Patents by Inventor Helen Elizabeth Drislane

Helen Elizabeth Drislane 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).

  • Child window surfacing and management
    Patent number: 8819585
    Abstract: Tabs or other display elements that do not comply with traditional “window” requirements can be individually presented to a user when the window containing such tabs or other display elements is hidden or obscured. The user can be enabled to perform tab-specific actions, such as closing a particular tab, or viewing a specific tab without interacting with the containing window. Executing processes utilizing such tabs can register them and provide order and display information. Subsequent tab-specific actions can be received and directed to such executing processes. Additional requests, such as for thumbnails and bitmaps, can be directed to such executing processes in order to implement the tab presentation mechanisms and to provide for the tab-specific actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Gregory Alexander Lett, Tony Edward Schreiner, Helen Elizabeth Drislane
  • CHILD WINDOW SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100107115
    Abstract: Tabs or other display elements that do not comply with traditional “window” requirements can be individually presented to a user when the window containing such tabs or other display elements is hidden or obscured. The user can be enabled to perform tab-specific actions, such as closing a particular tab, or viewing a specific tab without interacting with the containing window. Executing processes utilizing such tabs can register them and provide order and display information. Subsequent tab-specific actions can be received and directed to such executing processes. Additional requests, such as for thumbnails and bitmaps, can be directed to such executing processes in order to implement the tab presentation mechanisms and to provide for the tab-specific actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chaitanya Dev Sareen, Gregory Alexander Lett, Tony Edward Schreiner, Helen Elizabeth Drislane