Patents by Inventor Daniel Benjamin Witriol

Daniel Benjamin Witriol 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: 10181208
    Abstract: Performance and capability improvements of computer devices that provide digital images of heatmap visualizations for datasets are provided via both systems and methods. A value-color spectrum is correlated to the dataset via a multi-pass rendering. The multi-pass rendering yields a two-channel mask, which is applied to a map to show the dataset in a heatmap visualization on that map, and may be continually used as the map is manipulated by a user. User interface tools are also provided to enable a user to specify a custom value-color spectrum, how the dataset is to be aggregated, the area of effect for a data point in the visualization, the strength of effect for a data point in the visualization, and which specifies how a dataset will be visually represented in a heatmap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Benjamin Witriol, Matthew W. Asplund, Lewey Alec Geselowitz, Igor Borisov Peev, Ehab Sobhy Deraz
  • Patent number: 9881399
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to improve map type data visualizations in which custom images are used as background against which datasets are visualized. In various examples, coordinate systems are automatically generated and applied to the custom image based on the positional data of the dataset. The custom image may replace a pre-existing background, and the plotting of the dataset may be automatically modified based on differences between the pre-existing background and the custom image. Aspects provide for enhanced user control of the map type visualization to further modify how datasets are plotted and how visualizations are presented. Example modifications include offsets and scales, which may be automatically determined and applied or set manually. In some examples, the custom image may be part of a set of image tiles, which are operable to provide various levels of detail from several viewing angles and heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Igor Borisov Peev, Lewey Alec Geselowitz, James Thomas Marshall, John A. Payne, Jagan Subhas, Puneet Bhatia, Daniel Benjamin Witriol, Safiya Bhojawala, Ehab Sobhy
  • Publication number: 20170228899
    Abstract: Performance and capability improvements of computer devices that provide digital images of heatmap visualizations for datasets are provided via both systems and methods. A value-color spectrum is correlated to the dataset via a multi-pass rendering. The multi-pass rendering yields a two-channel mask, which is applied to a map to show the dataset in a heatmap visualization on that map, and may be continually used as the map is manipulated by a user. User interface tools are also provided to enable a user to specify a custom value-color spectrum, how the dataset is to be aggregated, the area of effect for a data point in the visualization, the strength of effect for a data point in the visualization, and which specifies how a dataset will be visually represented in a heatmap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Benjamin Witriol, Matthew W. Asplund, Lewey Alec Geselowitz, Igor Borisov Peev, Ehab Sobhy Deraz
  • Publication number: 20160307343
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to improve map type data visualizations in which custom images are used as background against which datasets are visualized. In various examples, coordinate systems are automatically generated and applied to the custom image based on the positional data of the dataset. The custom image may replace a pre-existing background, and the plotting of the dataset may be automatically modified based on differences between the pre-existing background and the custom image. Aspects provide for enhanced user control of the map type visualization to further modify how datasets are plotted and how visualizations are presented. Example modifications include offsets and scales, which may be automatically determined and applied or set manually. In some examples, the custom image may be part of a set of image tiles, which are operable to provide various levels of detail from several viewing angles and heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
    Inventors: Igor Borisov Peev, Lewey Alec Geselowitz, James Thomas Marshall, John A. Payne, Jagan Subhas, Puneet Bhatia, Daniel Benjamin Witriol, Safiya Bhojawala, Ehab Sobhy
  • Publication number: 20160231915
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing customizable drill-down views for data points within a data visualization are provided herein. Data cards are displayed alongside data points within a data visualization to provide supplemental views and supplemental data for the visualized data associated with the data point. Data cards are operable to be temporary, or pinned to be semi-permanent, displays of data within the data visualization. Data cards are operable to query data in real time and aggregate and manipulate data for display. Queried data includes data present in the data visualization, used and not, and data from external data sources. Aspects of the methods and systems provide for automatic and manual control of various aspects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas Q. Nhan, Jai Srinivasan, Bhargavi Parthasarathy Hiremagalur, Daniel Benjamin Witriol