Patents by Inventor Darron Jack Stepanich
Darron Jack Stepanich 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).
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Patent number: 8977244Abstract: The present invention provides an extensible phone application that uses extensions to interact with other applications executing in a mobile communication device. The extensible phone application is operable to handle wireless communication for the mobile communication device. Another application may interact with the extensible phone application by incorporating an extension. The extensible phone application enables the extension to register with the phone application for receiving a notification associated with an event. In response to the event, the extensible phone application sends the notification to the extension.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Darron Jack Stepanich, Kevin Alan Kennedy
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Publication number: 20110294486Abstract: The present invention provides an extensible phone application that uses extensions to interact with other applications executing in a mobile communication device. The extensible phone application is operable to handle wireless communication for the mobile communication device. Another application may interact with the extensible phone application by incorporating an extension. The extensible phone application enables the extension to register with the phone application for receiving a notification associated with an event. In response to the event, the extensible phone application sends the notification to the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Darron Jack Stepanich, Kevin Alan Kennedy
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Publication number: 20110296349Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system of displaying items that gives the user the ability to easily access recently accessed items. The recent items list includes both incoming and outgoing correspondences that are attempted to be matched to the corresponding contact stored in the device. The user can access the recent contact list and reply using any communication method available. For instance, the user could reply by phone, email, send an instant messenger message, send an SMS message, and the like. The recent items list may also include items such as communications, contacts, folder, files, messages, applications, and the like. A coalesced list of the recently used items is shown so that an item is only shown once in the recent list. Any matched item in the recent list may also be shown in the alphabetical list that appears below the recent list.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Marc W. Todd, Darron Jack Stepanich, David W. Flynt, Joseph Kirk Ollis, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 8001120Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system of displaying items that gives the user the ability to easily access recently accessed items. The recent items list includes both incoming and outgoing correspondences that are attempted to be matched to the corresponding contact stored in the device. The user can access the recent contact list and reply using any communication method available. For instance, the user could reply by phone, email, send an instant messenger message, send an SMS message, and the like. The recent items list may also include items such as communications, contacts, folder, files, messages, applications, and the like. A coalesced list of the recently used items is shown so that an item is only shown once in the recent list. Any matched item in the recent list may also be shown in the alphabetical list that appears below the recent list.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2004Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Marc W. Todd, Darron Jack Stepanich, David W. Flynt, Joseph Kirk Ollis, Henry Chen
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Patent number: 8000686Abstract: The present invention provides an extensible phone application that uses extensions to interact with other applications executing in a mobile communication device. The extensible phone application is operable to handle wireless communication for the mobile communication device. Another application may interact with the extensible phone application by incorporating an extension. The extensible phone application enables the extension to register with the phone application for receiving a notification associated with an event. In response to the event, the extensible phone application sends the notification to the extension.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Darron Jack Stepanich, Kevin Alan Kennedy
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Patent number: 7493567Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system of pinning and displaying pinned items. Pinned items are displayed such that they are visually distinguishable and prioritized higher than related non-pinned items. For example, pinned contacts are displayed at the top of the contact list and are visually distinguishable from the other contacts. A special icon is used to show an item that is “pinned.” contact. A pinned item is a copy of a contact. The copy helps a user quickly access the items they most commonly communicate with and use and provides an importance to an item.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joseph Kirk Ollis, Darron Jack Stepanich, Marc W. Todd, David W. Flynt, Henry Chen
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Publication number: 20040209607Abstract: The present invention provides an extensible phone application that uses extensions to interact with other applications executing in a mobile communication device. The extensible phone application is operable to handle wireless communication for the mobile communication device. Another application may interact with the extensible phone application by incorporating an extension. The extensible phone application enables the extension to register with the phone application for receiving a notification associated with an event. In response to the event, the extensible phone application sends the notification to the extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2003Publication date: October 21, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Darron Jack Stepanich, Kevin Alan Kennedy