Patents by Inventor Eduardo SONNINO

Eduardo SONNINO 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: 20240089365
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Patent number: 11895261
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Schenone, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Eduardo Sonnino, Spencer Lee Davis, Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, T J Rhoades, Panos Costa Panay
  • Publication number: 20230152863
    Abstract: One example provides a computing device including a first portion including a first display, a second portion including a second display and a camera, the second portion connected to the first portion via a hinge, a hinge angle sensing mechanism including one or more sensors, a logic device, and a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to execute a camera application and to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, determine a device pose, output the camera application to the first display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being world-facing, and output the camera application to the second display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being user-facing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Sean Shiang-Ning WHELAN, Tyler WHITE, Peter Eugene HAMMERQUIST, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Patent number: 11561587
    Abstract: One example provides a computing device including a first portion including a first display, a second portion including a second display and a camera, the second portion connected to the first portion via a hinge, a hinge angle sensing mechanism including one or more sensors, a logic device, and a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to execute a camera application and to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, determine a device pose, output the camera application to the first display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being world-facing, and output the camera application to the second display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being user-facing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Schenone, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Eduardo Sonnino, Spencer Lee Davis, Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, T J Rhoades, Sean Shiang-Ning Whelan, Tyler White, Peter Eugene Hammerquist, Panos Costa Panay
  • Publication number: 20220391078
    Abstract: Examples are related to operating a user interface of a dual-screen computing device. One example provides a computing device, comprising a first portion comprising a first display and a first touch sensor, and a second portion comprising a second display and a second touch sensor, the second portion connected to the first via a hinge, the hinge defining a seam between the first display and the second display. The computing device is configured to receive a touch input at the first display moving an application that is currently displayed on the first display and not on the second display toward the second display, detect the touch input releasing the application within a predetermined area, and span the application across the first display and the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo SONNINO, Scott D. SCHENONE, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, TJ RHOADES, Young Soo KIM, Panos Costa PANAY, Trevor Cliff NOAH
  • Patent number: 11416130
    Abstract: Examples are related to operating a user interface of a dual-screen computing device. One example provides a computing device, comprising a first portion comprising a first display and a first touch sensor, and a second portion comprising a second display and a second touch sensor, the second portion connected to the first via a hinge, the hinge defining a seam between the first display and the second display. The computing device is configured to receive a touch input at the first display moving an application that is currently displayed on the first display and not on the second display toward the second display, detect the touch input releasing the application within a predetermined area, and span the application across the first display and the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Sonnino, Scott D. Schenone, Spencer Lee Davis, Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, TJ Rhoades, Young Soo Kim, Panos Costa Panay, Trevor Cliff Noah
  • Patent number: 11249627
    Abstract: Dynamic templates include regions that provide behavior based upon a purpose or desired outcome. Templates and regions can modify the logical representations associated with objects to create semantic context for the objects. Templates and regions can also generate visual representations of objects based upon their logical representations. The visual representation utilized by a template or region can be selected manually or based upon the capabilities of a computing device. Objects contained within regions can be sorted, filtered, arranged, and projected based on their associated logical representations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Mondri, Itai Almog, Francois M. Rouaix, Christian James Colando, March Rogers, Eduardo Sonnino, Clea Allington, Palmer H. Batt
  • Publication number: 20220030104
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Patent number: 11201962
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. Schenone, Otso Joona Casimir Tuomi, Eduardo Sonnino, Spencer Lee Davis, Sergio Eduardo Rodriguez Virgen, T J Rhoades, Panos Costa Panay
  • Publication number: 20210096732
    Abstract: Examples are related to operating a user interface of a dual-screen computing device. One example provides a computing device, comprising a first portion comprising a first display and a first touch sensor, and a second portion comprising a second display and a second touch sensor, the second portion connected to the first via a hinge, the hinge defining a seam between the first display and the second display. The computing device is configured to receive a touch input at the first display moving an application that is currently displayed on the first display and not on the second display toward the second display, detect the touch input releasing the application within a predetermined area, and span the application across the first display and the second display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo SONNINO, Scott D. SCHENONE, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, TJ RHOADES, Young Soo KIM, Panos Costa PANAY, Trevor Cliff NOAH
  • Publication number: 20210096611
    Abstract: One example provides a computing device including a first portion including a first display, a second portion including a second display and a camera, the second portion connected to the first portion via a hinge, a hinge angle sensing mechanism including one or more sensors, a logic device, and a storage device holding instructions executable by the logic device to execute a camera application and to receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, based at least in part on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors, determine a device pose, output the camera application to the first display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being world-facing, and output the camera application to the second display when the device pose is indicative of the camera being user-facing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Sean Shiang-Ning WHELAN, Tyler WHITE, Peter Eugene HAMMERQUIST, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Publication number: 20210099570
    Abstract: Examples that relate to calling on a computing device are disclosed. One example provides a computing device, comprising, a first display a second display, a sensor system a logic subsystem and a storage subsystem comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to output, via one or both of the first display and the second display, a notification of an incoming phone call at the computing device, and based on output from the sensor system indicating a relative angle between the first display and the second display being changed to an angle greater than a predetermined angle, answer the incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott D. SCHENONE, Otso Joona Casimir TUOMI, Eduardo SONNINO, Spencer Lee DAVIS, Sergio Eduardo RODRIGUEZ VIRGEN, TJ RHOADES, Panos Costa PANAY
  • Publication number: 20210096715
    Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device may include a first touch screen and a second touch screen. A processor may recognize an engagement action on a virtual object displayed on one of the screens, lift the virtual object, move the virtual object in accordance with a recognized dragging action, and drop the virtual object at a target destination. Dropping the virtual object may insert the virtual object into an application program, share the virtual object to the application program or an operating system, open the virtual object in a new instance of an application program, or pin the virtual object to a predetermined location on one of the screens. In some embodiments, the virtual object may be flicked subsequent to the engagement action to share, open, or pin the virtual object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Woo Ram LEE, Scott D. SCHENONE, Kristine Cherie SULLIVAN, Eduardo SONNINO, Joseph Harold PITT, Panos Costa PANAY, Trevor Cliff NOAH
  • Publication number: 20200319777
    Abstract: Dynamic templates include regions that provide behavior based upon a purpose or desired outcome. Templates and regions can modify the logical representations associated with objects to create semantic context for the objects. Templates and regions can also generate visual representations of objects based upon their logical representations. The visual representation utilized by a template or region can be selected manually or based upon the capabilities of a computing device. Objects contained within regions can be sorted, filtered, arranged, and projected based on their associated logical representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ron MONDRI, Itai ALMOG, Francois M. ROUAIX, Christian James COLANDO, March ROGERS, Eduardo SONNINO, Clea ALLINGTON, Palmer H. BATT
  • Patent number: 10795543
    Abstract: An object stack feature for graphical user interfaces can include a method for arranging items displayed in a visual interface into a stack where each item of the stack has a corresponding visual representation in the stack. The method can include in response to receiving an indication to stack two or more items displayed in a visual interface, creating a stack object comprising a list of the two or more items and a seed value for an ordered seed. The ordered seed can be supplied to an arrangement function that outputs positions for items in the stack object. An arrangement can be generated using the arrangement function and each of the two or more items can be displayed in the visual interface in the arrangement generated by the arrangement function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchell Alan Hulick, Eduardo Sonnino, Anthony Neil Dart
  • Patent number: 10599320
    Abstract: Techniques for ink anchoring are described. In one or more implementations, an interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. An ink object is generated by digitizing ink input received to the interactive canvas. In response to determining that the ink object overlaps an object in the interactive canvas, the ink object is anchored to the object such that a spatial relationship between the ink object and the object is maintained if the ink object or the object is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Sonnino, Anthony Dart, Ryan Chandler Pendlay, March Rogers, Jason Hartman
  • Publication number: 20190171336
    Abstract: An object stack feature for graphical user interfaces can include a method for arranging items displayed in a visual interface into a stack where each item of the stack has a corresponding visual representation in the stack. The method can include in response to receiving an indication to stack two or more items displayed in a visual interface, creating a stack object comprising a list of the two or more items and a seed value for an ordered seed. The ordered seed can be supplied to an arrangement function that outputs positions for items in the stack object. An arrangement can be generated using the arrangement function and each of the two or more items can be displayed in the visual interface in the arrangement generated by the arrangement function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Mitchell Alan HULICK, Eduardo SONNINO, Anthony Neil DART
  • Publication number: 20180329610
    Abstract: Techniques for object selection mode are described. In one or more implementations, digital content is generated as an interactive canvas, and the interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. Additional digital content is also displayed on the interactive canvas as one or more objects. The one or more objects are anchored to the interactive canvas in an anchor mode which prevents user input to the interactive canvas from being interpreted as input to manipulate the one or more objects. A trigger event to trigger an object selection mode is detected, and an object selection mode is initiated in response to the trigger event. The object selection mode causes user input to the interactive canvas to be interpreted as input to manipulate the one or more objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo SONNINO, Anthony DART, Ryan Chandler PENDLAY, Jason M. NELSON, Andrew Michael CASEY, March ROGERS, Peter HAMMERQUIST, Aaron Naoyoshi Sheung Yan WOO, Callil R. CAPUOZZO, Christian James COLANDO, Laurentiu PAVEL, Jenny Angelica ALARCO DIEZ
  • Publication number: 20180329583
    Abstract: Techniques for object insertion are described. In one or more implementations, user input is received to an interactive canvas and the user input is detected as corresponding to a closed shape. In response to detecting that the user input corresponds to the closed shape, an object insertion menu is displayed on the interactive canvas. The object insertion menu includes selectable representations corresponding to multiple different object types which may be inserted into the interactive canvas within the closed shape. In response to receiving a user selection of a selectable representation associated with an object type from the object insertion menu, an object insertion control associated with the selected object type is displayed in the object insertion menu. The object insertion control includes additional selectable representations corresponding to objects associated with the selected object type which are selectable to insert a respective object into the interactive canvas within the closed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo SONNINO, Anthony DART, Andrew Michael CASEY, March ROGERS, Jenny Angelica ALARCO DIEZ
  • Patent number: D933079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Baber, Anthony Neil Dart, March Rogers, Eduardo Sonnino