Patents by Inventor Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter

Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter 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).

  • User interface element representation with simplified view
    Patent number: 7337401
    Abstract: A composite user interface element can be assembled from plural sub-elements. A simplified view of the representation of the user interface element can be provided wherein the composited user interface element appears to be a single element. When defined, various nodes for representing the user interface can be designated as selectively exposable. Such selectively exposable nodes can be ignored when performing operations via the simplified view. Accordingly, programmers can write code that need not take the complexity of the composite user interface element into account. Property determination can be done in light of the selectively exposable nodes. A simplified view can support nested user interface elements having respective selectively exposable nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Francis Ostertag, Mark James Finocchio, Michael Edward Dulac Winser, Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter, Nicholas Kramer, Samuel Watkins Bent, Namita Gupta
  • User interface element representation with simplified view
    Publication number: 20040122789
    Abstract: A composite user interface element can be assembled from plural sub-elements. A simplified view of the representation of the user interface element can be provided wherein the composited user interface element appears to be a single element. When defined, various nodes for representing the user interface can be designated as selectively exposable. Such selectively exposable nodes can be ignored when performing operations via the simplified view. Accordingly, programmers can write code that need not take the complexity of the composite user interface element into account. Property determination can be done in light of the selectively exposable nodes. A simplified view can support nested user interface elements having respective selectively exposable nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Francis Ostertag, Mark James Finocchio, Michael Edward Dulac Winser, Benjamin Franklin Wang Jen-Shong Carter, Nicholas Kramer, Samuel Watkins Bent, Namita Gupta