Patents Assigned to Microsoft Corporation
  • Transfer of attributes between generations of characters
    Patent number: 9696757
    Abstract: A system in which attributes are transferred between generations of characters in an interactive software experience is described. In an embodiment, data identifying one or more hardware attributes for a virtual entity are received from a physical user device associated with that virtual entity. One or more virtual attributes for the virtual entity are accessed and one or more behaviors of the virtual entity within the interactive software experience are modified based on a combination of the hardware and virtual attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James William Scott, Haiyan Zhang, Nicolas Villar, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Jonathan Leslie Venables, Simon Jay Carter
  • User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object
    Patent number: 9690450
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Clay Satterfield, Aaron M. Butcher, David A. Morton, Jensen M. Harris, Justin Denney
  • User interface for displaying selectable software functionality controls that are relevant to a selected object
    Patent number: 9690448
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Clay Satterfield, Aaron M. Butcher, David A. Morton, Jensen M. Harris, Justin Denney
  • Charging stand
    Patent number: D789885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kok Liang Yue, Stephen Minarsch, Derek Burkhardsmeier, Yip Kam
  • Display adapter
    Patent number: D789935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Vicky Chen
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D789944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew M. Pickard, Raymond Alexander Malkiewicz, Michael A. LaJoie
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D789959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Duyen Hung Hoang, Joey Hoi-Man Lee, Darren Woo, Jun Ho Moon, Kyle Mouritsen, Shannon Lee, Helen Lam, Preet Mangat
  • Display screen with icon
    Patent number: D789986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shane Hartley
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D790544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vicky Chen, Jiun Yang, Michael Zheng
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D790554
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kate Bailey, Hua Wang
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D790555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kate Bailey, Hua Wang
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Jiwon Choi
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Clinton Rice, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Adam Sidwell, Nicholas Robinson, Craig Maitlen, Anthony J. Giardini
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Clinton Rice, Adrian Rapp Milsap, Rita Yu, Adam Sidwell, Nicholas Robinson, Craig Maitlen, Anthony J. Giardini
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Fleischmann, Adam Sidwell, Mitchell Johnson, Nicholas Robinson
  • Display screen with icon
    Patent number: D791176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alex Anthony Tursi, Ramiro Torres
  • Keyboard
    Patent number: D791780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kate Bailey, Hua Wang
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Emmanuel Reyes, Benjamin Perry, John Snavely, Xiaoji Chen, Ryan Phillips, Jeff Fleischmann, Mitchell Johnson, Nicholas Robinson, Joseph Wheeler, Nathan Johnson, Brian Ralphs, David Gardner
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D791815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Telmen Dzjind, Anthony J. Giardini, Tsitsi Isabel Gora, Xiaoji Chen
  • Controller
    Patent number: D791880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Monique Chatterjee, Richard T. Hanks, William Bennett Mabry, Austin Porter