Patents by Inventor Gary K. Linscott

Gary K. Linscott 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).

  • Arbitrary object editing
    Patent number: 8959489
    Abstract: The present invention provides technologies for forming an editing interface for editing arbitrary objects. In particular, the present invention provides system and methods for enumerating object properties, selecting a suitable pre-existing object editor and, if no such pre-existing editor is available, constructing an object editor on the fly suitable for editing the properties of the object where the object may include properties and/or collections of objects. Construction of a suitable editor is based on enumeration of object properties and on the serialization of the object using a descriptive language such as extensible markup language (“XML”) or the like. Property values specified by a user via the object interface and editors are stored in a descriptive format such as XML and generally specify the initial characteristics of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Gasperini, James S. Nakashima, Juraj Hlavac, Gary K. Linscott, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Jeffrey W. Kelly, Unnikrishnan Ravindranathan, Brian K. Pepin, Mark A. Boulter
  • Arbitrary Object Editing
    Publication number: 20080256465
    Abstract: The present invention provides technologies for forming an editing interface for editing arbitrary objects. In particular, the present invention provides system and methods for enumerating object properties, selecting a suitable pre-existing object editor and, if no such pre-existing editor is available, constructing an object editor on the fly suitable for editing the properties of the object where the object may include properties and/or collections of objects. Construction of a suitable editor is based on enumeration of object properties and on the serialization of the object using a descriptive language such as extensible markup language (“XML”) or the like. Property values specified by a user via the object interface and editors are stored in a descriptive format such as XML and generally specify the initial characteristics of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alan J. Gasperini, James S. Nakashima, Juraj Hlavac, Gary K. Linscott, Charles P. Jazdzewski, Jeffrey W. Kelly, Unnikrishnan Ravindranathan, Brian K. Pepin, Mark A. Boulter