Patents by Inventor Debora Everett

Debora Everett 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).

  • Publication number: 20160085419
    Abstract: Processing multiple inputs received across simultaneously displayed applications. In an embodiment, a computing device displays a first application on a first portion of a display device, and simultaneously displays a second application on a second, different, portion of the display device. The computing device receives a first user input in connection with the first portion of the display device, and, at substantially the same time, also receives a second user input in connection with the second portion of the display device. The computing device routes the first user input to the first application based on the first user input having been received in connection with first portion of the display device, and, at substantially the same time, also routes the second user input to the second application based on the second user input having been received in connection with the second portion of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
  • Patent number: 9164659
    Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
  • Patent number: 8347215
    Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E Sunday, Chris Whytock
  • Publication number: 20100053110
    Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
  • Patent number: 7620901
    Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek E. Sunday, Chris Whytock
  • Publication number: 20090273569
    Abstract: A multiple touch input simulation for a virtual interactive display system using single input peripherals is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a method for simulating a multiple touch input for a virtual interactive display system that receives a first input from a first input device, receives a second input from a second input device, associates the first input with a first data object and the second input with a second a data object to simulate a multiple touch input, and provides the data object to a multiple touch client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodgan Popp, Debora Everett
  • Publication number: 20070226636
    Abstract: One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Curt Carpenter, Debora Everett, Doug Kramer, Derek Sunday, Chris Whytock