Patents by Inventor Ian Robert Toal

Ian Robert Toal 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).

  • Access to contextually relevant system and application settings
    Patent number: 10430023
    Abstract: Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may to determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Y. Celie, Niels van Dongen, Ian Robert Toal, Ryan M. Cavalcante, Timothy Andrew McAdoo, Soonil J. Nagarkar, Bennett Hornbostel, Tarek Mahmoud Sayed, Gerardo Villarreal Guzman
  • Access to Contextually Relevant System and Application Settings
    Publication number: 20170322703
    Abstract: Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may to determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent Y. Celie, Niels van Dongen, Ian Robert Toal, Ryan M. Cavalcante, Timothy Andrew McAdoo, Soonil J. Nagarkar, Bennett Hornbostel, Tarek Mahmoud Sayed, Gerardo Villarreal Guzman
  • Access to contextually relevant system and application settings
    Patent number: 9733791
    Abstract: Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Y. Celie, Niels van Dongen, Ian Robert Toal, Ryan M. Cavalcante, Timothy Andrew McAdoo, Soonil J. Nagarkar, Bennett Hornbostel, Tarek Mahmoud Sayed, Gerardo Villarreal Guzman
  • Access to Contextually Relevant System and Application Settings
    Publication number: 20130067388
    Abstract: Access to system and application settings may be gained from one place without leaving the context of an application. System and application settings accessed may be limited to settings that are relevant to the application or to the context of the application. An application may to determine what application settings are displayed to a user. A user may to control some of the resources an application may access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent Y. Celie, Niels van Dongen, Ian Robert Toal, Ryan M. Cavalcante, Timothy Andrew McAdoo, Soonil J. Nagarkar, Bennett Hornbostel, Tarek Mahmoud Sayed, Gerardo Villarreal Guzman