Patents by Inventor Craig McFarlane

Craig McFarlane 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).

  • IDENTIFICATION OF DEVICES ON TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE
    Publication number: 20110298589
    Abstract: The identification of a data storage device detected on a touch-sensitive display surface of a display device is described. In one embodiment, the presence and location of the data storage device is detected on the display surface and the data storage device is detected on a wireless communications channel. It is then confirmed that the data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is the data storage device detected on the surface of the display device by communicating with the data storage device over a second communications channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig McFarlane, Dana L. Silverstein, Victor Drake, Kevin Kennedy, Cyra Richardson, Nigel Keam, Neal Bangerter
  • Identification of devices on touch-sensitive surface
    Patent number: 8063888
    Abstract: The identification of a data storage device detected on a touch-sensitive display surface of a display device is described. In one embodiment, the presence and location of the data storage device is detected on the display surface and the data storage device is detected on a wireless communications channel. It is then confirmed that the data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is the data storage device detected on the surface of the display device by communicating with the data storage device over a second communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig McFarlane, Dana L. Silverstein, Victor Drake, Kevin Kennedy, Cyra Richardson, Nigel Keam, Neal Bangerter
  • Identification of devices on touch-sensitive surface
    Publication number: 20080198138
    Abstract: The identification of a data storage device detected on a touch-sensitive display surface of a display device is described. In one embodiment, the presence and location of the data storage device is detected on the display surface and the data storage device is detected on a wireless communications channel. It is then confirmed that the data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is the data storage device detected on the surface of the display device by communicating with the data storage device over a second communications channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Craig McFarlane, Dana L. Silverstein, Victor Drake, Kevin Kennedy, Cyra Richardson, Nigel Keam, Neal Bangerter
  • System and method for automating the generation of manufacturing frame designs
    Publication number: 20050096885
    Abstract: A system and method for automating the generation of manufacturing frame designs are provided. A frame design processing server includes a plurality of modules for generating frame designs. The frame design processing server obtains a specification of components for a vehicle and processes the specification according frame design rules and three-dimensional representations of data. The frame design processing server configures positions for the each of the specified components based upon processing data in the frame design rules and based upon conducting interference checks. The resulting configuration can be exported as manufacturing data and/or three-dimensional representations of the frame design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: James Rhodes, Craig McFarlane, Michael Graves, Peggy Yuen, William Stewart