Patents by Inventor William Scott Stauber
William Scott Stauber 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: 20240143350Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Darren R. DAVIS, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Paul DYKSTRA, Jan Harold KARACHALE, Brian David CROSS, Patrick J. DERKS, William Scott STAUBER, Nishad MULYE
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Patent number: 11809217Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Darren R. Davis, Kenton A. Shipley, Nathan T. Radebaugh, Paul Dykstra, Jan Harold Karachale, Brian David Cross, Patrick J. Derks, William Scott Stauber, Nishad Mulye
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Publication number: 20220382566Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display characteristics from a user interface manager, wherein the plurality of display characteristics correspond to a type of a device. The processor can also detect a list of applications being executed by the system and generate a user interface container by applying the plurality of display characteristics to each of the applications from the list of applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: William Scott STAUBER, Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Patrick J. DERKS, Paul DYKSTRA
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Patent number: 11321103Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display characteristics from a user interface manager, wherein the plurality of display characteristics correspond to a type of a device. The processor can also detect a list of applications being executed by the system and generate a user interface container by applying the plurality of display characteristics to each of the applications from the list of applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: William Scott Stauber, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Nathan T. Radebaugh, Kenton A. Shipley, Patrick J. Derks, Paul Dykstra
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Publication number: 20220027041Abstract: A computing device includes a first portion comprising a first display, and a second portion comprising a second display. The second portion is rotatably connected to the first portion. The computing device executes a program comprising a context user interface and a focus user interface. The focus user interface is configured to provide a more detailed view of a selected item from the context user interface. When the computing device is in a double-portrait orientation, the context user interface is displayed on the first display. Upon receipt of a spanning user input, the computing device displays the context user interface on the first display and the focus user interface on the second display. Upon detecting a rotation to a double-landscape orientation, the computing device displays the focus user interface on the first display and second display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Katherine Mary EVERITT, Robert Steven MEYER, Benjamin Franklin CARTER, Stanley Roger AYZENBERG, William Scott STAUBER, Lauren Eileen EDELMEIER, Roberth KARMAN, Ruediger Albert KINAST, Stephanie Lauren Grace HASHAM
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Publication number: 20210286632Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a type of the system based on hardware components residing within the system or coupled to the system and determine a user interface manager to execute based on the type of the system. The processor can also execute the user interface manager to generate a user interface for the system, wherein the type of the user interface manager comprises a plurality of rules to indicate a layout of the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Darren R. DAVIS, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Paul DYKSTRA, Jan Harold KARACHALE, Brian David CROSS, Patrick J. DERKS, William Scott STAUBER, Nishad MULYE
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Publication number: 20210097208Abstract: A technique allows a user to project content onto a shared display region in a controlled manner. The technique involves receiving context information that describes a context in which a user is currently interacting with a local user computing device. The technique then determines, based on policy logic and the context information, whether it is appropriate to invoke a private state, or to remove the private state and enter a shared state. The private state involves presenting a privacy screen on one or more shared display regions. The local user computing device remains connected to the display device(s) that host the shared display region(s) while operating in both the private state and the shared state. According to one advantage, the technique eliminates or reduces the risk that the user will inadvertently release private information to others; further, it does so without asking the user to perform burdensome preparatory actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Tyler Joseph DONAHUE, William Scott STAUBER, Tyler Jeffrey WHITE, Benjamin Bear STOLOVITZ, Corey Joseph LOMAN, Christian KLEIN
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Patent number: 10635296Abstract: In many computing scenarios, a user of a primary device may wish to incorporate an auxiliary device in the presentation of an application. Such incorporation may involve a terminal services session that projects the computing environment of the primary device onto the auxiliary device; mirroring the computing environment of the primary device through the auxiliary device; and/or utilizing applications that interoperate with client applications executing on the second device. However, such techniques may not fully reflect the properties of each device, and/or may only apply to particular applications and/or configurations.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Brian David Cross, Darren Ray Davis, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Kenton Allen Shipley, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Ryan Chandler Pendlay
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Publication number: 20200117485Abstract: A system for generating a user interface described herein can include a processor to detect a plurality of display characteristics from a user interface manager, wherein the plurality of display characteristics correspond to a type of a device. The processor can also detect a list of applications being executed by the system and generate a user interface container by applying the plurality of display characteristics to each of the applications from the list of applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: William Scott STAUBER, Ramrajprabu BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nathan T. RADEBAUGH, Kenton A. SHIPLEY, Patrick J. DERKS, Paul DYKSTRA
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Patent number: 10448111Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for content projection. For example, a communication connection may be established between a primary device (e.g., a smart phone) of a user and a secondary device (e.g., a television). The primary device may identify an interest of the user to view content on the secondary device (e.g., photos for a recently attended concert). The primary device may retrieve the content (e.g., local photos on the smart phone and/or photos remotely retrieved from a social network). The primary device may project a rendering of the content onto a secondary display of the secondary device (e.g., the smart phone may send the rendering over the communication connection to the television for display).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Issa Y. Khoury, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Keri Kruse Moran, Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, Ryan Chandler Pendlay
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Patent number: 10277649Abstract: A user may interact with a collection of devices that each exhibit particular device properties. Where each device executes and presents an isolated computing environment, inconsistencies may arise in the user interaction by the user with different devices. Alternatively, a terminal server may present a computing environment to various auxiliary devices, but such presentation may fail to utilize some device properties of some devices, and/or may present a computing environment that is not suitable for some devices. Instead, a primary device of the device collection may adapt a primary computing environment to an auxiliary computing environment for each auxiliary device, based upon its device properties. Upon receiving a request to execute an application, the primary device may execute the application within the auxiliary computing environment, and may adapt the application based upon the device properties. The primary device may stream each auxiliary computing environment to the respective auxiliary device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Kenton Allen Shipley, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, Darren Ray Davis
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Patent number: 10237314Abstract: A user may interact with a collection of devices that each exhibit particular device properties. Where each device executes and presents an isolated computing environment, inconsistencies may arise in the user interaction by the user with different devices. Alternatively, a terminal server may present a computing environment to various auxiliary devices, but such presentation may fail to utilize some device properties of some devices, and/or may present a computing environment that is not suitable for some devices. Instead, a primary device of the device collection may adapt a primary computing environment to an auxiliary computing environment for each auxiliary device, based upon its device properties. Upon receiving a request to execute an application, the primary device may execute the application within the auxiliary computing environment, and may adapt the application based upon the device properties. The primary device may stream each auxiliary computing environment to the respective auxiliary device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Kenton Allen Shipley, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, Darren Ray Davis
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Patent number: 10102824Abstract: A computing device, and method thereof, may have a first display. A first user input is received from an input device of the computing device. In response, a task manager is displayed, the task manager having representations of respective objects on the computing device. When a second user input is received via the input device, a target representation is selected according to the second user input and an application window of an application corresponding to the target representation is displayed on the second display.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Issa Khoury, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Holger Kuehnle, Ryan Pendlay, Keri Moran
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Publication number: 20180007104Abstract: A user may interact with a collection of devices that each exhibit particular device properties. Where each device executes and presents an isolated computing environment, inconsistencies may arise in the user interaction by the user with different devices. Alternatively, a terminal server may present a computing environment to various auxiliary devices, but such presentation may fail to utilize some device properties of some devices, and/or may present a computing environment that is not suitable for some devices. Instead, a primary device of the device collection may adapt a primary computing environment to an auxiliary computing environment for each auxiliary device, based upon its device properties. Upon receiving a request to execute an application, the primary device may execute the application within the auxiliary computing environment, and may adapt the application based upon the device properties. The primary device may stream each auxiliary computing environment to the respective auxiliary device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Kenton Allen Shipley, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, Darren Ray Davis
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Patent number: 9860306Abstract: In many computing scenarios, a computing environment of a device may present applications through various presentation components, such as displays, speakers, and headphones. However, navigating among the applications currently presented within the computing environment may be difficult for the user; e.g., for a device presenting many applications on many displays that share an application stack, the application that the user wishes to select may be buried deep within the shared application stack. In accordance with the techniques presented herein, the device may generate an application presentation history for each presentation component, indicating applications that have previously been presented through the presentation component.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, Kenton Allen Shipley, David John Woods, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Darren Ray Davis, Patrick Derks
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Publication number: 20170285813Abstract: Touch-input support for an external touch-capable display device is described. A computing device (e.g., a smartphone) is configured to form a connection with an external touch-capable display device that is separate from the computing device. The computing device controls the display of information on the touch-capable display device. A user of the computing device can interact with the external touch-capable display device, such as by touching the screen of the touch-capable display device to select items, perform gestures, or type on the on-screen keyboard. When the user provides touch-input to the external touch-capable display device, the computing device receives an indication of the touch-input via the wired or wireless connection. The computing device then modifies the display of information on the touch-capable display device based on the touch-input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Kristina Rose Cosgrave, Keri K. Moran, Issa Yousef Khoury, Petteri Jussinpoika Mikkola, Giorgio Sega, Rouella J. Mendonca, Bruce Cordell Jones, Darren R. Davis
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Patent number: 9769227Abstract: A user may interact with a collection of devices that each exhibit particular device properties. Where each device executes and presents an isolated computing environment, inconsistencies may arise in the user interaction by the user with different devices. Alternatively, a terminal server may present a computing environment to various auxiliary devices, but such presentation may fail to utilize some device properties of some devices, and/or may present a computing environment that is not suitable for some devices. Instead, a primary device of the device collection may adapt a primary computing environment to an auxiliary computing environment for each auxiliary device, based upon its device properties. Upon receiving a request to execute an application, the primary device may execute the application within the auxiliary computing environment, and may adapt the application based upon the device properties. The primary device may stream each auxiliary computing environment to the respective auxiliary device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Elizabeth Fay Threlkeld, William Scott Stauber, Petteri Mikkola, Keri Kruse Moran, Issa Y. Khoury, Giorgio Francesco Sega, Mohammed Kaleemur Rahman, Kenton Allen Shipley, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, Darren Ray Davis
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Patent number: 9678640Abstract: Multi-display computing environments are often represented as a unified coordinate space, where each display presents application views within a coordinate region. Such arrangements may enable features such as application views that span multiple displays, but such features may not appeal to users. Additionally, such representations may complicate the application of layouts to particular displays while maintaining relationships among application views. Instead, a view management architecture may generate a user interface collection comprising, for respective displays, an arrangement of view entries for respective views presented on the display. Entries for new views may be added to the arrangement for a particular display, and may be contained within an application container encapsulating all views of an application on the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: William Scott Stauber, Ramrajprabu Balasubramanian, Patrick Derks, Kenton Allen Shipley, Darren Ray Davis
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Patent number: 9652196Abstract: Examples described herein automatically route audio signals associated with applications to appropriate audio endpoints when a computing device is operating in a disjoint mode. Smart audio routing management of audio signals is based on content output destinations for applications associated with the audio signals. Smart audio routing management enables computing devices operating in a disjoint mode to receive audio signals relevant to application content rendered or displayed over multiple devices, and correctly route individual audio signals to audio endpoints that correspond to a location where associated application content is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Darren Ray Davis, Vincent Bellet, William Scott Stauber
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Publication number: 20160378426Abstract: Examples described herein automatically route audio signals associated with applications to appropriate audio endpoints when a computing device is operating in a disjoint mode. Smart audio routing management of audio signals is based on content output destinations for applications associated with the audio signals. Smart audio routing management enables computing devices operating in a disjoint mode to receive audio signals relevant to application content rendered or displayed over multiple devices, and correctly route individual audio signals to audio endpoints that correspond to a location where associated application content is displayed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Darren Ray Davis, Vincent Bellet, William Scott Stauber