Patents by Inventor Colin Jeanne

Colin Jeanne 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).

  • Companion window experience
    Patent number: 10606564
    Abstract: Architecture that generates a companion window in combination with a source application experience to enable the accomplishment of a side task yet not switch away from the context of the source application. The companion window experience is a window that is rendered proximate (e.g., beside) a user's source application experience, in a predictable location, and with a predictable user model for invocation and dismissal. The companion window allows the user to retain full visual context of the associated source application experience, while rendering activities that directly pertain to the source application experience or activities that allow the user to interact with two applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Gordner, Stephan Hoefnagels, Josh Clow, Colin Jeanne, Alexander Allen, Kenneth Parker, Nandini Bhattacharya, Jonathan Li, Kieran Snyder
  • COMPANION WINDOW EXPERIENCE
    Publication number: 20120167004
    Abstract: Architecture that generates a companion window in combination with a source application experience to enable the accomplishment of a side task yet not switch away from the context of the source application. The companion window experience is a window that is rendered proximate (e.g., beside) a user's source application experience, in a predictable location, and with a predictable user model for invocation and dismissal. The companion window allows the user to retain full visual context of the associated source application experience, while rendering activities that directly pertain to the source application experience or activities that allow the user to interact with two applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Ian Gordner, Stephan Hoefnagels, Josh Clow, Colin Jeanne, Alexander Allen, Kenneth Parker, Nandini Bhattacharya, Jonathan Li, Kieran Snyder