Patents by Inventor Brian Elgaard Bennett

Brian Elgaard Bennett 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).

  • One step selection of disabled options
    Patent number: 8881054
    Abstract: Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alternative options may be available, and which actions may be needed to render the option available. The user may be further enabled to unselect conflicting options or re-select among a subset of relevant options to render the unavailable option available without losing the context of the current selection screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Elgaard Bennett
  • End user defined event rules for ERP applications
    Patent number: 8589452
    Abstract: A method of creating alerts in a database system is disclosed. The method may include allowing the selection of at least one field or record to be monitored, determining the data in a database that affects the value of the selected field or record, storing a trigger related to the data determined to affect the value of the selected field or record wherein the trigger communicates if the data is accessed and creating a notification of the communication of the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexey Ovsyannikov, Benjamin Brink Allsopp, Mehmet Kerem Kiziltunc, Brian Elgaard Bennett
  • ONE STEP SELECTION OF DISABLED OPTIONS
    Publication number: 20110276918
    Abstract: Information associated with an unavailable option is provided to a user upon detecting the user's interest in that option in a configuration environment or user interface control environment. The provided information may explain why the option is unavailable, what alternative options may be available, and which actions may be needed to render the option available. The user may be further enabled to unselect conflicting options or re-select among a subset of relevant options to render the unavailable option available without losing the context of the current selection screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brian Elgaard Bennett