Patents by Inventor Eric J. Estroff

Eric J. Estroff 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).

  • Switching an application, user, and security context based on device orientation
    Patent number: 8464337
    Abstract: A computer is adapted for changing one or more of the application, security, or user contexts based on the orientation of a component, such as a monitor. Changing the context responsive to the reorientation allows two or more users to use the same hardware to complete a transaction requiring at least two perspectives, for example, buyer and seller. In the background, transaction end points may be changed as well as establishment of a secure channel for supporting confidentiality of a user and their personal information. The computer so equipped may be applicable to many situations involving two parties, such as hospitals, personnel/human relations, banking, government benefits, and retail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Eric J. Estroff, Josef Schauer
  • Switching an Application, User, and Security Context Based on Device Orientation
    Publication number: 20100275256
    Abstract: A computer is adapted for changing one or more of the application, security, or user contexts based on the orientation of a component, such as a monitor. Changing the context responsive to the reorientation allows two or more users to use the same hardware to complete a transaction requiring at least two perspectives, for example, buyer and seller. In the background, transaction end points may be changed as well as establishment of a secure channel for supporting confidentiality of a user and their personal information. The computer so equipped may be applicable to many situations involving two parties, such as hospitals, personnel/human relations, banking, government benefits, and retail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Eric J. Estroff, Josef Schauer
  • Switching an application, user and security context based on device orientation
    Patent number: 7779462
    Abstract: A computer is adapted for changing one or more of the application, security, or user contexts based on the orientation of a component, such as a monitor. Changing the context responsive to the reorientation allows two or more users to use the same hardware to complete a transaction requiring at least two perspectives, for example, buyer and seller. In the background, transaction end points may be changed as well as establishment of a secure channel for supporting confidentiality of a user and their personal information. The computer so equipped may be applicable to many situations involving two parties, such as hospitals, personnel/human relations, banking, government benefits, and retail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin J. Mathew, Eric J. Estroff, Josef Schauer