Patents by Inventor Byron Changuion
Byron Changuion 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).
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Patent number: 10514771Abstract: Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mingyang Xie, Chiwei Che, XiXi Chen, Byron Changuion, Jacky Chen
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Publication number: 20160132128Abstract: Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2016Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Mingyang Xie, Chiwei Che, XiXi Chen, Byron Changuion, Jacky Chen
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Patent number: 9274609Abstract: Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventors: Mingyan Xie, Chiwei Che, Xixi Chen, Byron Changuion, Jacky Chen
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Publication number: 20140026091Abstract: Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Mingyang Xie, Chiwei Che, Xixi Chen, Byron Changuion, Jacky Chen
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Patent number: 7117503Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc J. Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Cooper Partin, Byron Changuion
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Patent number: 7100170Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc J. Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Cooper Partin, Byron Changuion
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Patent number: 6938261Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc J. Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Cooper Partin, Byron Changuion
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Publication number: 20050108728Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Partin, Byron Changuion
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Publication number: 20050108729Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: May 19, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Partin, Byron Changuion
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Publication number: 20020059474Abstract: A computer system and method uses script-based device drivers for operating hardware devices. The script-based driver architecture comprises a scripting driver, a script engine, and a driver script for a given hardware device, such as a scanner. The driver script is generally a text file containing a sequence of programming instructions defining the operational behavior of the hardware device. The scripting driver exports a set of objects whose functions can be called by the driver script to communicate with and control the device. When a request to operate the hardware device is received by the scripting driver, the script engine interprets the programming instructions in the driver script corresponding to the request and invokes the functions of the scripting driver objects called by the programming instructions to carry out the requested device operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2001Publication date: May 16, 2002Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Franc J. Camara, Vladimir Sadovsky, Lyman Cooper Partin, Byron Changuion