Patents by Inventor Brett Kilty

Brett Kilty 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).

  • Centralized context menus and tooltips
    Patent number: 8959476
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques improve the process for creating and displaying context menus and tooltips. Procedures for listening for events, enabling, retrieving and displaying context menus and tooltips reside in a central service model. The developer accesses the central service model and specifies content for a context menu or tooltip. Rich media content such as audio, video, and graphic output can be included in context menus and tooltips. Shapes and effects of displayed content can also be customized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sundaram Ramani, Brett Kilty, Benjamin Carter
  • Centralized context menus and tooltips
    Publication number: 20070162898
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques improve the process for creating and displaying context menus and tooltips. Procedures for listening for events, enabling, retrieving and displaying context menus and tooltips reside in a central service model. The developer accesses the central service model and specifies content for a context menu or tooltip. Rich media content such as audio, video, and graphic output can be included in context menus and tooltips. Shapes and effects of displayed content can also be customized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Sundaram Ramani, Brett Kilty, Benjamin Carter