Patents by Inventor Eric Danas

Eric Danas 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).

  • Centralized User Interface for Displaying Contextually Driven Business Content and Business Related Functionality
    Publication number: 20130239048
    Abstract: A centralized User Interface (UI) comprising a supplementary UI and a desktop UI is employed to bring in enterprise constructs into the desktop application. The supplementary UI is generated and dynamically positioned based on selections on the desktop application UI. Summary information associated with data that is to be synchronized or transferred between the desktop application and an LOB application is presented in the supplementary UI along with controls that enable a user to bind additional items to be synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maarten W. Mullender, Sangya Singh, Eric Danas, Jay Hilwig, Karen MacCubbin
  • Centralized user interface for displaying contextually driven business content and business related functionality
    Patent number: 8434021
    Abstract: A centralized User Interface (UI) comprising a supplementary UI and a desktop UI is employed to bring in enterprise constructs into the desktop application. The supplementary UI is generated and dynamically positioned based on selections on the desktop application UI. Summary information associated with data that is to be synchronized or transferred between the desktop application and an LOB application is presented in the supplementary UI along with controls that enable a user to bind additional items to be synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maarten W. Mullender, Sangya Singh, Eric Danas, Jay Hilwig, Karen MacCubbin
  • Centralized user interface for displaying contextually driven business content and business related functionality
    Publication number: 20070124696
    Abstract: A centralized User Interface (UI) comprising a supplementary UI and a desktop UI is employed to bring in enterprise constructs into the desktop application. The supplementary UI is generated and dynamically positioned based on selections on the desktop application UI. Summary information associated with data that is to be synchronized or transferred between the desktop application and an LOB application is presented in the supplementary UI along with controls that enable a user to bind additional items to be synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maarten Mullender, Sangya Singh, Eric Danas, Jay Hilwig, Karen MacCubbin
  • Constrained creation of data hierarchies
    Publication number: 20070112830
    Abstract: A constrained user interface for selecting and creating categories (e.g., folders, properties) is provided in such a way as to prevent the creation of empty categories, or categories which are not associated with any underlying object or file. The user interface selectively enables and disables a remove category button, and also selectively enables and disables existing categories for selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Danas, Ian Tien, Corey Hulen, R. Blood, Chen-I Lim