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).

  • Publication number: 20130093793
    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: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jaclyn E. Konzelmann, Galen M. Elias, Terry J. Mahaffey
  • Patent number: D677677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher D. Edwards
  • Patent number: D684176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
  • Patent number: D684589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards, Igor B. Peev
  • Patent number: D687454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Kyle Matthew von Haden, March Rogers, Ryan Heaney, Jonathan Esterly
  • Patent number: D687455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot
  • Patent number: D687457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Keri Talbot, Jason F. Morrill
  • Patent number: D688683
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Caitlin Ashley-Rollman
  • Patent number: D689063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Tyler Robert Adams, Melissa Susan Kerr, Gregory Alan Lewis
  • Patent number: D689068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Kyle Matthew von Haden, March Rogers, Ryan Heaney, Jonathan Esterly
  • Patent number: D689069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Kyle Matthew von Haden, March Rogers, Ryan Heaney, Jonathan Esterly
  • Patent number: D689070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Tyler Robert Adams, Melissa Susan Kerr, Gregory Alan Lewis
  • Patent number: D689079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Tyler Robert Adams, Melissa Susan Kerr
  • Patent number: D689080
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Tyler Robert Adams, Melissa Susan Kerr
  • Patent number: D689884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Holz, Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards
  • Patent number: D689885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Tyler Robert Adams, Melissa Susan Kerr
  • Patent number: D689900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Teresa Thomas
  • Patent number: D689901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Teresa Thomas
  • Patent number: D691617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Holz, Keri Talbot, Christopher D. Edwards
  • Patent number: D693832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher D. Edwards, Jason F. Morrill, Mark E. Pearson