Patents by Inventor Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
Caitlin Ashley-Rollman 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: 10733367Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include the use of an underlying grid structure as part of managing table operations and/or animation visualizations, but are not so limited. A method of an embodiment uses an underlying grid structure as part of an animation control reference or guide to provide table visualizations for display, including using one or more table borders and aspects of a reference grid column or row as part of controlling table features. A system of one embodiment includes a table manager to manage table actions and a grid manager to manage an underlying grid structure based in part on associated table actions and/or animations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Malia Douglas, Jessica Arwen Best
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Patent number: 9645978Abstract: Techniques for the automatic animation of document content are described. An apparatus may comprise a difference component operative to receive an old layout of a document and a new layout of the document, the new layout corresponding to an application of one or more changes to the old layout of the document, the difference component operative to determine a set of differences between the old layout and the new layout, and an animation layer generation component operative to generate a set of animation layers from the set of differences. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Peter Frem, Said Abou-Hallawa, Andrew Himberger, Susan Baker, Malia Douglas, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
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Publication number: 20170031890Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include the use of an underlying grid structure as part of managing table operations and/or animation visualizations, but are not so limited. A method of an embodiment uses an underlying grid structure as part of an animation control reference or guide to provide table visualizations for display, including using one or more table borders and aspects of a reference grid column or row as part of controlling table features. A system of one embodiment includes a table manager to manage table actions and a grid manager to manage an underlying grid structure based in part on associated table actions and/or animations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Malia Douglas, Jessica Arwen Best
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Patent number: 9507520Abstract: An application of a touch-based device provides a touch-based reorganization of a page element. The application determines a modification associated with a touch action and a page element in response to detecting the touch action on the page element. A control and a hint associated with the modification is displayed in proximity to the page element. The page element is reorganized based on the modification.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Kimberly Koenig, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Seth Fox, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Christopher Rinker
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Patent number: 9477650Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include the use of an underlying grid structure as part of managing table operations and/or animation visualizations, but are not so limited. A method of an embodiment uses an underlying grid structure as part of an animation control reference or guide to provide table visualizations for display, including using one or more table borders and aspects of a reference grid column or row as part of controlling table features. A system of one embodiment includes a table manager to manage table actions and a grid manager to manage an underlying grid structure based in part on associated table actions and/or animations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Malia Douglas, Jessica Arwen Best
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Publication number: 20150169502Abstract: An application of a touch-based device provides a touch-based reorganization of a page element. The application determines a modification associated with a touch action and a page element in response to detecting the touch action on the page element. A control and a hint associated with the modification is displayed in proximity to the page element. The page element is reorganized based on the modification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kimberly Koenig, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Seth Fox, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Christopher Rinker
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Publication number: 20150169504Abstract: A layer based reorganization of document components through a display application. Layers of a document are determined from content of the document which is partitioned based on a paragraph, a sentence, a line, a word, an image, and a similar section. In response to a detection of a user action to select and move one of the layers, non-selected layers from the layers are moved away from the selected layer while moving the selected layer in a direction of the user action during the user action. The selected layer is moved in a place of an adjacent layer from the non-selected layers that is in the direction of the user action.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kimberly Koenig, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Seth Fox, Ben Bunker, Shiraz Somji, James Leung, Greg Lewis, David Ruiz
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Patent number: 8977950Abstract: Techniques to select and manipulate table borders as discrete objects are described. In particular, a table border may be selected without having to select a cell that includes the desired border. In one embodiment, for example, a technique may include detecting a selector in proximity to a border in a table. The border in proximity to the selector may be highlighted visually on a display to show which part of the table border may be selected. A selection may cause the highlighted border to be selected. The now-selected border may then be manipulated. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Jessica Best, Levent Kartaltepe, Tristan Davis, Charles Walker, Susan Baker
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Publication number: 20130124952Abstract: Techniques for the automatic animation of document content are described. An apparatus may comprise a difference component operative to receive an old layout of a document and a new layout of the document, the new layout corresponding to an application of one or more changes to the old layout of the document, the difference component operative to determine a set of differences between the old layout and the new layout, and an animation layer generation component operative to generate a set of animation layers from the set of differences. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Peter Frem, Said Abou-Hallawa, Andrew Himberger, Susan Baker, Malia Douglas, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
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Publication number: 20130086461Abstract: Techniques to select and manipulate table borders as discrete objects are described. In particular, a table border may be selected without having to select a cell that includes the desired border. In one embodiment, for example, a technique may include detecting a selector in proximity to a border in a table. The border in proximity to the selector may be highlighted visually on a display to show which part of the table border may be selected. A selection may cause the highlighted border to be selected. The now-selected border may then be manipulated. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Jessica Best, Levent Kartaltepe, Tristan Davis, Charles Walker, Susan Baker
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Publication number: 20130055061Abstract: Embodiments are provided that include the use of an underlying grid structure as part of managing table operations and/or animation visualizations, but are not so limited. A method of an embodiment uses an underlying grid structure as part of an animation control reference or guide to provide table visualizations for display, including using one or more table borders and aspects of a reference grid column or row as part of controlling table features. A system of one embodiment includes a table manager to manage table actions and a grid manager to manage an underlying grid structure based in part on associated table actions and/or animations. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Caitlin Ashley-Rollman, Malia Douglas, Jessica Arwen Best
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Patent number: D684176Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
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Patent number: D688683Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
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Patent number: D751585Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan S. Kaufthal, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
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Patent number: D751586Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jonathan S. Kaufthal, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman