Patents by Inventor Andre Chen

Andre Chen 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).

  • Maintaining and displaying user ordered lists
    Patent number: 7831572
    Abstract: A system and method for updating a source copy of an ordered list (the source list) comprising a plurality of list items according to modifications made to the order of the list items in a local copy of the ordered list (the local list) is provided. Each list item includes an order value. The order of the list items is determined according to the order values. To update the source list, the list items that have been moved in the local list are identified and placed on a temporary list, retaining the ordinal position in the local list. For each list item in the temporary list, the list item is placed back in the local list and its order value is set according to the average of the previous list item's order value and the subsequent list item's order value. The list item is then written to the source list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sara M. Brown, Andy Chin, Hoa N. Lu, Andre Chen
  • Maintaining and displaying user ordered lists
    Patent number: 7676469
    Abstract: A system and method for updating a source copy of an ordered list (the source list) comprising a plurality of list items according to modifications made to the order of the list items in a local copy of the ordered list (the local list) is provided. Each list item includes an order value. The order of the list items is determined according to the order values. To update the source list, the list items that have been moved in the local list are identified and placed on a temporary list, retaining the ordinal position in the local list. For each list item in the temporary list, the list item is placed back in the local list and its order value is set according to the average of the previous list item's order value and the subsequent list item's order value. The list item is then written to the source list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sara M. Brown, Andy Chin, Hoa N. Lu, Andre Chen
  • System and method for maintaining and displaying user ordered lists
    Patent number: 7130851
    Abstract: A system and method for updating a source copy of an ordered list (the source list) comprising a plurality of list items according to modifications made to the order of the list items in a local copy of the ordered list (the local list) is provided. Each list item includes an order value. The order of the list items is determined according to the order values. To update the source list, the list items that have been moved in the local list are identified and placed on a temporary list, retaining the ordinal position in the local list. For each list item in the temporary list, the list item is placed back in the local list and its order value is set according to the average of the previous list item's order value and the subsequent list item's order value. The list item is then written to the source list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sara M. Brown, Andy Chin, Hoa N. Lu, Andre Chen