Patents by Inventor Christopher Jon Rinker

Christopher Jon Rinker 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).

  • Invocation control over keyboard user interface
    Patent number: 9436385
    Abstract: A touch-based device provides invocation control over a keyboard user interface (UI). The device displays a keyboard UI overlaid on an application UI to allow a user to interact with the application UI. A dismissal UI is displayed adjacent to the keyboard UI to allow the user to dismiss the keyboard UI. The keyboard UI is dismissed in response to detecting a user action on the dismissal UI. The device presents a lock UI and an invocation UI adjacent to the lock UI. In response to detecting another user action on the lock UI, the user is prevented from invoking the keyboard UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Kimberly Koenig, Weston Thayer, Shiraz Somji, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Christopher Jon Rinker, Ravi Pinjala, Ivor Berry
  • INVOCATION CONTROL OVER KEYBOARD USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150169219
    Abstract: A touch-based device provides invocation control over a keyboard user interface (UI). The device displays a keyboard UI overlaid on an application UI to allow a user to interact with the application UI. A dismissal UI is displayed adjacent to the keyboard UI to allow the user to dismiss the keyboard UI. The keyboard UI is dismissed in response to detecting a user action on the dismissal UI. The device presents a lock UI and an invocation UI adjacent to the lock UI. In response to detecting another user action on the lock UI, the user is prevented from invoking the keyboard UI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kimberly Koenig, Weston Thayer, Shiraz Somji, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Christopher Jon Rinker, Ravi Pinjala, Ivor Berry