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).
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Patent number: 8341537Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke A. Gentzkow
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Publication number: 20120096349Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Qixing Zheng, William David Carr, Xu Zhang, Ethan Ray, Gerrit Hendrik Hofmeester
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Patent number: 7752237Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Ethan Ray
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Patent number: 7669142Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney C. Edwards
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Publication number: 20090307607Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2008Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Troy A. Schauls, Steven Karl Abrahams, Asta J. Roseway, Ethan Ray, Carmen Zlateff, Rodger W. Benson
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Publication number: 20070219954Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Tammy Savage, Rodney Edwards
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Publication number: 20070220447Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Ethan Ray
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Publication number: 20070214119Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: September 13, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney C. Edwards
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Publication number: 20070204239Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Hauke Gentzkow
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Publication number: 20070204232Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2006Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ethan Ray, Rodney Edwards
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Publication number: 20070198476Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julia Farago, Hugh Williams, James Walsh, Nicholas Whyte, Kavi Goel, Philip Fung, Ariel Lazier, Kenneth Moss, Ethan Ray
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Publication number: 20070088687Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2005Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: D791787Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: David Lieb, Juan Carlos Miguel Anorga, Ethan Ray, Jordi Miguel Verdu Orts, Shaun Tungseth
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Patent number: D798321Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: GOOGLE INC.Inventors: David Lieb, Bernardo Núñez Rojas, Eric Charles Henry, Ethan Ray, Juan Carlos Miguel Anorga