Patents by Inventor Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews
Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews 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).
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Patent number: 11209975Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for facilitating enhanced canvas presentation environments. In an implementation, a user interacts with a touch-enabled display system capable of displaying items on a canvas. In response to a gesture made by the user with respect to an item being displayed, a format-specific interaction model is identified based on a format associated with the item. A response to the gesture may then be determined using the interaction model and the response rendered for display.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Frederick David Jones
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Patent number: 9727132Abstract: A system and method are provided that enhances a user's experience when using a see-through near eye display device. A user interface is provided for a user to manage single or simultaneous applications in a head mounted device. Applications for the head mounted device may be activated or deactivated by the user via the user-interface. The user's total field of view (TFOV) which accounts for a complete range of rotation and translation of the user's head may be determined by tracking the user's head position and rotation relative to the user's body and an environment associated with the user. One region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the right-hand side) may display an “application menu” including a list of applications that can be launched, and another region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the left-hand side) may display an “active menu” including a list of applications currently running.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2011Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Craig R. Maitlen, Sheridan Small
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Patent number: 9669298Abstract: A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, David Walter Proctor, Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong, Thamer A. Abanami
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Patent number: 9628757Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein that enhances communication and collaboration at a distance. In an implementation, a portal engine provides a communication and content portal through which users situated in different locations may interact and collaborate with each other. The portal includes an always-on, bi-directional video link through which the users may communicate over video. The portal may also include a digital white-board or other surface link over which shared content may be exchanged.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Beth A. Novak, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Frederick David Jones, Kenneth Marks
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Publication number: 20170048488Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein that enhances communication and collaboration at a distance. In an implementation, a portal engine provides a communication and content portal through which users situated in different locations may interact and collaborate with each other. The portal includes an always-on, bi-directional video link through which the users may communicate over video. The portal may also include a digital white-board or other surface link over which shared content may be exchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Beth A. Novak, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Frederick David Jones, Kenneth Marks
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Patent number: 9342610Abstract: A see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device provides an augmented reality image which is associated with a real-world object, such as a picture frame, wall or billboard. Initially, the object is identified by a user, e.g., based on the user gazing at the object for a period of time, making a gesture such as pointing at the object and/or providing a verbal command. The location and visual characteristics of the object are determined by a front-facing camera of the HMD device, and stored in a record. The user selects from among candidate data streams, such as a web page, game feed, video or stocker ticker. Subsequently, when the user is in the location of the object and looks at the object, the HMD device matches the visual characteristics to the record to identify the data stream, and displays corresponding augmented reality images registered to the object.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Craig R. Maitlen, Christopher M. Novak, Darren A. Bennett, Sheridan Martin Small
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Publication number: 20160110044Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance avatar technology. An avatar engine identifies a session profile to apply to an avatar session when evaluating user actions generated by a user for potential expression in avatar actions associated with an avatar. The engine evaluates the user actions to determine if the user actions agree with the session profile for the avatar session. When the user actions do agree, they may be expressed through the avatar. For at least a user action that does not agree with the session profile for the avatar session, the avatar is driven to express a modified version of the user action that does agree with the session profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Kenneth Marks, Frederick David Jones
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Publication number: 20140250398Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for facilitating enhanced canvas presentation environments. In an implementation, a user interacts with a touch-enabled display system capable of displaying items on a canvas. In response to a gesture made by the user with respect to an item being displayed, a format-specific interaction model is identified based on a format associated with the item. A response to the gesture may then be determined using the interaction model and the response rendered for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Frederick David Jones
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Publication number: 20140250413Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein include systems, methods, and software for enhanced presentations. In at least one implementation, motion information is generated that is associated with motion of a subject captured in three dimensions from a top view perspective of the subject. A control is identified based at least in part on the motion information and a presentation of information is rendered based at least in part on the control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Inventors: Frederick David Jones, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews
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Publication number: 20140080604Abstract: A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, David Walter Proctor, Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong, Thamer A. Abanami
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Patent number: 8611962Abstract: A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, David Walter Proctor, Jeffrey Cheng-yao Fong, Thamer A. Abanami
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Publication number: 20130050258Abstract: A see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device provides an augmented reality image which is associated with a real-world object, such as a picture frame, wall or billboard. Initially, the object is identified by a user, e.g., based on the user gazing at the object for a period of time, making a gesture such as pointing at the object and/or providing a verbal command. The location and visual characteristics of the object are determined by a front-facing camera of the HMD device, and stored in a record. The user selects from among candidate data streams, such as a web page, game feed, video or stocker ticker. Subsequently, when the user is in the location of the object and looks at the object, the HMD device matches the visual characteristics to the record to identify the data stream, and displays corresponding augmented reality images registered to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Craig R. Maitlen, Christopher M. Novak, Darren A. Bennett, Sheridan Martin Small
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Publication number: 20130007668Abstract: A system and method are provided that enhances a user's experience when using a see-through near eye display device. A user interface is provided for a user to manage single or simultaneous applications in a head mounted device. Applications for the head mounted device may be activated or deactivated by the user via the user-interface. The user's total field of view (TFOV) which accounts for a complete range of rotation and translation of the user's head may be determined by tracking the user's head position and rotation relative to the user's body and an environment associated with the user. One region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the right-hand side) may display an “application menu” including a list of applications that can be launched, and another region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the left-hand side) may display an “active menu” including a list of applications currently running.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Craig R. Maitlen, Sheridan Small
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Patent number: 7783978Abstract: The invention relates to a system and information processing device for user selectably presenting information. It comprises a display screen (101) having various areas or zones for facilitating the exploration of the information. A flow zone (102) shows links or pointers (103) to various information units or content, which links continuously flow in a certain direction. The user is allowed to control the flow speed and flow direction and select any link so as to view a full presentation (108) of the related content in a presentation zone (106). The flow zone may be controlled to include only links to selected content in dependence on a user selectable filter agent (105). Personal links may be stored into and loaded from a physical token, using a token detector (113) and token area (110) displaying the personal links. The token can be used to carry personal links between information processing devices of the system according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2000Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Peter George Matthews, Lira Nikolovska
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Patent number: 7750895Abstract: A method of navigating items on a display on a computing device with a touch sensitive input device is disclosed. Similar to a bike wheel, the list of items will rotate in relation to the velocity of the input applied including speed up, slow down, stop and change directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Morgan Venable, Craig Lichtenstein
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Publication number: 20100017723Abstract: An apparatus (1) for introducing dependencies between user-interfaces (120) of devices (100) and for example audio/video signals to be rendered via the devices (100) is provided with a circuit (2,3,4) for linking values of transfer parameters of the signals and values of quality parameters of the user-interfaces (120), to increase the user-friendliness. A given first (second) transfer of the audio/video signal results in a first (second) quality of the user-interface (120), and a chosen first (second) quality of the user-interface (120) results in a first (second) transfer of the audio/video signal. The quality may be a quality of a “skin” or a “look and feel” or an input property or an output property of the user-interface (120). The transfer may be expressed in bandwidth, resolution, number of colors or grey values, sample rate, frequency characteristic and costs.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2007Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews
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Publication number: 20090282102Abstract: A playback device comprising playback means for playing content and wireless communication means for communicating with another device that is within communication range, further comprising content management means for identifying a content item available from the other device, for making the identified content item available for playback by the playback means for as long as the other device is in communication with the playback device and for retaining a ghost reference to the identified content item after detecting the other device is no longer in communication with the playback device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2006Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews
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Publication number: 20090172593Abstract: A method of allowing a user to select a menu option, which method comprises the steps of allowing the user to select a position (21) on a screen, displaying a plurality of menu option identifiers (23, 25) near the selected position (21) on the screen, defining a plurality of selection areas (27, 29), and allowing the user to select a specific one of the selection areas (27, 29) so as to select the menu option. Each selection area (27, 29) is located around a specific one of the menu option identifiers (23, 25) and has a size proportional to a distance between the specific one of the menu option identifiers (23, 25) and the selected position (21) on the screen. The method can be performed by an electronic device, possibly enabled by a computer program product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Judith Anges Josephina Peeten, Robert Kortenoeven
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Publication number: 20090004973Abstract: A method to indicate that a first device is in communication with a second device is disclosed. The first device may receive an indication activity from the second device. The indication activity may change the display and the illumination object on the first device and the displays on the illumination object and the display are similar.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, David Walter Proctor, Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong, Thamer A. Abanami
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Publication number: 20090002396Abstract: A method of navigating items on a display on a computing device with a touch sensitive input device is disclosed. Similar to a bike wheel, the list of items will rotate in relation to the velocity of the input applied including speed up, slow down, stop and change directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Morgan Venable, Craig Lichtenstein