Patents by Inventor Antonio Alwan

Antonio Alwan 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: 7711549
    Abstract: A multi-language jump bar system and methods for use in connection with a multi-language contact management computer software program. The jump bar system includes a plurality of user-selectable buttons which may be associated with alphanumeric characters from different languages through use of a character set in which each alphanumeric character is identified by a single, unique, numeric character code. The buttons enable rapid updating of displayed contact information from a contacts information database simultaneously storing contact information in multiple languages so that a user of the contact management computer software may more quickly locate contact information for a particular contact. A jump bar method enables assignment of character codes to buttons according to weights associated with each character code. Such weights may be based at least partially on the usage frequency of the alphanumeric characters associated with the character codes in their respective languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yaniv Feinberg, Antonio Alwan
  • Patent number: 7349920
    Abstract: A calendar display, method and system are disclosed that can provide a calendar display showing a period of one or more days and simultaneously showing information for the days in the display period in more than one calendar system. The calendar system displays calendar data in calendar display based on a primary calendar system. The calendar system also calculates and displays information in a second calendar system so the user is simultaneously provided with information the primary and secondary calendar systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Yaniv Feinberg, Antonio Alwan
  • Publication number: 20070244691
    Abstract: Described are methods of translating text strings displayed by a user interface application in a source language into text strings in a target language. A translator application creates a dynamic database file containing a mapping of source language text strings to corresponding target language text strings. When a request to translate a source language text string is received, the translator application retrieves a corresponding target language text string from the dynamic database file and displays the target language text string, while the source language text string is also being displayed by the user interface application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Alwan, Gurinder Singh, Sachin Karnik, Soohad Khoury
  • Publication number: 20050182766
    Abstract: A multi-language jump bar system and methods for use in connection with a multi-language contact management computer software program. The jump bar system includes a plurality of user-selectable buttons which may be associated with alphanumeric characters from different languages through use of a character set in which each alphanumeric character is identified by a single, unique, numeric character code. The buttons enable rapid updating of displayed contact information from a contacts information database simultaneously storing contact information in multiple languages so that a user of the contact management computer software may more quickly locate contact information for a particular contact. A jump bar method enables assignment of character codes to buttons according to weights associated with each character code. Such weights may be based at least partially on the usage frequency of the alphanumeric characters associated with the character codes in their respective languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Yaniv Feinberg, Antonio Alwan