Patents by Inventor Tony E. Schreiner
Tony E. Schreiner 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: 20220391231Abstract: An integrated approach is provided to running web applications with various compatibilities that do not require third-party extensions or sacrifice user experience. When a page of an application incompatible with a first browser is to be executed, an instance of a second browser with which the page is compatible is separately invoked and/or executed without opening a window for that second browser. Instead, the second browser opens a page within the window of the first browser. Moreover, rendering and/or contextual information for a page opened via the second browser is provided to the first browser. Such information is utilized by the first browser to provide a visual experience to the user in which the web page is being hosted by the first browser, even though it is in fact being hosted by the second browser.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adrian Bogdan Guta, Joshua P.H. Tseng, Stefanie K. McCallum, Navin Agarwal, Corey M. Bloodstein, Thomas W. Bolds, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Fredric W. Pullen, III, Tony E. Schreiner, Michael J. Ens, Benjamin J. Bamesberger, Ning Zhong, Alex Glover, Andrew M. Lake, Clifton J. Hebert, Emily K. Andrews, Stefan F. Smolen, Todd A. Sahl, Wenming Ju, Xiaoying Huang
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Patent number: 11442599Abstract: An integrated approach is provided to running web applications with various compatibilities that do not require third-party extensions or sacrifice user experience. When a page of an application incompatible with a first browser is to be executed, an instance of a second browser with which the page is compatible is separately invoked and/or executed without opening a window for that second browser. Instead, the second browser opens a page within the window of the first browser. Moreover, rendering and/or contextual information for a page opened via the second browser is provided to the first browser. Such information is utilized by the first browser to provide a visual experience to the user in which the web page is being hosted by the first browser, even though it is in fact being hosted by the second browser.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Adrian Bogdan Guta, Joshua P. H. Tseng, Stefanie K. McCallum, Navin Agarwal, Corey M. Bloodstein, Thomas W. Bolds, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Fredric W. Pullen, III, Tony E. Schreiner, Michael J. Ens, Benjamin J. Bamesberger, Ning Zhong, Alex Glover, Andrew M. Lake, Clifton J. Hebert, Emily K. Andrews, Stefan F. Smolen, Todd A. Sahl, Wenming Ju, Xiaoying Huang
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Patent number: 11010212Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for supporting and negotiating multiple (e.g. static) application programming interface (API) versions across multiple products. Interoperable programs, such as different web browser applications, may provide simultaneous support for multiple versions of an API. An API and program-API adapters may be versioned to manage compatibility for asynchronously developed programs and APIs that may be asynchronously installed and updated in many computing environments. An adapter may comprise a versioned portion of program source code. In-development program code and APIs may be forked to create versioned snapshots of stable interfaces. An “in-development” version of an API and adapters may coexist with versioned APIs and adapters. Compatible version negotiation may occur, for example, during process launch. Negotiation may activate the highest API version supported by both programs.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tony E. Schreiner, Michael J. Ens, Clifton J. Hebert, Corey M. Bloodstein, Christian Fortini
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Publication number: 20200394082Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for supporting and negotiating multiple (e.g. static) application programming interface (API) versions across multiple products. Interoperable programs, such as different web browser applications, may provide simultaneous support for multiple versions of an API. An API and program-API adapters may be versioned to manage compatibility for asynchronously developed programs and APIs that may be asynchronously installed and updated in many computing environments. An adapter may comprise a versioned portion of program source code. In-development program code and APIs may be forked to create versioned snapshots of stable interfaces. An “in-development” version of an API and adapters may coexist with versioned APIs and adapters. Compatible version negotiation may occur, for example, during process launch. Negotiation may activate the highest API version supported by both programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Tony E. Schreiner, Michael J. Ens, Clifton J. Hebert, Corey M. Bloodstein, Christian Fortini
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Publication number: 20200387273Abstract: An integrated approach is provided to running web applications with various compatibilities that do not require third-party extensions or sacrifice user experience. When a page of an application incompatible with a first browser is to be executed, an instance of a second browser with which the page is compatible is separately invoked and/or executed without opening a window for that second browser. Instead, the second browser opens a page within the window of the first browser. Moreover, rendering and/or contextual information for a page opened via the second browser is provided to the first browser. Such information is utilized by the first browser to provide a visual experience to the user in which the web page is being hosted by the first browser, even though it is in fact being hosted by the second browser.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Adrian Bogdan Guta, Joshua P.H. Tseng, Stefanie K. McCallum, Navin Agarwal, Corey M. Bloodstein, Thomas W. Bolds, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Fredric W. Pullen, III, Tony E. Schreiner, Michael J. Ens, Benjamin J. Bamesberger, Ning Zhong, Alex Glover, Andrew M. Lake, Clifton J. Hebert, Emily K. Andrews, Stefan F. Smolen, Todd A. Sahl, Wenming Ju, Xiaoying Huang
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Patent number: 10754489Abstract: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for pinning a tab in a tabbed browser. Briefly stated, browsing software is configured to recognize a “pin” event, such as a hot key, a menu selection, and the like. Upon recognizing the pin event, the browsing software splits a display screen into a pinned window and a tabbed window. The tabbed window displays one or more open tabs and the content of the currently in focus tab. The pinned window may display content that was previously displayed within one of the tabs in the tabbed window or may display new content. The browsing software may configure the navigation of the pinned window differently than the navigation for the tabs in the tabbed window.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aaron J. Sauve, Tony E. Schreiner, Charles Cummins, Cornelis K. Van Dok
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Patent number: 10733260Abstract: Web pages compatible with different web browsers are seamlessly rendered within the same tab of a single web browser window. A first browser is executed in a computing device, and has an open browser window. A request is received at the first browser to navigate to a first page. The first page is determined to be incompatible with the first browser and compatible with a second browser. Under control by the first browser, an instance of the second browser is invoked without a browser window opening for the instance of the second browser. An address of the first page is provided to the instance of the second browser. The instance of the second browser renders the first page within a tab in the open browser window of the first browser.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Todd A. Sahl, Tony E. Schreiner, Wenming Ju, Thomas W. Bolds, Corey M. Bloodstein, Venkatraman V. Kudallur, Xiaoying Huang, Navin Agarwal
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Patent number: 10055388Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a mechanism is provided for web developers to request specific default behaviors, such as touch behaviors, on their webpages. In at least some implementations, a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rule is utilized to enable or disable manipulations such as panning, pinch zoom, and double-tap-zoom manipulations. The mechanism can be extensible to accommodate additional default behaviors that are added in the future. In various embodiments, the behaviors are declared up front and thus differ from solutions which employ an imperative model. The declarative nature of this approach allows achievement of full independence from the main thread and deciding the correct response using independent hit testing.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Justin E. Rogers, Sylvain P. Galineau, Arron J. Eicholz
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Patent number: 9626079Abstract: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a taskbar shows one item for the set of content windows. Each content window is associated with a tab for the frame. A content-specific menu may be associated with each tab. The content-specific menu includes a set of commands based on the heterogeneous content hosted in the content window. The set of commands provide functionality to the heterogeneous content.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aaron J. Sauve, Cornelis K. Van Dok, Charles Cummins, Tony E. Schreiner
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Patent number: 9430124Abstract: Techniques to facilitate finding a tab or tabs in a user interface window are described. Various embodiments present tabs, individual tabs being associated with an opened document such as a web page or an activity, in a user interface window and automatically group at least some of the tabs together in a visually distinctive way. In at least some embodiments, this grouping is performed in response to a user interacting with the tabs in a particular way. For instance, a user may cause a tab to be created or moved within the user interface window such that the tab is grouped with a tab group or ungrouped from a tab group. Furthermore, one or more embodiments provide for certain tab-related actions, such as selecting an active tab and changing a display of a title of a tab, which can be performed in a manner based at least in part on this grouping.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tony E. Schreiner, Jeremiah S. Epling, Helen E. Drislane, Michael J. Ens
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Patent number: 9383908Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a hit test thread which is separate from the main thread, e.g. the user interface thread, is utilized for hit testing on web content. Using a separate thread for hit testing can allow targets to be quickly ascertained. In cases where the appropriate response is handled by a separate thread, such as a manipulation thread that can be used for touch manipulations such as panning and pinch zooming, manipulation can occur without blocking on the main thread. This results in the response time that is consistently quick even on low-end hardware over a variety of scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Christian Fortini
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Patent number: 9288125Abstract: Web content is displayed concurrently with application content of an application that is hosting the web content. The web content includes at least some content that can be executed or run, such as a script. Performance of the web content is monitored, such as by monitoring the amount of time the web content has been executing and/or an amount of memory used by the web content. Feedback regarding the performance of the web content is provided to the application hosting the web content, and the application can determine whether and/or how to alter execution of the web content based on the performance of the web content. Execution of the web content can be altered in various manners, such as by throttling execution of the web content or ceasing execution of the web content.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bogdan Brinza, Tony E. Schreiner, Tyler M. Barton, Michael Wayne Jackson
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Patent number: 9176646Abstract: A method for browser software with a tabbed interface to suppress, or delay, the display of a dialog box that is initiated by an inactive, or background, tab. An indication may be provided to the user that a dialog box needing user attention may be provided. When that tab becomes active, and the web page on that tab becomes visible, the dialog box is then displayed. This suppression method may be applied to a variety of application programs.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Aaron J. Sauve, Li-Hsin Huang, Tony E. Schreiner
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Publication number: 20150261730Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a mechanism is provided for web developers to request specific default behaviors, such as touch behaviors, on their webpages. In at least some implementations, a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rule is utilized to enable or disable manipulations such as panning, pinch zoom, and double-tap-zoom manipulations. The mechanism can be extensible to accommodate additional default behaviors that are added in the future. In various embodiments, the behaviors are declared upfront and thus differ from solutions which employ an imperative model. The declarative nature of this approach allows achievement of full independence from the main thread and deciding the correct response using independent hit testing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Justin E. Rogers, Sylvain P. Galineau, Arron J. Eicholz
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Patent number: 9021437Abstract: In at least some embodiments, a mechanism is provided for web developers to request specific default behaviors, such as touch behaviors, on their webpages. In at least some implementations, a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) rule is utilized to enable or disable manipulations such as panning, pinch zoom, and double-tap-zoom manipulations. The mechanism can be extensible to accommodate additional default behaviors that are added in the future. In various embodiments, the behaviors are declared upfront and thus differ from solutions which employ an imperative model. The declarative nature of this approach allows achievement of full independence from the main thread and deciding the correct response using independent hit testing.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Justin E. Rogers, Sylvain P. Galineau, Arron J. Eicholz
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Publication number: 20150026689Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a hit test thread which is separate from the main thread, e.g. the user interface thread, is utilized for hit testing on web content. Using a separate thread for hit testing can allow targets to be quickly ascertained. In cases where the appropriate response is handled by a separate thread, such as a manipulation thread that can be used for touch manipulations such as panning and pinch zooming, manipulation can occur without blocking on the main thread. This results in the response time that is consistently quick even on low-end hardware over a variety of scenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Christian Fortini
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Publication number: 20140372935Abstract: Techniques for input processing based on input context are described. In at least some embodiments, a region of a display area includes multiple graphic elements that can be generated and/or managed by different components. Examples of such components include applications, plug-in modules, graphics frameworks, and so forth. Techniques discussed herein enable input to graphical elements to be handled in various ways, such as by routing the input to an appropriate component. Further, custom input contexts can be specified such that particular types and/or combinations of inputs can be interpreted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Bogdan Brinza, Tyler M. Barton, Mike Pietraszak, Tony E. Schreiner, Corey M. Bloodstein
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Publication number: 20140372594Abstract: Web content is displayed concurrently with application content of an application that is hosting the web content. The web content includes at least some content that can be executed or run, such as a script. Performance of the web content is monitored, such as by monitoring the amount of time the web content has been executing and/or an amount of memory used by the web content. Feedback regarding the performance of the web content is provided to the application hosting the web content, and the application can determine whether and/or how to alter execution of the web content based on the performance of the web content. Execution of the web content can be altered in various manners, such as by throttling execution of the web content or ceasing execution of the web content.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Bogdan Brinza, Tony E. Schreiner, Tyler M. Barton, Michael Wayne Jackson
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Patent number: 8874969Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a hit test thread which is separate from the main thread, e.g. the user interface thread, is utilized for hit testing on web content. Using a separate thread for hit testing can allow targets to be quickly ascertained. In cases where the appropriate response is handled by a separate thread, such as a manipulation thread that can be used for touch manipulations such as panning and pinch zooming, manipulation can occur without blocking on the main thread. This results in the response time that is consistently quick even on low-end hardware over a variety of scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Matthew A. Rakow, Tony E. Schreiner, Bradley J. Litterell, Kevin M. Babbitt, Praveen Kumar Muralidhar Rao, Christian Fortini
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Publication number: 20140223356Abstract: The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a taskbar shows one item for the set of content windows. Each content window is associated with a tab for the frame. A content-specific menu may be associated with each tab. The content-specific menu includes a set of commands based on the heterogeneous content hosted in the content window. The set of commands provide functionality to the heterogeneous content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Aaron J. Sauve, Cornelis K. Van Dok, Charles Cummins, Tony E. Schreiner