Patents by Inventor Ethan Ray

Ethan Ray 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).

  • Patent number: 8341537
    Abstract: Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of the selectable elements, a graphical symbol is output in the user interface that indicates a delay of a user-specified amount of time before additional content is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke A. Gentzkow
  • Publication number: 20120096349
    Abstract: An invention is disclosed for using touch input to display a representation of information for an item of a plurality of grouped items not otherwise accessible via other touch input. In an embodiment. In an embodiment, a user provides touch input to a touch-input device that comprises a scrubbing motion. Where the scrub corresponds to interacting with an item of a plurality of grouped items, a representation of information not otherwise accessible via other touch input is displayed (such as an infotip). In this manner, touch input may serve as a way to obtain a mouse-over event where there is no mouse pointer with which to create a mouse-over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Qixing Zheng, William David Carr, Xu Zhang, Ethan Ray, Gerrit Hendrik Hofmeester
  • Patent number: 7752237
    Abstract: A user interface having a search preview is described. In an implementation, one or more characters are received that are input via a search portion of a user interface. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of a plurality of services in the user interface after the one or more characters are received, a preview is displayed of a search performed using the received one or more characters with the selected said service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Ethan Ray
  • Patent number: 7669142
    Abstract: Search results can be viewed and acted upon. Searches may be conducted using a search input in conjunction with a selected category. The search results may be produced from such a search. One or more of the produced search results may be highlighted for previewing. Along with the preview, available actions are presented that are based on the selected category. A user can initiate an action of the available actions. The initiated action is then performed with respect to the highlighted search result(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20090307607
    Abstract: Techniques described herein allow for displaying a real-time communication client associated with a first user, the real-time communication client configured to receive an input from the first user and send, in response, a digital note to a second user. The real-time communication client may be configured to send the digital note to a desktop of the second user, a calendar of the second user, a real-time communication client of the second user, and a profile of the second user, potentially among other locations. These tools may also display, on the real-time communication client, one or more digital notes that have been sent by one or more other users and received at the real-time communication client associated with the first user. These notes may be displayed individually or collectively in the form of a notebook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Troy A. Schauls, Steven Karl Abrahams, Asta J. Roseway, Ethan Ray, Carmen Zlateff, Rodger W. Benson
  • Publication number: 20070219954
    Abstract: A refined search user interface is described. In an implementation, items that are available via a particular service and a list of other services that are also available are displayed in a user interface. The display of items is refined for each character entered via a search portion of the user interface. In another implementation, the list of other services that are displayed is determined based on relevance of one or more characters to the respective services. In yet another implementation, the display of other services is refined as the characters are input by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Tammy Savage, Rodney Edwards
  • Publication number: 20070220447
    Abstract: A user interface having a search preview is described. In an implementation, one or more characters are received that are input via a search portion of a user interface. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of a plurality of services in the user interface after the one or more characters are received, a preview is displayed of a search performed using the received one or more characters with the selected said service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Ethan Ray
  • Publication number: 20070214119
    Abstract: Searching within a site of a search result is enabled with a user interface, a method, etc. that presents a search within a site tool indicator in association with at least one search result of multiple displayed search results. The at least one search result corresponds to a given page of a particular site. The search within a site tool indicator may be employed by a user to search the particular site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney C. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20070204232
    Abstract: Search results can be viewed and acted upon. Searches may be conducted using a search input in conjunction with a selected category. The search results may be produced from such a search. One or more of the produced search results may be highlighted for previewing. Along with the preview, available actions are presented that are based on the selected category. A user can initiate an action of the available actions. The initiated action is then performed with respect to the highlighted search result(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney Edwards
  • Publication number: 20070204239
    Abstract: Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke Gentzkow
  • Publication number: 20070198476
    Abstract: A unique object navigation system, user interface, and method that facilitate faster and smoother navigation of objects are provided. For example, the system can generate a plurality of objects that can be rendered on a display space that spans a single page in length, thereby mitigating the need to navigate through multiple pages. The system can determine the length of the page according to the number of objects generated. To view off-screen objects, an infinite scroll component can be employed. The amount of scroll space needed to view the plurality of objects can be determined in part by the length of the page and/or by the number of objects. The objects can also be viewed in a film strip format that is infinitely scrollable. The film strip view allows a view of the objects to be maintained while also viewing a selected object in greater detail at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Julia Farago, Hugh Williams, James Walsh, Nicholas Whyte, Kavi Goel, Philip Fung, Ariel Lazier, Kenneth Moss, Ethan Ray
  • Publication number: 20070088687
    Abstract: While interacting with a messaging interface, keywords or other search criteria are automatically identified and used to perform a search. Search results and sponsored links (or advertisements) are displayed to the user within the messaging interface. To alleviate privacy concerns, this process will not be performed unless the user has explicitly opted-in to the search feature. In another embodiment, the user can highlight keywords in an outbound or inbound message to trigger a search without leaving the messaging interface. In another embodiment, the user can input a search keyword or phrase to trigger a search without leaving the messaging interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kristin Bromm, Denise Hui, Joshua Goodman, Omar Shahine, Ethan Ray, Matthew Carr, Thomas Leung, Wende Copfer, Aly Valli, Ewa Dominowska, Ying Li, Chun Wong, Paul Weber
  • Patent number: D791787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Lieb, Juan Carlos Miguel Anorga, Ethan Ray, Jordi Miguel Verdu Orts, Shaun Tungseth
  • Patent number: D798321
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Lieb, Bernardo Núñez Rojas, Eric Charles Henry, Ethan Ray, Juan Carlos Miguel Anorga