Patents by Inventor Alexander T. Bussmann

Alexander T. Bussmann 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).

  • Patent number: 10241806
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adjusting user interfaces based on entity location. Embodiments of the invention provide applications (or an operating system) with entity distance/proximity data. Applications can then scale content appropriately based on the proximity data. An operating system contains a distance/proximity driver framework for distance/proximity aware hardware sensors (IR, Radar, capacitive, camera, other). The proximity framework performs distance/proximity/number of viewers calculations from sensor data to formulate proximity data. From the proximity data, an application can determine how to scale user interface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Alexander T. Bussmann
  • Publication number: 20160266911
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adjusting user interfaces based on entity location. Embodiments of the invention provide applications (or an operating system) with entity distance/proximity data. Applications can then scale content appropriately based on the proximity data. An operating system contains a distance/proximity driver framework for distance/proximity aware hardware sensors (IR, Radar, capacitive, camera, other). The proximity framework performs distance/proximity/number of viewers calculations from sensor data to formulate proximity data. From the proximity data, an application can determine how to scale user interface data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Alexander T. Bussmann
  • Patent number: 9293107
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adjusting user interfaces based on entity location. Embodiments of the invention provide applications (or an operating system) with entity distance/proximity data. Applications can then scale content appropriately based on the proximity data. An operating system contains a distance/proximity driver framework for distance/proximity aware hardware sensors (IR, Radar, capacitive, camera, other). The proximity framework performs distance/proximity/number of viewers calculations from sensor data to formulate proximity data. From the proximity data, an application can determine how to scale user interface data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Alexander T. Bussmann
  • Publication number: 20130069982
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for adjusting user interfaces based on entity location. Embodiments of the invention provide applications (or an operating system) with entity distance/proximity data. Applications can then scale content appropriately based on the proximity data. An operating system contains a distance/proximity driver framework for distance/proximity aware hardware sensors (IR, Radar, capacitive, camera, other). The proximity framework performs distance/proximity/number of viewers calculations from sensor data to formulate proximity data. From the proximity data, an application can determine how to scale user interface data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hall, Alexander T. Bussmann
  • Publication number: 20100138294
    Abstract: The provision of location-based advertising services is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of operating a location-based advertising server. The method comprises receiving from each of a plurality of advertising publishers an item of advertising content associated with a bounded area defined in a geographic region, and also receiving from each advertising publisher a bid for payment for distributing the advertising publisher's item of advertising content to devices. The method then comprises receiving from a device a request for advertising content associated with the bounded area, and sending an item of advertising content associated with a highest bid to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander T. Bussmann, Joseph Figueroa, Todd Segal