Patents by Inventor Hani Farouq Aref Abu-Huwaij

Hani Farouq Aref Abu-Huwaij 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).

  • Context based selection of menus in contextual menu hierarchies
    Patent number: 10261662
    Abstract: Enhanced contextual menu technology is disclosed herein. In an implementation, when a user selects content in a user interface to an application, a context associated with the content is identified. A child menu in a contextual menu hierarchy is then selected based on the context and is rendered in the user interface. In some implementations, the child menu includes a navigational element that links back to a parent of the child menu in the contextual menu hierarchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kenichiro Chiba, Hani Farouq Aref Abu-Huwaij
  • CONTEXT BASED SELECTION OF MENUS IN CONTEXTUAL MENU HIERARCHIES
    Publication number: 20170068400
    Abstract: Enhanced contextual menu technology is disclosed herein. In an implementation, when a user selects content in a user interface to an application, a context associated with the content is identified. A child menu in a contextual menu hierarchy is then selected based on the context and is rendered in the user interface. In some implementations, the child menu includes a navigational element that links back to a parent of the child menu in the contextual menu hierarchy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro Chiba, Hani Farouq Aref Abu-Huwaij