Patents by Inventor Charles Schnarel

Charles Schnarel 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).

  • Common visual and functional architecture for presenting and controlling arbitrary telephone line features
    Patent number: 6975712
    Abstract: A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip that expands and collapses in response to changes in telephone line state and user input. The call slip updates the information that it displays based on telephone line state changes and information communicated from one or more telephony monitoring applications. The call slip displays user interface controls representing tasks that are dependent on information derived from a telephone call, such as caller ID information. The software used to control the display of call slips and to monitor telephone line state is part of a software platform that may be customized for a particular device or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Schnarel, Mauricio Lomelin, Peter G. Chin, Derek S. Graham, Kate Welker, Robert C. Murdock, Justin C. Cooper, Laurence Golding, Suzanne Walsh
  • Common visual and functional architecture for presenting and controlling arbitrary telephone line features
    Publication number: 20050157860
    Abstract: A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip that expands and collapses in response to changes in telephone line state and user input. The call slip updates the information that it displays based on telephone line state changes and information communicated from one or more telephony monitoring applications. The call slip displays user interface controls representing tasks that are dependent on information derived from a telephone call, such as caller ID information. The software used to control the display of call slips and to monitor telephone line state is part of a software platform that may be customized for a particular device or application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Schnarel, Mauricio Lomelin, Peter Chin, Derek Graham, Kate Welker, Robert Murdock, Justin Cooper, Laurence Golding, Suzanne Walsh