Patents by Inventor Frederick William Schneider, IV

Frederick William Schneider, IV 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).

  • Animation editor
    Patent number: 10185468
    Abstract: A user device comprising a user interface generator configured to generate a user interface for designing an animated meme comprising a sequence of images and at least one text layer overlaid on at least some of the sequence of images, the user interface comprising an edit frame comprising: an image sequence overlay configured to display an arrangement of selected images from the sequence of images and at least one slider associated with a text layer configured to define when the text layer is to be displayed over the sequence of images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick William Schneider, IV, Jakob O. Engstrand
  • Controlling a Device
    Publication number: 20170083172
    Abstract: A user device comprising a user interface generator configured to generate a user interface for designing an animated meme comprising a sequence of images and at least one text/object layer overlaid on at least some of the sequence of images, the user interface comprising an edit frame comprising: at least one text/object overlay associated with a text/object layer, wherein the at least one text/object overlay displays an entered text/object field to be overlaid over the images; and an image sequence overlay configured to display an arrangement of selected images from the sequence of images and at least one slider associated with a text/object layer configured to define when the text/object layer is to be displayed over the sequence of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Frederick William Schneider, IV, Jakob O. Engstrand