Patents by Inventor Andrew M. Webb

Andrew M. Webb 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).

  • Application programming interface for multi-touch input detection
    Patent number: 10289239
    Abstract: A sensing device, such as a user-wearable device (UWD) worn by a user of a touchscreen, may provide kinematic data of the sensing device or UWD and/or identification data of the user to a processor that operates the touchscreen. Such data may allow the processor to perform a number of user-touchscreen interactions, such as displaying user-specific windows or menus, processing user-manipulation of displayed objects, and determining which hand of a user performs a touch event, just to name a few examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michel Pahud, William Buxton, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Andrew M. Webb, Eyal Ofek
  • APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170090666
    Abstract: A sensing device, such as a user-wearable device (UWD) worn by a user of a touchscreen, may provide kinematic data of the sensing device or UWD and/or identification data of the user to a processor that operates the touchscreen. Such data may allow the processor to perform a number of user-touchscreen interactions, such as displaying user-specific windows or menus, processing user-manipulation of displayed objects, and determining which hand of a user performs a touch event, just to name a few examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michel Pahud, William Buxton, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Andrew M. Webb, Eyal Ofek
  • ENHANCED MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DETECTION
    Publication number: 20170010695
    Abstract: A user-wearable device (UWD) worn by a user of a touchscreen may provide kinematic data of the UWD and/or identification data of the user to a processor that operates the touchscreen. Such data may allow the processor to perform a number of user-touchscreen interactions, such as displaying user-specific windows or menus, processing user-manipulation of displayed objects, and determining which hand of a user performs a touch event, just to name a few examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Michel Pahud, Kenneth P. Hinckley, William Buxton, Eyal Ofek, Andrew M. Webb
  • USER-IDENTIFYING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)
    Publication number: 20170010733
    Abstract: A user-wearable device (UWD) worn by a user of a touchscreen may provide kinematic data of the UWD and/or identification data of the user to a processor that operates the touchscreen. Such data may allow the processor to perform a number of user-touchscreen interactions, such as displaying user-specific windows or menus, processing user-manipulation of displayed objects, and determining which hand of a user performs a touch event, just to name a few examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Michel Pahud, Kenneth P. Hinckley, William Buxton, Eyal Ofek, Andrew M. Webb