Patents by Inventor Gary A Pritting

Gary A Pritting 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).

  • Semantically applying formatting to a presentation model
    Publication number: 20060066627
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing a graphic. The graphics software program interpolates color values for different portions of the graphic according to the color transformation and semantic model. In other embodiments, a data structure is provided for a color transformation definition created to assign the color values to portions of the graphic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Gerhard, Tom Underhill, Gary Pritting, John Schilling, Eric Rockey, Keri Vandeberghe
  • Editing the text of an arbitraty graphic via a hierarchical list
    Publication number: 20060070005
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically creates graphical content when a user creates or modifies a hierarchical list of content data and chooses from one of a plurality of graphical definition choices for the graphical elements. In addition, the present invention includes a user interface with three different displays. The first display presents the user with one or more galleries including a gallery with a plurality of graphical definitions. The second display is a content entry area. The final display is a drawing canvas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Gilbert, Cynthia Shelly, Gary Pritting, Kim St. Amant, Matthew Kotler, Richard Wolf