Patents by Inventor Chad Barry

Chad Barry 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).

  • Patent number: 10209864
    Abstract: An intuitive user interface for clearing or deleting a structured data element is provided. One or more elements in a data structure may be selected and upon selection of a delete option, the contents of the one or more elements may be cleared. One or more animating panels may be provided which contain elements around the cleared elements. A panel may be moved by a gesture-type action to replace cleared elements. The panels may visually indicate which elements may be moved in place of the cleared elements. The user can visualize how elements may be shifted instead of having to understand terminology in a dialog. Selecting outside the panels may cause the panels to disappear, which may be equivalent to a clear action where other elements are not moved into the place of the deleted elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Cheng, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Chad Barry Rothschiller
  • Publication number: 20150193405
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enhanced testing for application services. In an implementation, revisions are made to a document in the context of an application service. The revisions invoke responses by at least a subset of the components of the service. At least some of the same revisions may then be applied to another instance of the document subject to various test components. Responses by the test components are invoked by the revisions, which may then be compared against the other responses to evaluate the test components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Samuel Thal Gensburg, Kartik Nathan, Jenefer Monroe, Chad Barry Rothschiller
  • Publication number: 20130339903
    Abstract: An intuitive user interface for clearing or deleting a structured data element is provided. One or more elements in a data structure may be selected and upon selection of a delete option, the contents of the one or more elements may be cleared. One or more animating panels may be provided which contain elements around the cleared elements. A panel may be moved by a gesture-type action to replace cleared elements. The panels may visually indicate which elements may be moved in place of the cleared elements. The user can visualize how elements may be shifted instead of having to understand terminology in a dialog. Selecting outside the panels may cause the panels to disappear, which may be equivalent to a clear action where other elements are not moved into the place of the deleted elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karen Cheng, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Chad Barry Rothschiller
  • Publication number: 20130145244
    Abstract: A quick analysis tool is configured to present one or more data analysis features that are tailored to the data in a selected portion of a spreadsheet document. The quick analysis tool may provide a quick analysis tool entry button, the selection of which causes a contextual user interface to be displayed. The contextual user interface facilitates a user to easily access one or more data analysis features. The quick analysis tool also provides a mechanism by which a user can preview and/or apply one or more of these data analysis features while bypassing the potentially steep learning curve and traditionally high barrier of entry for new or otherwise less advanced users of the spreadsheet application. Intermediate or otherwise more advanced users of the spreadsheet application will also benefit from the quick analysis tool because of improved efficiency for applying data analysis features to data within a spreadsheet document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Barry Rothschiller, Thomas Scott Constantine, Andrew James Becker, Dafna Chen, Gabhan Berry, Xiaohui Pan, Igor Borisov Peev
  • Publication number: 20080071375
    Abstract: An artificial spinal disc implant system for intervertebral disc replacement (0810) is disclosed which is formed from an upper (0801) and lower (0802) bracket which mate to upper and lower spinal vertebrae via upper (0831) and lower (0832) vertebral contact surfaces on the upper (0801) and lower (0802) brackets. The upper (0801) and lower (0802) brackets are joined together via springs (0811) connected to the upper bracket (0801) which rest in spring guide tracks (0812) on the lower bracket. The springs (0811) are connected to the upper bracket (0801) via the use of spring fasteners (0821, 0822). The upper (0801) and lower (0802) brackets may be installed in sections (0851, 0861, 0871, 0852, 0862, 0872) using laparoscopic surgical techniques and are attached to upper/lower spinal vertebrae respectively via adhesive means applied using injection holes/ports (0841, 0842) in the upper (0801) and lower (0802) brackets respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Donna Carver, Chad Barrie, John Herrera
  • Patent number: 7232771
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in depositing electrical charge and/or nanoparticles is provided. A stamping process is used in which a stamp having a flexible layer such as a flexible semiconductor layer applies a charge pattern on a substrate. Other techniques include lithographic patterning, the use of pre-patterned dissimilar materials, deposition by ions or radiation, the use of differing work functions, the use of liquid phase materials. Deposition monitoring techniques and apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Heiko O. Jacobs, Chad Barry
  • Publication number: 20050123687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in depositing electrical charge and/or nanoparticles is provided. A stamping process is used in which a stamp having a flexible layer such as a flexible semiconductor layer applies a charge pattern on a substrate. Other techniques include lithographic patterning, the use of pre-patterned dissimilar materials, deposition by ions or radiation, the use of differing work functions, the use of liquid phase materials. Deposition monitoring techniques and apparatuses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Heiko Jacobs, Chad Barry
  • Patent number: 6842760
    Abstract: Tracking forms allow tracking of the completion status and implemented quality standards of a building construction project. A tracking form is prepared for one or more tasks requiring completion at the construction site. Each task is assigned two components on its tracking form: a quality control indicator form, which contains one or more quality control indicators indicating whether certain quality standards are met; and a completion indicator, which indicates the completion status of a task. The completion status may be a discrete binary value, or may instead be a continuous value. Preferably, the workers performing the tasks complete each task's quality control indicator form and completion indicator during design and construction as milestones relating to the task are completed, or at the end of some predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventors: Chad Barry Dorgan, Charles Edward Dorgan