Patents by Inventor Bruce Edward James

Bruce Edward James 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).

  • Touch intelligent targeting
    Patent number: 10140011
    Abstract: User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jen Anderson, Eric Christian Brown, Jennifer Teed, Goran Predovic, Bruce Edward James, Fei Su, Maybelle Lippert, Mudit Agrawal
  • TOUCH INTELLIGENT TARGETING
    Publication number: 20130038540
    Abstract: User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jen Anderson, Eric Christian Brown, Jennifer Teed, Goran Predovic, Bruce Edward James, Fei Su, Maybelle Lippert, Mudit Agrawal