Patents by Inventor Bruce Wiedemann

Bruce Wiedemann 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).

  • Publication number: 20050004990
    Abstract: Improved conversation grouping methods and systems are provided for electronic mail records. Electronic mail messages that are unread or flagged for follow-up are automatically displayed under an associated conversation grouping heading. If a conversation grouping contains only a single unread or flagged electronic mail message, the single electronic mail message is automatically displayed under the conversation grouping heading for review by a user. For a conversation grouping having no unread or flagged electronic mail messages, the latest electronic mail message in the grouping is automatically displayed under the conversation grouping heading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Durazo, Jensen Harris, Jesse Satterfield, Martijn Van Tilburg, William Avery, Bruce Wiedemann
  • Publication number: 20050004989
    Abstract: Automatic sorting and grouping of electronic mail items in an electronic mail system is provided. An automatic mail grouping property may be selected for electronic mail received, sent or stored in a variety of storage folders. For a given mail location (e.g., received mail, sent mail, or a given mail storage folder), a selected automatic grouping property causes mail to be displayed to a user in one or more categories that make location of specific mail items easier and more efficient. Visible dividers with optional headings may be provided between mail categories to quickly draw a user's attention to a given mail category and to separate large numbers of mail into logical groupings that make location of specific mail items more manageable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Satterfield, Jensen Harris, Martijn Tilburg, William Avery, Bruce Wiedemann
  • Publication number: 20050005235
    Abstract: An adaptive multi-line view user interface is provided that varies the manner in which data is displayed as the size of the user interface is changed. As the available horizontal space in the user interface becomes too small to display the text or data on a given display line, the data is rearranged to fit the available space. Text or data that will be truncated as the width of the user interface is decreased is moved to a separate display line beneath the line in which the truncated text or data was previously displayed. A maximum number of lines may be specified for displaying text or data. After the maximum number of lines is reached, additional text or data truncated by narrowing the width of the user interface is not displayed. The displayed lines of text or data may be displayed according to a progressively lighter font from line to line so that lines at or near the top of a given displayed text or data record are darker and more readily draw the attention of a reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Satterfield, Richard Leukart, Martijn Van Tilburg, Jensen Harris, William Avery, Bruce Wiedemann