Patents by Inventor Audrey Yung Ch'In Tang

Audrey Yung Ch'In Tang 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).

  • SORTING CONTACTS FOR A MOBILE COMPUTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080046824
    Abstract: A system and a method for sorting two or more contacts that employ a display name format and a display name reading to provide an intuitive contact order based on pronunciation of a display name are disclosed. The display name reading includes characters, letters, symbols, numbers, and/or phonetic symbols that indicate pronunciation of the display name. Since the system and the method can sort the two or more contacts by arranging the display name readings, the system and the method can provide an intuitive contact order based on the pronunciation of the display name. When the display name formats are changed, the system and the method can update the display name reading according to the newly selected display name format and sort the contacts by arranging the updated display name readings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: John L. Li, Naoaki Nii, Audrey Yung Ch'In Tang, Rupali Jain