Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Threlkeld

Elizabeth Threlkeld 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).

  • Dynamic adjustment of user experience based on system capabilities
    Patent number: 9572104
    Abstract: A mobile computing device has an operating system that configures the mobile computing device by defining at least one user session, wherein the at least one user session includes a plurality of contexts, each context of the plurality of contexts having separate bindings of input and output resources, and separately managed applications. For example, a different context can be associated with each display device. The operating system is further configured to receive information about applications executed in the separate contexts, to receive information about environmental conditions of the computer, and, to selectively limit operation of applications in each context according to the environmental conditions and the applications executed in both contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Elizabeth Threlkeld, Keri Moran, William S. Stauber, Ryan Pendlay, Kenton Shipley, Darren Davis
  • DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF USER EXPERIENCE BASED ON SYSTEM CAPABILITIES
    Publication number: 20160249289
    Abstract: A mobile computing device has an operating system that configures the mobile computing device by defining at least one user session, wherein the at least one user session includes a plurality of contexts, each context of the plurality of contexts having separate bindings of input and output resources, and separately managed applications. For example, a different context can be associated with each display device. The operating system is further configured to receive information about applications executed in the separate contexts, to receive information about environmental conditions of the computer, and, to selectively limit operation of applications in each context according to the environmental conditions and the applications executed in both contexts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Elizabeth Threlkeld, Keri Moran, William S. Stauber, Ryan Pendlay, Kenton Shipley, Darren Davis