may include all messages being read, all messages being unread, a most recently received message being unread while others are read, and a most recently received message being read while order messages are unread.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Darsono Sutedja, Ryan Andrew John Degorter, Scott Arnold, John Bennett Parrett, Francis Patrick Judge
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Patent number: 10120550Abstract: A shutter and shutter operator are displayed adjacent to a boundary of an information display region on a display of a portable electronic device. The information display region displays first information. In a first state, the shutter operator indicates a first direction of movement of the shutter away from the boundary for the display of second information. In response to an input, the second information is displayed, and the shutter operator changes to indicate another direction of movement of the shutter towards the boundary for hiding the second information.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Yoojin Hong, Michael George Langlois, Henry Yao-Tsu Chen
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Publication number: 20180129509Abstract: Providing a user interface (UI) on a web page. A toolbar section is defined on the web page. The web page includes a content section being different and separate from the toolbar section, and the content section displays additional content of the web page. One or more groups are specified to include one or more action controls associated therewith. Each of the specified groups has a group identifier associated therewith. The one or more action controls are displayed according to the specified groups in the toolbar section of the web page. Each of the one or more displayed action controls includes properties associated therewith, and the included properties define at least one of the following: a name of the action control, a link of the action control, the group identifier of the action control, and a classification identifier of the action control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
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Patent number: 9841980Abstract: Providing a user interface (UI) on a web page. A toolbar section is defined on the web page. The web page includes a content section being different and separate from the toolbar section, and the content section displays additional content of the web page. One or more groups are specified to include one or more action controls associated therewith. Each of the specified groups has a group identifier associated therewith. The one or more action controls are displayed according to the specified groups in the toolbar section of the web page. Each of the one or more displayed action controls includes properties associated therewith, and the included properties define at least one of the following: a name of the action control, a link of the action control, the group identifier of the action control, and a classification identifier of the action control.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology, LLCInventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
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Publication number: 20160246489Abstract: A shutter and shutter operator are displayed adjacent to a boundary of an information display region on a display of a portable electronic device. The information display region displays first information. In a first state, the shutter operator indicates a first direction of movement of the shutter away from the boundary for the display of second information. In response to an input, the second information is displayed, and the shutter operator changes to indicate another direction of movement of the shutter towards the boundary for hiding the second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Margaret Elizabeth KUO, Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Yoojin HONG, Michael George LANGLOIS, Henry Yao-Tsu CHEN
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Patent number: 9310990Abstract: A method includes displaying a shutter adjacent to a boundary of an information display region on a display of a portable electronic device, the information display region for displaying first information; receiving an input associated with the shutter; and displaying second information.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Yoojin Hong, Michael George Langlois, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 9311426Abstract: An electronic device may have a display screen usable in at least two orientations, such as landscape orientation and portrait orientation. Provided in this disclosure is selective rendering of a structured document according to the orientation of the display screen. A structured document such as as webpage is rendered (as a first rendered document) for display according to the document object model structure and optionally styles provided with the webpage. The same webpage is rendered (as a second rendered document) by removing or replacing selected objets in the document object model structure, or by applying different style directives than included in the originally received webpage. When the display screen is in a first orientation, the first rendered document is displayed. When a change in orientation of the display screen to the second orientation is detected, the second rendered document is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Matthew Nicholaos Staikos, Donald James Lindsay
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Patent number: 9225820Abstract: Methods and apparatus for searching a message store on a portable device are described herein. The methods allow a plurality of possible search criteria to be generated and displayed. One or more of the possible search criteria may be selected and added to a search string that is used to search the message store.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Kieran Cloud Del Pasqua
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Patent number: 9154605Abstract: The present specification provides a method, system and apparatus for posting data to a plurality of accounts at a plurality of remote servers. A display is controlled to generate a message region for receiving message data to be posted to at least a subset of the plurality of accounts. The display is controlled to generate icons, associated with the plurality of accounts, in a one-to-one relationship, the icons provided adjacent to the message region, each icon comprising: a first respective indicator of a respective account; a second respective indicator of a service associated with the account; and a respective picture. Icons are selected and the display is controlled to provide an indicator of selection at each of the selected icons. Message data is transmitted to each of the plurality of accounts associated with each of the icons which are selected via the communication subsystem.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2011Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Henry Yao-Tsu Chen, Andrew Philip Cundill
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Patent number: 8949343Abstract: A communication confirmation message provides social networking events in combination with information regarding addresses to a member. The message can be used to suggest additional social network friends to members of a social network. The communication confirmation message is utilized to provide additional information on the social network member's friends, information from third party social networks, and recommendations to add individuals or second parties with whom the social network member communicates as friends.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jennifer Iting Shen, Omar H. Shahine, Steven D. Kafka, Thomas Jan Stovicek
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Publication number: 20140222933Abstract: A system and method for managing a plurality of messages stored at a mobile communication device, groups messages based on a common subject line or another quasi-unique identifier, and displays message group entries representing distinct message groups in a user interface. The message group entries may be displayed in association with an icon representing multiple message states associated with individual messages comprised within that message group. The multiple message states may include all messages being read, all messages being unread, a most recently received message being unread while others are read, and a most recently received message being read while order messages are unread.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Darsono SUTEDJA, Ryan Andrew John DEGORTER, Scott ARNOLD, John Bennett PARRETT, Francis Patrick JUDGE
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Publication number: 20140022285Abstract: A handheld device with ergonomic display features, and method there for, are provided. Data is provided at a rectangular touchscreen display. When the touchscreen display is in a landscape orientation, at least one taskbar is provided along at least a portion of one or more short edges of the touchscreen display. When the touchscreen display changed to a portrait orientation: the at least one taskbar is moved to a bottom one of the short edges, when no virtual keyboard is provided, the at least one taskbar is moved to a top one of the short edges when the virtual keyboard is provided at the bottom one of the short edges. Hence, ergonomic access is provided to controls most likely to be used when he touchscreen display is held towards the bottom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Kieran Cloud DEL PASQUA, Przemyslaw ABRATOWSKI
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Patent number: 8543928Abstract: A method for automatically generating a friend subset from contacts of a user based on future events is provided. Future social events data from an online social network including events to be attended by the user are received. Contacts having identity information from a contact list of the user are identified. Future social events data associated with the identified contacts, including events to be attended by the contacts, are received. Whether the identified contacts are scheduled to attend the same future social events as the user is determined. A friend subset of the determined contacts having future social events corresponding to the future social events of the user is selected and displayed on a web page. The user selects one of the contacts of the displayed friend subset, and the future social events to be attended by both the selected contact and the user is provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Erez Kikin-Gil
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Publication number: 20130097526Abstract: An electronic device and method provide for composition of reply messages within a message listing display. A message listing screen including a message listing and input field is displayed, and while the screen is displayed, content is entered in the input field and a send command is detected. In response to the send command, the entered content is sent in a reply message in reply to a selected message in the message listing. The selected message for which the reply is intended may be identified after the send command is detected. The message listing screen can include a preview of the selected message. The message format for the content to be sent in reply may be selected to be different from the message format of the selected message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: April 18, 2013Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Kieran Cloud DEL PASQUA
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Publication number: 20130033523Abstract: An electronic device may have a display screen usable in at least two orientations, such as landscape orientation and portrait orientation. Provided in this disclosure is selective rendering of a structured document according to the orientation of the display screen. A structured document such as as webpage is rendered (as a first rendered document) for display according to the document object model structure and optionally styles provided with the webpage. The same webpage is rendered (as a second rendered document) by removing or replacing selected objets in the document object model structure, or by applying different style directives than included in the originally received webpage. When the display screen is in a first orientation, the first rendered document is displayed. When a change in orientation of the display screen to the second orientation is detected, the second rendered document is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Matthew Nicholaos STAIKOS, Donald James LINDSAY
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Publication number: 20120311487Abstract: An electronic device receives a request to zoom content displayed in a display screen. A width corresponding to the display screen is determined. The zoomed content is wrapped to cause the zoomed content to fit within the determined width.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: GEORGE ROSS STAIKOS, Eli Joshua Fidler, Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Adam Chester Treat, Matthew Nicholaos Staikos, Thomas Jan Stovicek
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Patent number: D670725Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Robert Mori, Curtis Jyun Sasaki, Jason Luke Wilson, Thomas Jan Stovicek
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Patent number: D692445Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Donald James Lindsay
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Patent number: D695303Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Donald James Lindsay