Patents by Inventor Clinton Edward RUTKAS

Clinton Edward RUTKAS 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).

  • System and Method of Providing Access to and Managing Virtual Desktops
    Publication number: 20230153133
    Abstract: A method and system for providing access to virtual desktops may include receiving an input indicating hovering of a pointer over an icon in a toolbar, identifying one or more existing virtual desktops, determining a state for each of the one or more existing virtual desktops by identifying one or more instances of any applications that are currently running in each of the one or more existing virtual desktops and determining a running state for each of the one or more instances, and displaying a preview of each of the one or more existing virtual desktops in response to the hovering of the pointer over the icon. The preview may include displaying the running state for one of the one or more instances for each existing virtual desktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leo Tian YUE, Clinton Edward RUTKAS, Lee Dicks CLARK, Peter Josef KREISEDER, Robert Joseph DISANO
  • System and method of providing access to and managing virtual desktops
    Patent number: 11561808
    Abstract: A method and system for providing access to virtual desktops may include receiving an input indicating hovering of a pointer over an icon in a toolbar, identifying one or more existing virtual desktops, determining a state for each of the one or more existing virtual desktops by identifying one or more instances of any applications that are currently running in each of the one or more existing virtual desktops and determining a running state for each of the one or more instances, and displaying a preview of each of the one or more existing virtual desktops in response to the hovering of the pointer over the icon. The preview may include displaying the running state for one of the one or more instances for each existing virtual desktop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Leo Tian Yue, Clinton Edward Rutkas, Lee Dicks Clark, Peter Josef Kreiseder, Robert Joseph Disano
  • System and Method of Providing Access to and Managing Virtual Desktops
    Publication number: 20220188132
    Abstract: A method and system for providing access to virtual desktops may include receiving an input indicating hovering of a pointer over an icon in a toolbar, identifying one or more existing virtual desktops, determining a state for each of the one or more existing virtual desktops by identifying one or more instances of any applications that are currently running in each of the one or more existing virtual desktops and determining a running state for each of the one or more instances, and displaying a preview of each of the one or more existing virtual desktops in response to the hovering of the pointer over the icon. The preview may include displaying the running state for one of the one or more instances for each existing virtual desktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Leo Tian YUE, Clinton Edward RUTKAS, Lee Dicks CLARK, Peter Josef KREISEDER, Robert Joseph DISANO