Patents by Inventor Gary Pritting

Gary 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
    Patent number: 7379074
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Gerhard, Tom Underhill, Gary Pritting, John Schilling, Eric S. Rockey, Keri Vandeberghe
  • Smart shape insert
    Publication number: 20070103468
    Abstract: A method for determining the location of a shape to be inserted into a diagram representing a data graph is disclosed. The method comprises determining a starting shape within the diagram; retrieving the number of nodes associated with the node associated with the starting shape; and comparing a preferred number of child nodes associated with the node associated with the starting shape to the current number of child nodes associated with the node. The results of the comparison are used to determine the node to be inserted in the data graph, the location of the node in the data graph, and the location of the shape in the diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shailesh Saini, Crystal Hoyer, Matthew Kotler, Gary Pritting, Karen Wong
  • 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