Patents Assigned to Microsoft Corporation
  • Command user interface for displaying multiple sections of software functionality controls
    Patent number: 9864489
    Abstract: To increase command-access efficiency and to optimize a user's available user interface work space, an improved user interface is provided for displaying logical groupings of selectable software functionality controls that are associated with one or more selected top-level functionalities. Upon selection of a top-level functionality tab, selectable functionalities associated with the top-level functionality tab are divided into logical groupings and are presented in a customizable functionality control section below the tab. Upon selection of a different top-level functionality tab, selectable functionalities associated with the subsequently selected top-level functionality tab may either replace the first functionality control section or may be displayed in a separate functionality control section adjacent to the first functionality control section if real estate is available in the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Erin Elizabeth Dean, Jensen M. Harris, Aaron Michael Butcher, Jesse Clay Satterfield
  • USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING SELECTABLE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITY CONTROLS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO A SELECTED OBJECT
    Publication number: 20170357392
    Abstract: An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object and that remain visibly available for use while the selected object is being edited. Upon selection of a particular object for editing, functionality available for editing the object is presented in a ribbon-shaped user interface above the software application workspace to allow the user ready and efficient access to functionality needed for editing the selected object. The display of relevant functionality controls is persisted until the user dismisses the display, selects another top-level functionality control or selects another object for editing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Clay SATTERFIELD, Aaron M. BUTCHER, David A. MORTON, Jensen M. HARRIS, Justin DENNEY
  • Handset
    Patent number: D805506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benoit Rouger, Xiaoming Qiang
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D805548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Spencer King, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Emily Grace Sappington, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Shane Jeremy Landry, Mouni Reddy, Annie Lenore Smith, Jeffrey Spencer Davison, Sara Nopwan Siritaratiwat
  • Display screen with icon
    Patent number: D805554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Austin Jansen, Christina B. Scott
  • Display screen with icon
    Patent number: D805555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Austin Jansen, Kelly Brownlee
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D806123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tsukahara
  • Handset
    Patent number: D806669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Heikki Kangasmaa, Wei Wang, Tomi Suoniemi, Mikko Vesa, Mikko Pesonen
  • Electronic mouse
    Patent number: D807359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Jeong, Michael Zheng
  • Display screen with icon group and display screen with icon set
    Patent number: D807396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Gardner, Joseph Wheeler
  • Handset
    Patent number: D808942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Kyou Lee, Xiaoming Qiang, Otso Ylönen, Jani Junnila
  • Display screen with icon
    Patent number: D809010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shane Hartley
  • Wearable electronic device
    Patent number: D809509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bosveld, Young Duk Song, Philip Bryan, Nicolas Denhez, Yeongkyu Yoo
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D809539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Julianne Prekaski, Ross Hillier, Benjamin D. Smith, Monique Sauvageau, Andre Lamego, Leckie Gunter, Morten Holm-Petersen, Todd Lefor
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D810105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Johnson, Jeff Fleischmann, Austin Jansen, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Nicholas Robinson
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D810106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn Storm, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Ryan Phillips, Mengyuan Tu, Nicholas Robinson
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D810118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoji Chen, Benjamin Perry, Emmanuel Reyes, David Gardner, Mengyuan Tu, Jeff Fleischmann
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D811431
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Winther Jespersen, Thomas Søndergaard Jensen, Michael Helligsø Svinth, Eigo Kawatani
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D812625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Remi Wesley Ogundokun, Aaron Naoyoshi Sheung Yan Woo, Jiwon Choi, Sergey Kisselev
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D812639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kathryn Storm, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Ryan Phillips, Nicholas Robinson