Patents by Inventor Tobias Hans Hoellerer

Tobias Hans Hoellerer 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).

  • Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface which facilitates decision making
    Patent number: 7263667
    Abstract: A user interface for facilitating a decision making process, such as planning a trip. A unified view of various types of information related to an event may be provided. The unified view may be presented in a simulated three-dimensional environment having different types of information depicted on different windows. Different types of information related to a common event may be visually linked. A window showing a particular type of information may be brought into a focus view for closer inspection by a user. Alternative decisions may be depicted to permit vagueness or uncertainty, particularly at early iterations in the decision making process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tobias Hans Hoellerer, George G. Robertson, David D. Thiel, Daniel C. Robbins, Maarten R. van Dantzich
  • Medium containing information gathered from material including a source and interface for graphically displaying the information
    Patent number: 6952806
    Abstract: An electronic medium is a new form of publication for a source material, such as a book. The medium includes information about features of the source material and features of secondary information related to the source material. The medium can be used with a visualization system. With the system, a user is provided with tools that respond to the user's needs and requests at a level of the collection, rather than just with a single work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Tobias Hans Höllerer, James Edward Pitkow, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III