Patents by Inventor Gerrit Hofmeester

Gerrit Hofmeester 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).

  • ASSIGNING Z-ORDER TO USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20110258566
    Abstract: Various embodiments related to assigning z-order to a plurality of user interface elements are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of assigning a z-ordering to a user interface element displayed on a multi-user interactive display based upon an interaction state of the user interface element, the interaction state being dependent upon how a user interacts with the user interface element. The method comprises detecting a change in the interaction state of the user interface element. If the change is an initiation of a movement of the user interface element on the display, the user interface element is moved to a first predetermined position within the z-ordering. If the change is an initiation of a user interaction with content contained within the user interface element, the user interface element is moved to a second predetermined position within the z-ordering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maxim Oustiougov, Erik De Bonte, Gerrit Hofmeester, Martin Mladenovski, Kamil Umut Sargut, Robin Ghi-Hao Lim
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D656948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Scott Knudsen, Gerrit Hofmeester, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz
  • Display screen with transitional graphical user interface
    Patent number: D656951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weir, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Gerrit Hofmeester, Jen Anderson, James Lee, Maverick Velasco
  • Display screen with animated graphical user interface
    Patent number: D656952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weir, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Gerrit Hofmeester, Maverick Velasco, James Lee, Jen Anderson
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D656953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Scott Knudsen, Moneta K. Ho Kushner, Leslie Christine MacNeil, Gerrit Hofmeester, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Orry Wijanarko Soegiono, Jon Grabriel Clapper
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D663738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Weir, Jonathan Eric Gleasman, Gerrit Hofmeester, Seung Yang, Leslie MacNeil, Gary Sherman