Patents by Inventor Alex Ingerman

Alex Ingerman 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).

  • Exposing metadata relationships through filter interplay
    Patent number: 8583664
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to exposing metadata relationships through filter interplay. One embodiment provides a method comprising filtering a collection of items according to a first and a second metadata category to form an original subset of items that comprise metadata values for each of the categories. The method further comprises displaying a first and a second interactive filter view illustrating the original subset arranged according to their respective metadata values. The method further comprises receiving user input modifying an original range of metadata values of the first metadata category to form a modified range, determining a modified subset of items that comprise metadata values of the first metadata category falling within the modified range and that also comprise metadata values of the second metadata category, and modifying the second interactive filter view to illustrate the modified subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weir, Alex Weinstein, Charles Cummins, Alex Ingerman, Timothy R. Sullivan, Katie Jane Messerly, Daniel Tomko, Andrew B. Rothbart
  • EXPOSING METADATA RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH FILTER INTERPLAY
    Publication number: 20110295863
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to exposing metadata relationships through filter interplay. One embodiment provides a method comprising filtering a collection of items according to a first and a second metadata category to form an original subset of items that comprise metadata values for each of the categories. The method further comprises displaying a first and a second interactive filter view illustrating the original subset arranged according to their respective metadata values. The method further comprises receiving user input modifying an original range of metadata values of the first metadata category to form a modified range, determining a modified subset of items that comprise metadata values of the first metadata category falling within the modified range and that also comprise metadata values of the second metadata category, and modifying the second interactive filter view to illustrate the modified subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weir, Alex Weinstein, Charles Cummins, Alex Ingerman, Timothy R. Sullivan, Katie Jane Messerly, Daniel Tomko, Andrew B. Rothbart