Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Ward

Daniel D. Ward 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).

  • Relationship visualization and graphical interaction model in IT client management
    Patent number: 9503330
    Abstract: Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chuanbo Zhang, Huajun Luo, Yue Chen, Daniel D. Ward, Justin K. Stanton, Chung Man Yiu, Jie Du, David C. James, Leyu Feng
  • RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION AND GRAPHICAL INTERACTION MODEL IN IT CLIENT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20130346857
    Abstract: Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuanbo Zhang, Huajun Luo, Yue Chen, Daniel D. Ward, Justin K. Stanton, Chung Man Yiu, Jie Du, David C. James, Leyu Feng
  • Relationship visualization and graphical interaction model in it client management
    Patent number: 8522167
    Abstract: Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chuanbo Zhang, Huajun Luo, Yue Chen, Daniel D. Ward, Justin K. Stanton, Chung Man Yiu, Jie Du, David C. James, Leyu Feng
  • RELATIONSHIP VISUALIZATION AND GRAPHICAL INTERACTION MODEL IN IT CLIENT MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20120036484
    Abstract: Displaying a hierarchy. A method includes identifying a set of nodes representing sites in a hierarchy. The set of nodes share one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy. The method further includes determining that the set of nodes, as a set, meet a predetermined condition. As a result of the nodes sharing the one or more common characteristics not shared by any other nodes in the hierarchy and as a result of the set meeting the predetermined condition, the method further includes aggregating at least a portion of the set of nodes. The method further includes displaying in a graphical user interface a representation of the hierarchy including displaying the aggregated portion as a single entity in the hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chuanbo Zhang, Huajun Luo, Yue Chen, Daniel D. Ward, Justin K. Stanton, Chung Man Yiu, Jie Du, David C. James, Leyu Feng