Patents by Inventor Will Vong

Will Vong 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: 8504922
    Abstract: Described herein is technology for, among other things, performing navigation in a media environment. The technology involves the presenting a user with only a portion of the previously visited pages or areas as he or she moves to previously visited pages or areas. As the user moves around the media environment, the movements are recorded for use when requests are received for previously visited areas or pages. As the user moves to previously visited areas redundant pages or areas are skipped. Thus, the user's forward and backward navigation are different and the user moves backward more easily, quickly and efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Newell, Jeffrey Margolis, Will Vong, Bill Flora, Bojana Ostojic, Kristina Voros, Christen Coomer, Frederic Azera
  • Publication number: 20090100362
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may be customized by a user to configure the appearance, flow, interactivity and other features of an advertisement. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timers, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate a video or other content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, Gary Hebert, David Gardner, Robert Thrasher
  • Publication number: 20090100331
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may include a timer for counting down the temporal length of an advertisement. Upon countdown of the timer to zero, the advertisement may terminate and automatically flow-through to the underlying content. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timer, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate a video or other content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, David Gardner
  • Publication number: 20090100359
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for allowing an advertiser or other user to create high-end advertisements via a plurality of software-based, predefined templates. The templates may be customized by a user to configure the appearance, flow, interactivity and other features of an advertisement. The present system further provides a user interface allowing a user to interact with and configure the templates, thus allowing the user to control the appearance, flow, interactivity, transitions, timers, etc. of the advertisement. In addition to controlling these parameters, the templates also allow a user to associate one or more content files, or assets, with an advertisement. These assets may including audio files. Thus, an advertiser may easily incorporate music, songs, sounds, spoken text or other audio content into an advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Sauve, Mike Van Flandern, Eddie Fusaro, John Elsbree, Chris Meyer, Daniel L. Poling, JR., Will Vong, Marc Oshiro, David Gardner
  • Publication number: 20080163127
    Abstract: Described herein is technology for, among other things, performing navigation in a media environment. The technology involves the presenting a user with only a portion of the previously visited pages or areas as he or she moves to previously visited pages or areas. As the user moves around the media environment, the movements are recorded for use when requests are received for previously visited areas or pages. As the user moves to previously visited areas redundant pages or areas are skipped. Thus, the user's forward and backward navigation are different and the user moves backward more easily, quickly and efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Newell, Jeffrey Margolis, Will Vong, Bill Flora, Bojana Ostojic, Kristina Voros, Christen Coomer, Frederic Azera