Patents by Inventor Chaitanya Dev Sareen
Chaitanya Dev Sareen 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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Publication number: 20230289048Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable a user to alter sizes and/or a layout of multiple immersive interfaces with as little as one selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tsz Yan Wong, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Patrice L. Miner, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Robert J. Jarrett, Jennifer Nan
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Patent number: 11698721Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive environment. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable a user to alter sizes and/or a layout of multiple immersive interfaces with as little as one selection.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tsz Yan Wong, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils A. Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Patrice L. Miner, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Robert J. Jarrett, Jennifer Nan
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Patent number: 10678412Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling dynamic joint dividers for application windows. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable sizing and positioning of application windows to provide an optimized layout of application windows.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Oliver R. Jones, Nils Anders Sundelin, Richard Fang, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Alex Snitkovskiy
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Patent number: 10627993Abstract: A clipboard component provides a multi-item clipboard store. The clipboard component uses a technical strategy that facilitates its efficient adoption and use by end users and application developers. From an end user's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a new user experience which is easy for the users to discover, learn and use, due, in part, to the use of ergonomic control mechanisms for activating paste and copy operations. From a developer's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a way of allowing existing legacy applications to interact with a multi-item clipboard store, even though these applications were not originally created to provide that type of interaction. The clipboard component can also, upon instruction by a user, apply one or more supplemental operations to a copied content item, such as transferring the item to a target computing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Matthew Isaac Worley, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Christopher Doan, Jason Morris Yore, Apurva Jain, Richard Fang
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Patent number: 10613701Abstract: Customizable bladed applications are described herein. A device platform is configured to provide a simultask mode that enables combined user access to multiple applications of the platform via respective chrome portions. When simultask mode is active, arrangement of chrome elements within a user interface is controlled to generate a bladed view that provides a compact representation for one application in conjunction with an expanded view that provides principal chrome for a different application. The platform makes the bladed view available for any displayable application of the platform. The bladed view may also include application-specific elements that are populated using customizations designated via metadata of the application, or using default information for applications in the absence of designated customizations.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christopher Doan, Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Lavanya Vasudevan
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Patent number: 10552031Abstract: Techniques for an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Alex Snitkovskiy, Zachary G. Herman, Song Zou, Mohammed Amirali Samji, Christopher Doan, Nils Anders Sundelin, Michael H. Krause, Yaou Wei
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Patent number: 10521944Abstract: Optimizations are provided for facilitating optimal viewing positions for viewing virtual objects in VR environments. Initially, user selection of a virtual object being rendered in a VR display is detected. Subsequently, an optimal viewing position is dynamically calculated based on one or more characteristic of the virtual object to be viewed. A predetermined triggering event is also detected, and in response to the predetermined triggering event, a scene which is arranged to display the selected virtual object from the optimal viewing position is rendered in the VR display.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jenny Kam, Brian C. Kramp, Jonathan Eric Foster, Steven T. Kaneko
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Patent number: 10417018Abstract: Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian S. LeVee, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jennifer Nan, Patrice L. Miner, Alice P. Steinglass, Tsz Yan Wong, Theresa B. Pittappilly, Raymond J. Chen
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Patent number: 10394417Abstract: The functionality traditionally provided by an application program through a window presented as part of a window-based user interface can be accessed while the window remains hidden. A toolbar, or similar collection of user interface elements, can be presented when a user indicates an intention to interact with an application program whose window is hidden. The toolbar can comprise elements associated with functions specific to the hidden window. The user's selection can be communicated to the application program so that it can perform the requested function. If the user no longer indicates an intention to interact with the application program, the toolbar can be removed. In one embodiment, the toolbar can be presented together with a thumbnail of the relevant window in a floating display element.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Bret Anderson, Stephan Hoefnagels
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Patent number: 10303325Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling a multi-application environment. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable multi-application environments having combinations of immersive interfaces, windows-based interfaces, and a desktop treated as an immersive interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Robert J. Jarrett, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Nils Anders Sundelin, Bret P. Anderson, Tsz Yan Wong, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Patrice L. Miner, Jensen Harris, David A. Matthews, Jennifer Nan, Matthew I. Worley
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Patent number: 10254942Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling adaptive sizing and positioning of application windows. In some embodiments, these techniques and apparatuses enable sizing and positioning of application windows to provide an optimized layout of application windows.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Oliver R. Jones, Nils Anders Sundelin, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Steven J. Frederickson
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Publication number: 20190057531Abstract: Optimizations are provided for facilitating optimal viewing positions for viewing virtual objects in VR environments. Initially, user selection of a virtual object being rendered in a VR display is detected. Subsequently, an optimal viewing position is dynamically calculated based on one or more characteristic of the virtual object to be viewed. A predetermined triggering event is also detected, and in response to the predetermined triggering event, a scene which is arranged to display the selected virtual object from the optimal viewing position is rendered in the VR display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jenny Kam, Brian C. Kramp, Jonathan Eric Foster, Steven T. Kaneko
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Patent number: 10191633Abstract: Application closing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing device recognizes an input as involving selection of an application displayed in a display environment by the computing device and subsequent movement of a point of the selection toward an edge of the display environment. Responsive to the recognizing of the input, the selected application is closed by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian S. LeVee, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Nils A. Sundelin, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Matthew I. Worley, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Adam E. Barrus, Benjamin Salim Srour, Bret P. Anderson
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Publication number: 20190012058Abstract: Techniques for an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Alex Snitkovskiy, Zachary G. Herman, Song Zou, Mohammed Amirali Samji, Christopher Doan, Nils Anders Sundelin, Michael H. Krause, Yaou Wei
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Publication number: 20180232109Abstract: Customizable bladed applications are described herein. A device platform is configured to provide a simultask mode that enables combined user access to multiple applications of the platform via respective chrome portions. When simultask mode is active, arrangement of chrome elements within a user interface is controlled to generate a bladed view that provides a compact representation for one application in conjunction with an expanded view that provides principal chrome for a different application. The platform makes the bladed view available for any displayable application of the platform. The bladed view may also include application-specific elements that are populated using customizations designated via metadata of the application, or using default information for applications in the absence of designated customizations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christopher Doan, Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Lavanya Vasudevan
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Patent number: 10048856Abstract: Techniques for configuring a user interface based on an experience mode transition are described. Generally, an experience mode refers to a visual and functional arrangement that is presented to a user of a device. Different experience modes present different visual and functional arrangements to a user. According to various embodiments, a computing device is configured to operate in multiple experience modes and may transition between different experience modes and based on a variety of different triggering events. Generally, a transition between different experience modes causes a visual and/or functional reconfiguration of a user experience on a device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jeremy Bowen, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Robert J. Jarrett, Alex Snitkovskiy, Zachary G. Herman, Song Zou, Mohammed Amirali Samji, Christopher Doan, Nils Anders Sundelin, Michael H. Krause, Yaou Wei
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Patent number: 9946432Abstract: Customizable bladed applications are described herein. A device platform is configured to provide a simultask mode that enables combined user access to multiple applications of the platform via respective chrome portions. When simultask mode is active, arrangement of chrome elements within a user interface is controlled to generate a bladed view that provides a compact representation for one application in conjunction with an expanded view that provides principal chrome for a different application. The platform makes the bladed view available for any displayable application of the platform. The bladed view may also include application-specific elements that are populated using customizations designated via metadata of the application, or using default information for applications in the absence of designated customizations.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Christopher Doan, Miron Vranjes, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Lavanya Vasudevan
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Patent number: 9916059Abstract: Application launcher sizing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likely usage context is determined, by a computing device, of a user in interacting with the computing device. An application launcher is dynamically sized within a display area of the user interface by the computing device based on the determined likely usage context of the user. The application launcher is configured for output responsive to an input received from a user and includes a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective said application.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Megan L. Tedesco, Anshul Rawat, Henri-Charles Machalani, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jaclyn C. Knapp, Matthew N. Akers, Poorva Singal, Jeff G. Arnold, Brian E. Uphoff, Richard Jennings Duncan, Miron Vranjes, Christopher Doan
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Publication number: 20180039385Abstract: A clipboard component provides a multi-item clipboard store. The clipboard component uses a technical strategy that facilitates its efficient adoption and use by end users and application developers. From an end user's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a new user experience which is easy for the users to discover, learn and use, due, in part, to the use of ergonomic control mechanisms for activating paste and copy operations. From a developer's standpoint, the clipboard component provides a way of allowing existing legacy applications to interact with a multi-item clipboard store, even though these applications were not originally created to provide that type of interaction. The clipboard component can also, upon instruction by a user, apply one or more supplemental operations to a copied content item, such as transferring the item to a target computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Matthew Isaac Worley, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Christopher Doan, Jason Morris Yore, Apurva Jain, Richard Fang
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Patent number: 9843665Abstract: Desktop as an immersive application techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an immersive environment module is configured to provide an immersive shell through which a user may interact with applications of a computing device. The immersive environment module is further configured to provide a desktop shell within the immersive shell to support additional techniques for interaction with the application of the computing device. The desktop shell, for instance, may be configured for accessibility similar to that provided to applications in the immersive shell.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Brian S. LeVee, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Jennifer Nan, Patrice L. Miner, Alice P. Steinglass, Tsz Yan Wong, Theresa B. Pittappilly, Heiwad Hamidy Osman, Raymond J. Chen