Patents by Inventor Clifton W. Owens

Clifton W. Owens 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).

  • Patent number: 9304682
    Abstract: A canvas in an inking application is created and manipulated based on ink strokes. An ink stroke outside a presented canvas, even outside a user interface of the inking application, is recorded and the presented canvas enlarged to cover the recorded ink stroke. If the ink stroke begins on a command area such as a canvas size control icon, the command associated with the area is executed. If the ink stroke begins in a typed text area, lines are frozen and separated responsive to the first stroke. A new canvas is presented between the separated lines. A size of the new canvas is adjusted based on ink entry or a size of the first ink stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Crystal L. Hoyer, Clifton W. Owen, Howard L. Cooperstein, Steven A. Breinberg, Guem R. Kim
  • Patent number: 7932902
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for emitting raster and vector content from a single software component. An application program maintains an in-memory representation of a document in an intermediate format. When the application program needs to render the document, it determines whether the target device is a raster or a vector device. The application program then utilizes a single software component to render the document for the target device. The application program provides an instruction to the software component as to whether the in-memory representation should be rendered as vector content or as raster content. In response to receiving the instruction, the software component retrieves the in-memory representation and renders it according to the instruction received from the application program. The rendered content is then provided to the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shailesh Saini, Clifton W. Owen, Steven P. Kihslinger, Matthew W. Kernek
  • Publication number: 20100289820
    Abstract: A canvas in an inking application is created and manipulated based on ink strokes. An ink stroke outside a presented canvas, even outside a user interface of the inking application, is recorded and the presented canvas enlarged to cover the recorded ink stroke. If the ink stroke begins on a command area such as a canvas size control icon, the command associated with the area is executed. If the ink stroke begins in a typed text area, lines are frozen and separated responsive to the first stroke. A new canvas is presented between the separated lines. A size of the new canvas is adjusted based on ink entry or a size of the first ink stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Crystal L. Hoyer, Clifton W. Owen, Howard L. Cooperstein, Steven A. Breinberg, Guem R. Kim
  • Patent number: 7774722
    Abstract: A canvas in an inking application is created and manipulated based on ink strokes. An ink stroke outside a presented canvas, even outside a user interface of the inking application, is recorded and the presented canvas enlarged to cover the recorded ink stroke. If the ink stroke begins on a command area such as a canvas size control icon, the command associated with the area is executed. If the ink stroke begins in a typed text area, lines are frozen and separated responsive to the first stroke. A new canvas is presented between the separated lines. A size of the new canvas is adjusted based on ink entry or a size of the first ink stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Crystal L. Hoyer, Clifton W. Owen, Howard L. Cooperstein, Steven A. Breinberg, Guem R. Kim
  • Publication number: 20090079749
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for emitting raster and vector content from a single software component. An application program maintains an in-memory representation of a document in an intermediate format. When the application program needs to render the document, it determines whether the target device is a raster or a vector device. The application program then utilizes a single software component to render the document for the target device. The application program provides an instruction to the software component as to whether the in-memory representation should be rendered as vector content or as raster content. In response to receiving the instruction, the software component retrieves the in-memory representation and renders it according to the instruction received from the application program. The rendered content is then provided to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shailesh Saini, Clifton W. Owen, Steven P. Kihslinger, Matthew W. Kernek
  • Patent number: 7366570
    Abstract: A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the method includes establishing a communications link between an implanted medical device and a data processor via an implanted medical device interface. Access to a secured database is obtained via the implanted device data processor using a set of patient identification data. A query is then submitted via the data processor to the secured database in response to input patient diagnostic data. Data received from the secured database is then displayed for use in a patient evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Riff, Patrick M. Mahoney, Clifton W. Owens, Rahul Mehra, Michael F. Hess, Nirav V. Sheth, Nancy Perry Pool, Michael R. Ujhelyi
  • Publication number: 20030139785
    Abstract: A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the method includes establishing a communications link between an implanted medical device and a data processor via an implanted medical device interface. Access to a secured database is obtained via the implanted device data processor using a set of patient identification data. A query is then submitted via the data processor to the secured database in response to input patient diagnostic data. Data received from the secured database is then displayed for use in a patient evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Riff, Patrick M. Mahoney, Clifton W. Owens, Rahul Mehra, Michael F. Hess, Nirav V. Sheth, Nancy Perry Pool, Michael R. Ujhelyi
  • Publication number: 20020026223
    Abstract: A method and system facilitates the access by a patient of implanted medical device related data for patient participation in their own clinical care and therapy. In an example embodiment, the method includes establishing a communications link between an implanted medical device and a data processor via an implanted medical device interface. Access to a secured database is obtained via the implanted device data processor using a set of patient identification data. A query is then submitted via the data processor to the secured database in response to input patient diagnostic data. Data received from the secured database is then displayed for use in a patient evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Riff, Patrick M. Mahoney, Clifton W. Owens, Rahul Mehra, Michael F. Hess, Nirav V. Sheth, Nancy Perry Pool, Michael R. Ujhelyi
  • Patent number: 4078377
    Abstract: A combustor adapted for use in a gas turbine engine comprising a combustion prechamber zone, a main combustion chamber zone and a dilution air zone including a system for introducing a premixed fuel-air mixture with elevated inlet air temperatures which allows the thermal efficiency of the engine to be increased without a corresponding increase in the percentage of oxides of nitrogen in the combustion products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Clifton W. Owens, Peter Iwu Shen, Wallace R. Wade