Patents by Inventor Ashley E. Averett

Ashley E. Averett 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: 8683361
    Abstract: The presentation of headers for groups of locations in a library comprising a collection of locations is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises receiving a request to organize a library into groups according to a selected property, and organizing the locations into groups such that locations within a selected group have a common value of the selected property. If the common value of the selected property for the selected group corresponds to an object distinct from the locations in the group, then a first type of group header configured to accept a first set of user inputs associated with the header is displayed. Otherwise, a second type of group header configured to accept a second, different set of user inputs is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lyon K. F. Wong, Donna B. Andrews, Ashley E. Averett, Michael J. Gilmore, Paul A. Gusmorino, III, Michael Pell
  • Patent number: 8645488
    Abstract: A method and system to extending naming of captured multimedia data to secondary applications is provided. The secondary applications are registered and associated with identifiers. The identifiers are stored in naming templates utilized by a file-naming engine. A multimedia-acquisition engine captures the multimedia data and communicates with the file-naming engine to generate a path that specifies a location to store the captured multimedia data. The file-naming engine processes the naming template to determine whether the secondary applications or default values are utilized to generate the path for the captured multimedia data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Ivory, Ashley E. Averett, Scott R. Ramsby
  • Patent number: 8259124
    Abstract: A dynamic highlighting system initially applies a high-level highlight to occurrences of one or more keywords in a search result that fades to a low-level highlight effect. The system receives search results from a search engine and identifies occurrences of keywords in the search results. The system applies a first highlight effect to identified occurrences of the keywords and displays the search results incorporating the highlighted keywords. Upon detecting the occurrence of a highlighting change event, such as the expiration of a timer, the system applies a second highlight effect to the displayed search results. The second highlight effect may include removing the highlight or displaying a muted highlight effect. Thus, the dynamic highlighting system provides an initial noticeable highlight that fades to a level that is still noticeable but is less likely to distract the user from other elements of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashley E. Averett, Michael J. Gilmore, Philip P. Fortier
  • Publication number: 20100110099
    Abstract: A dynamic highlighting system initially applies a high-level highlight to occurrences of one or more keywords in a search result that fades to a low-level highlight effect. The system receives search results from a search engine and identifies occurrences of keywords in the search results. The system applies a first highlight effect to identified occurrences of the keywords and displays the search results incorporating the highlighted keywords. Upon detecting the occurrence of a highlighting change event, such as the expiration of a timer, the system applies a second highlight effect to the displayed search results. The second highlight effect may include removing the highlight or displaying a muted highlight effect. Thus, the dynamic highlighting system provides an initial noticeable highlight that fades to a level that is still noticeable but is less likely to distract the user from other elements of the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashley E. Averett, Michael J. Gilmore, Philip P. Fortier
  • Publication number: 20090327936
    Abstract: The presentation of headers for groups of locations in a library comprising a collection of locations is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises receiving a request to organize a library into groups according to a selected property, and organizing the locations into groups such that locations within a selected group have a common value of the selected property. If the common value of the selected property for the selected group corresponds to an object distinct from the locations in the group, then a first type of group header configured to accept a first set of user inputs associated with the header is displayed. Otherwise, a second type of group header configured to accept a second, different set of user inputs is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lyon K.F. Wong, Donna B. Andrews, Ashley E. Averett, Michael J. Gilmore, Paul A. Gusmorino, III, Michael Pell