Patents by Inventor Bernie Tschirren

Bernie Tschirren 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).

  • Localized information-preserving levels in model visualization
    Patent number: 8578326
    Abstract: Local areas of a visualized modeling language diagram are viewable at different levels of detail without losing information such as model elements and their connectivity. Multiple elements are associated with a group element, which has a visual portion derived from the appearance of a group member element. Connectors between group member elements and non-member elements are suppressed in favor of replacement connectors between the group element and the non-member element(s). The integrity of incoming and outgoing connections to the group is maintained relative to the rest of the model. Ungrouping elements restores the elements to their original state. Grouping can be applied locally to one or more parts of the visual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick S. Tseng, Durham Goode, John Joseph Jordan, Bernie Tschirren, Arun Abraham, Abhishek Shah, Andrew Jude Byrne, Suhail Dutta
  • LOCALIZED INFORMATION-PRESERVING LEVELS IN MODEL VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20100251187
    Abstract: Local areas of a visualized modeling language diagram are viewable at different levels of detail without losing information such as model elements and their connectivity. Multiple elements are associated with a group element, which has a visual portion derived from the appearance of a group member element. Connectors between group member elements and non-member elements are suppressed in favor of replacement connectors between the group element and the non-member element(s). The integrity of incoming and outgoing connections to the group is maintained relative to the rest of the model. Ungrouping elements restores the elements to their original state. Grouping can be applied locally to one or more parts of the visual model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick S. Tseng, Durham Goode, John Joseph Jordan, Bernie Tschirren, Arun Abraham, Abhishek Shah, Andrew Jude Byrne, Suhail Dutta