Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Fuller

Thomas R. Fuller 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).

  • Presenting items in particular presentation modes
    Patent number: 10642827
    Abstract: Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Churchill, Joseph Wheeler, Jérôme Jean-Louis Vasseur, Thomas R. Fuller, Jason D. Giles
  • Resuming items in their last-used presentation modes
    Patent number: 9910884
    Abstract: Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Churchill, Joseph Wheeler, Jérôme Jean-Louis Vasseur, Thomas R. Fuller, Jason D. Giles
  • RESUMING ITEMS IN THEIR LAST-USED PRESENTATION MODES
    Publication number: 20170371920
    Abstract: Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John E. CHURCHILL, Joseph WHEELER, Jérôme Jean-Louis VASSEUR, Thomas R. FULLER, Jason D. GILES
  • Resuming items in their last-used presentation modes
    Patent number: 9767142
    Abstract: Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Churchill, Joseph Wheeler, Jérôme Jean-Louis Vasseur, Thomas R. Fuller, Jason D. Giles
  • Resuming Items in their Last-Used Presentation Modes
    Publication number: 20150199085
    Abstract: Functionality is described herein for presenting representations of the z most recently presented items. The functionality also presents indicators which convey the presentation modes that were last used to present the z items. When the user selects one of the z items, the functionality presents it, as a default, using the last-used presentation mode, as conveyed by the indicator associated with this item. In one particular case, the last-used presentation mode corresponds to a full mode or a snap mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Churchill, Joseph Wheeler, Jérôme Jean-Louis Vasseur, Thomas R. Fuller, Jason D. Giles
  • Identifying and Launching Items Associated with a Particular Presentation Mode
    Publication number: 20150199086
    Abstract: Functionality is described for activating a service which presents a collection of items that are capable of being presented in a particular presentation mode. Upon a user's selection of one of them items, the functionality presents it in the particular mode. In one implementation, the particular presentation mode corresponds to a snap mode, in which the selected item is presented in a side display portion of a split-screen output presentation. The service itself constitutes an application which provides an output in the snap mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Churchill, Joseph Wheeler, Jérôme Jean-Louis Vasseur, Thomas R. Fuller, Jason D. Giles