Patents by Inventor Emily Grace Sappington
Emily Grace Sappington 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: 10496268Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for content transfers to non-running targets in a multi-application environment are described herein. An input can be detected to relocate a content item exposed within a graphical user interface for the multi-application environment. The relocation associates the content item with a target element that initiates one or more designated actions with respect to the content item by invoking a corresponding application currently in a non-running state. The input to relocate the content item includes the content item being placed at an intermediate holding place that is displayed within the graphical user interface, and the content item being copied from the intermediate holding place to the target element. In response to the detected input, the content item is associated with the target element and the corresponding application is launched, switching from the non-running state to an active state in which the one or more designated actions are performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tyler J. Donahue, Clement Basile Fauchere, Emily Grace Sappington, Steven J. Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, Jr.
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Patent number: 10296206Abstract: A multi-finger touchpad gesture refers to a movement of multiple fingers in a particular pattern across a touchpad. The touchpad senses the multiple fingers, and based on the sensed finger locations and finger movements, one of multiple multi-finger touchpad gestures is detected. A user interface being presented on a display is altered as appropriate in response to the detected multi-finger touchpad gesture. Various different multi-finger touchpad gestures can be detected. The multi-finger touchpad gestures can include a gesture that traverses different hierarchical views of the operating system user interface, a gesture that switches between two recent windows, a gesture that traverses a back stack of windows, a gesture that displays a window selection view and selects a particular window, and a gesture that moves a window to a different location (including snapping a window to an edge or corner of the display).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christopher Doan, Matthew I. Worley, Tyler J. Donahue, Emily Grace Sappington, Sohit Karol, Nidhi S. Sanghai, Miron Vranjes, Matthew Kiichi Slemon, Andrew P. Mittereder
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Publication number: 20170160896Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for content transfers to non-running targets in a multi-application environment are described herein. An input can be detected to relocate a content item exposed within a graphical user interface for the multi-application environment. The relocation associates the content item with a target element that initiates one or more designated actions with respect to the content item by invoking a corresponding application currently in a non-running state. The input to relocate the content item includes the content item being placed at an intermediate holding place that is displayed within the graphical user interface, and the content item being copied from the intermediate holding place to the target element. In response to the detected input, the content item is associated with the target element and the corresponding application is launched, switching from the non-running state to an active state in which the one or more designated actions are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology LicensingInventors: Tyler J. Donahue, Clement Basile Fauchere, Emily Grace Sappington, Steven J. Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, JR.
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Patent number: 9612732Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for content transfers to non-running targets in a multi-application environment are described herein. In one or more implementations, input is detected to relocate a content item exposed within a graphical user interface for the multi-application environment. The relocation may be performed to associate the content item with a target element that is configured to initiate one or more designated actions with respect to the content item by invoking a corresponding application currently in a non-running state. The target element may be configured as an application window, an icon, an application launch element, or other visual representation of the corresponding application. In response to the detected input, the content item is associated with the target element and the corresponding application is launched to cause a switch from the non-running state to an active state in which the one or more designated actions are performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tyler J. Donahue, Clement Basile Fauchere, Emily Grace Sappington, Steven J. Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160139776Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses for content transfers to non-running targets in a multi-application environment are described herein. In one or more implementations, input is detected to relocate a content item exposed within a graphical user interface for the multi-application environment. The relocation may be performed to associate the content item with a target element that is configured to initiate one or more designated actions with respect to the content item by invoking a corresponding application currently in a non-running state. The target element may be configured as an application window, an icon, an application launch element, or other visual representation of the corresponding application. In response to the detected input, the content item is associated with the target element and the corresponding application is launched to cause a switch from the non-running state to an active state in which the one or more designated actions are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Tyler J. Donahue, Clement Basile Fauchere, Emily Grace Sappington, Steven J. Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, JR.
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Publication number: 20160085438Abstract: A multi-finger touchpad gesture refers to a movement of multiple fingers in a particular pattern across a touchpad. The touchpad senses the multiple fingers, and based on the sensed finger locations and finger movements, one of multiple multi-finger touchpad gestures is detected. A user interface being presented on a display is altered as appropriate in response to the detected multi-finger touchpad gesture. Various different multi-finger touchpad gestures can be detected. The multi-finger touchpad gestures can include a gesture that traverses different hierarchical views of the operating system user interface, a gesture that switches between two recent windows, a gesture that traverses a back stack of windows, a gesture that displays a window selection view and selects a particular window, and a gesture that moves a window to a different location (including snapping a window to an edge or corner of the display).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Christopher Doan, Matthew I. Worley, Tyler J. Donahue, Emily Grace Sappington, Sohit Karol, Nidhi S. Sanghai, Miron Vranjes, Matthew Kiichi Slemon, Andrew P. Mittereder
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Patent number: D803870Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Shane Jeremy Landry, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Sara Nopwan Siritaratiwat, Emily Grace Sappington, Annie Lenore Smith, Jeffrey Spencer Davison, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Joseph Spencer King
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Patent number: D805548Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joseph Spencer King, Lisa Joy Stifelman, Emily Grace Sappington, Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Shane Jeremy Landry, Mouni Reddy, Annie Lenore Smith, Jeffrey Spencer Davison, Sara Nopwan Siritaratiwat