Patents by Inventor Andrew Einaudi

Andrew Einaudi 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).

  • Sculpted displays for clickable user interactions
    Patent number: 9841817
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed of a touch screen display wherein the surface of the touch screen display comprises a sculpted and/or contoured portion. The sculpted/contoured portion gives a user a tactile sense of a portion of the touch screen where commands may be actuated and/or data may be selected. The touch screen display may further be in communication with a physical switch where additional pressure by the user may be used to actuated a command associated with a selected portion of the display. Such a switch may be a piezo structure or other type of physical switch that may also be incorporated into a smart device/controller. Other embodiments may comprise haptic and/or audio feedback upon detection of the user's presence at a desired part of the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Einaudi
  • SCULPTED DISPLAYS FOR CLICKABLE USER INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20150323992
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed of a touch screen display wherein the surface of the touch screen display comprises a sculpted and/or contoured portion. The sculpted/contoured portion gives a user a tactile sense of a portion of the touch screen where commands may be actuated and/or data may be selected. The touch screen display may further be in communication with a physical switch where additional pressure by the user may be used to actuated a command associated with a selected portion of the display. Such a switch may be a piezo structure or other type of physical switch that may also be incorporated into a smart device/controller. Other embodiments may comprise haptic and/or audio feedback upon detection of the user's presence at a desired part of the touch screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Einaudi
  • Entertainment device remote control
    Patent number: D603843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Andrew Einaudi, Gadi Amit, Inbal Etgar
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D759042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross David Heeter, David Gardner, Andrew Einaudi, Cyrus Kanga, MacBeth Watson, Jason Robert Tuck
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D759070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross David Heeter, David Gardner, Andrew Einaudi, Cyrus Kanga, Jason Robert Tuck
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D760253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross David Heeter, David Gardner, Andrew Einaudi, Cyrus Kanga, Jason Robert Tuck