Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Edwards

Christopher D. Edwards 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).

  • Pinning a callout animation
    Patent number: 10162502
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • SILL WITH DETACHABLE WATER DRAINAGE TROUGH FOR HIGH DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20170234060
    Abstract: A sill assembly for a door or window frame includes an elongate sill body with a water catchment tray and one or more drainage passages extending from the catchment tray to an outlet, and a drainage trough mounted to an underside of the sill body and depending downwardly therefrom to define a reservoir that receives water that drains from the outlet of the drainage passages. The drainage trough includes weep holes which restrict outflow from the reservoir and is detachable from the sill body, which facilitates the manufacture of the sill assembly in different configurations to suit site requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Chris F. Graetsch, Christopher D. Edwards, Arin A. Totten, Derek L. Kindt, David L. Yagla
  • PINNING A CALLOUT ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20170052686
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Pinning a callout animation
    Patent number: 9489761
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Animation for expanding/collapsing content and for sorting content in an electronic document
    Patent number: 9395864
    Abstract: Animation for the expansion and collapse of content in a user interface may be provided. The user interface may be displayed by a computer and may contain a content surface for editing content. The content may include a top data row and data items in rows below the top data row on the content surface. The computer may then receive an input to expand/collapse the data items into the top data row. The computer may then animate a display of the data items expanding/collapsing into the top data row. Animation for the sorting of content in a user interface may also be provided. The user interface may be displayed by a computer and may contain a content surface for editing a plurality of rows containing content. The computer may then receive a request to sort the content. The computer may then animate a sort of the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Josh Leong, Christopher D. Edwards, Karen Xiaoxu Cheng, Chad B. Rothschiller, Clinton Dee Covington, Krista Anne Bendig
  • PINNING A CALLOUT ANIMATION
    Publication number: 20150228104
    Abstract: Animation for the attachment of content items to a location on a content surface in a user interface is provided. A user interface showing a content surface may be displayed on a computer. The content surface may include a content item at an initial position above the content surface. The content surface may display content formatted for display over an area comprising a totality of the content surface. The computer may then receive in the user interface a request to attach the content item to a final position on the content surface. The computer may then display an animation of the content item moving, from the initial position, across the content surface until the final position has been reached. The computer may then attach the content item to the content surface at the final position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D707239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Tyler Robert Adams
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D707242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Jason F. Morrill
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D707244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Jason F. Morrill
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D708201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Christopher Doan
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D711410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards, Elizabeth Ann Holz
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D711413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lishan Yu, Trevor Florence, Valerie Rosen, Christopher Michael Maloney, Christopher D. Edwards, Diana Gail Kimball
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D712429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Karen X. Cheng, Chad B. Rothschiller, Igor B. Peev
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D719583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jason F. Morrill, Mark E. Pearson
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D727950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards, Igor Peev
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D727951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards, Igor Peev
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D727952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Jason F. Morrill, L. Tucker Hatfield
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D727954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Jason F. Morrill, L. Tucker Hatfield
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D729825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jonathan Esterly, Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer, Keri Talbot
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D751573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards, Igor Borisov Peev, Karen X. Cheng