Patents by Inventor Eduardo M. Maia

Eduardo M. Maia 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).

  • Extensible visual effects on active content in user interfaces
    Patent number: 8026920
    Abstract: Methods and systems for applying visual effects to active content, such as buttons, comboboxes, video, edit fields, etc., wherein interactivity of the active content are retained thereafter. Also, the present disclosure provides a mechanism for developers to build new visual effects and have them applied to active content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam M. Smith, Robert A. Wlodarczyk, Biliana K. Kaneva, Eduardo M. Maia, Patrick J. Sweeney, Rahul V. Patil, Sriram Subramanian