Patents by Inventor Wilson H. Lam

Wilson H. Lam 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).

  • Graphically encoded data copy and paste
    Patent number: 8243983
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, at a first device both an indication of data to be copied and a request to perform graphical copying of the data is received. The data is graphically encoded to generate an image that is displayed by the first device. In a second device, a request to perform graphical pasting of data is received. The second device captures the image displayed by the first device and decodes data graphically encoded in the image. The decoded data is pasted to a location of the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Wilson H. Lam
  • GRAPHICALLY ENCODED DATA COPY AND PASTE
    Publication number: 20110038552
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, at a first device both an indication of data to be copied and a request to perform graphical copying of the data is received. The data is graphically encoded to generate an image that is displayed by the first device. In a second device, a request to perform graphical pasting of data is received. The second device captures the image displayed by the first device and decodes data graphically encoded in the image. The decoded data is pasted to a location of the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wilson H. Lam