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).

  • Patent number: 10802841
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
  • Patent number: 10511559
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Darsono Sutedja, Ryan Andrew John Degorter, Scott Arnold, John Bennett Parrett, Francis Patrick Judge
  • Patent number: 10120550
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Yoojin Hong, Michael George Langlois, Henry Yao-Tsu Chen
  • Publication number: 20180129509
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
  • Patent number: 9841980
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Christine Anderson, Sara Liu Yang, Erez Kikin-Gil, Sandra Hirsh, Tyler Schnoebelen, Wendy Chan, Nancy Jane Bell, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Jackie Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20160246489
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Margaret Elizabeth KUO, Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Yoojin HONG, Michael George LANGLOIS, Henry Yao-Tsu CHEN
  • Patent number: 9310990
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Thomas Jan Stovicek, Yoojin Hong, Michael George Langlois, Henry Chen
  • Patent number: 9311426
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Matthew Nicholaos Staikos, Donald James Lindsay
  • Patent number: 9225820
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Kieran Cloud Del Pasqua
  • Patent number: 9154605
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Henry Yao-Tsu Chen, Andrew Philip Cundill
  • Patent number: 8949343
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Iting Shen, Omar H. Shahine, Steven D. Kafka, Thomas Jan Stovicek
  • Publication number: 20140222933
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Darsono SUTEDJA, Ryan Andrew John DEGORTER, Scott ARNOLD, John Bennett PARRETT, Francis Patrick JUDGE
  • Publication number: 20140022285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Kieran Cloud DEL PASQUA, Przemyslaw ABRATOWSKI
  • Patent number: 8543928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Erez Kikin-Gil
  • Publication number: 20130097526
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Kieran Cloud DEL PASQUA
  • Publication number: 20130033523
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas Jan STOVICEK, Matthew Nicholaos STAIKOS, Donald James LINDSAY
  • Publication number: 20120311487
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: GEORGE ROSS STAIKOS, Eli Joshua Fidler, Margaret Elizabeth Kuo, Adam Chester Treat, Matthew Nicholaos Staikos, Thomas Jan Stovicek
  • Patent number: D670725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Robert Mori, Curtis Jyun Sasaki, Jason Luke Wilson, Thomas Jan Stovicek
  • Patent number: D692445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Donald James Lindsay
  • Patent number: D695303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Jan Stovicek, Donald James Lindsay