Patents by Inventor Dan Jacob Hough

Dan Jacob Hough 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).

  • Command user interface for displaying selectable functionality controls in a database application
    Patent number: 8689137
    Abstract: An improved user interface is provided for displaying selectable software functionality controls of a database application. When a task-based functionality tab is selected from the user interface, selectable functionality controls provided by the associated database application for performing aspects of a task related to the selected tab are presented in a ribbon-shaped user interface above a workspace in which a user is entering or editing data. Upon selection of a different task-based functionality tab, the presentation of functionality controls associated with the first task is removed, and selectable functionality controls associated with the second selected task-based functionality tab are presented in the user interface. The selectable functionality controls presented in the user interface are grouped into logical groupings for more efficient utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. McCormack, Adam Russell Kenney, Christopher W. Bryant, Clinton Dee Covington, Richard L. Dickinson, Robert E. Coggins, Kelly Michael Krout, Vitore Selca, Zachary P. Woodall, Dan Jacob Hough