Patents by Inventor Cathy L. McBride

Cathy L. McBride 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).

  • System and method for adorning shapes with data driven objects
    Patent number: 7747946
    Abstract: Adornments are applied to shapes in a diagram that graphically displays data about those shapes. Once the adornments are applied to a shape, the information displayed is automatically updated as the underlying shape data changes. The appearance of the diagram is updated automatically when the user updates the data for their shapes. The set of adornments that may be applied to shapes is extensible. A mechanism and interface is defined for creating additional adornments that have customized looks or behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark T. Nelson, Cathy L. McBride, Michael J. Woolf, Patrick Leahy