Patents by Inventor Benjamin Truelove

Benjamin Truelove 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: 7451407
    Abstract: A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting groups of items to a user. Items are divided into groups, and a group header is associated with each group. The items and group headers are presented on a screen display, and the displayed content is subject to navigational requests from a user. When one of the group headers is located near an edge of the screen display, its position is fixed to prevent the header from being removed from the screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Brodie, Benjamin Truelove, David Parlin, Jae Pum Park, Scott Dart
  • Publication number: 20070124695
    Abstract: A system, a method and computer-readable media for presenting groups of items to a user. Items are divided into groups, and a group header is associated with each group. The items and group headers are presented on a screen display, and the displayed content is subject to navigational requests from a user. When one of the group headers is located near an edge of the screen display, its position is fixed to prevent the header from being removed from the screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Brodie, Benjamin Truelove, David Parlin, Jae Park, Scott Dart
  • Publication number: 20050166149
    Abstract: A system and a method for a user interface which presents a table of contents to a user. The interface includes an item presentation area that displays items to the user in one or more groups according to a selected characteristic. The interface further includes a table of contents area that displays a listing of the groups and an indicator showing which of the groups contain items currently visible in the item presentation area. Optionally, the interface is configured to control navigation of the presented items, and the table of contents may indicate the volume of items in the groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Kathleen Frigon, Benjamin Truelove, David Parlin, Alex Brodie
  • Publication number: 20050010869
    Abstract: Reformatting a previously formatted document. A unique interface allows preview and selection of both a color set and a font set. A color set comprises a plurality of colors defining a color scheme. The font set comprises a plurality of fonts defining a font theme. A format set is defined by the selection of a color set and a font set. A format set comprises a plurality of formats, each format comprising a format font name, a format font size, a format font color, and other properties. Once a format set is determined, the document is reformatted in such a way as to largely maintain the proportionality and integrity of its previous formatting. In so doing, each discrete portion of text in the document is analyzed to determine its format properties. Each format in the format set is then compared to the text format. Points are added to a match quality value associated with the format when it is determined that a property of the format matches a property of the existing text format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Truelove, Douglas Ricard, Wai Lee, Christopher Williams