Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Clow
Joshua A. Clow 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).
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Patent number: 9606989Abstract: Multiple language inputs may be provided to various applications programs and/or threads in a computer system. Such inputs may be directed to various software systems on the computer for further processing, wherein the software systems provide language-specific processing. Each application program and/or thread within an application program accessible by the computer may have a different selected input language. More specifically, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for this process may include: (a) determining an input language for a first application program accepting input through a computer; and (b) selecting at least one software system capable of accepting or operating on at least some of the input based, at least in part, on the input language determined for the first application program. In some examples, the input language of various software systems on the computer may be tied to the input language of another software system, such as the soft keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joshua Clow, Ravipal Soin, Robert A. Dain, Michael S. Kaplan, Wei Wu
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Patent number: 9588604Abstract: A shared edge for a display environment is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of a computing device that is implemented using a plurality of display devices is configured to include a shared edge defined through a described arrangement of at least two of the display devices in relation to each other. Responsive to an input that describes movement of a cursor across at least a portion of the shared edge, an element is displayed in the display environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Qixing Zheng, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Matthew P. Duignan, Yaou Wei, Jennifer Nan, Bret P. Anderson, Joshua A. Clow, Robert J. Jarrett
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Publication number: 20130297289Abstract: Multiple language inputs may be provided to various applications programs and/or threads in a computer system. Such inputs may be directed to various software systems on the computer for further processing, wherein the software systems provide language-specific processing. Each application program and/or thread within an application program accessible by the computer may have a different selected input language. More specifically, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for this process may include: (a) determining an input language for a first application program accepting input through a computer; and (b) selecting at least one software system capable of accepting or operating on at least some of the input based, at least in part, on the input language determined for the first application program. In some examples, the input language of various software systems on the computer may be tied to the input language of another software system, such as the soft keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: JOSHUA CLOW, RAVIPAL SOIN, ROBERT A. DAIN, MICHAEL S. KAPLAN, WEI WU
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Patent number: 8479112Abstract: Multiple language inputs may be provided to various applications programs and/or threads in a computer system. Such inputs may be directed to various software systems on the computer for further processing, wherein the software systems provide language-specific processing. Each application program and/or thread within an application program active on or accessible by the computer may have a different selected input language. More specifically, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for this process may include: (a) determining an input language for a first application program accepting input through a computer; and (b) selecting at least one software system capable of accepting or operating on at least some of the input based, at least in part, on the input language determined for the first application program. The software system(s) may include at least one member selected from the group of: a soft keyboard generator, a handwriting recognizer, and a speech recognizer.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Ravipal Soin, Robert A. Dain, Michael S. Kaplan, Wei Wu
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Publication number: 20130113703Abstract: A shared edge for a display environment is described. In one or more implementations, a display environment of a computing device that is implemented using a plurality of display devices is configured to include a shared edge defined through a described arrangement of at least two of the display devices in relation to each other. Responsive to an input that describes movement of a cursor across at least a portion of the shared edge, an element is displayed in the display environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Qixing Zheng, Jesse Clay Satterfield, Matthew P. Duignan, Yaou Wei, Jennifer Nan, Bret P. Anderson, Joshua A. Clow, Robert J. Jarrett
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Patent number: 8074184Abstract: Systems and methods enhance editing capabilities associated with a wide variety of different types of electronic documents. Such systems and methods may include a processor that maintains an electronic document having a first portion (e.g., an individual word, character, character string, or the like) provided by a recognizer (e.g., by handwriting or speech recognition software), and they may provide access to potential alternative characters, words, or character strings generated by the recognizer during various user editing functions and operations. Other data associated with the first portion of the document also may be stored and made available to the user during various functions and operations. This invention further relates to computer-readable media including instructions for performing various methods and/or operating various systems for editing electronic documents, including systems and methods like those described above.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Mocrosoft CorporationInventors: Adrian James Garside, David Vaughn Winkler, Joshua Clow
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Patent number: 7996589Abstract: An interface is provided between a handwriting receiving panel and an auto complete process. A user writes onto the handwriting receiving panel which recognizes the handwritten text. The handwritten text is forwarded to the auto complete process which provides suggested content to the user based on the handwritten text. The user can select the suggested content for use with another application. Alternatively, the user may add additional information to the handwriting receiving panel to enable the auto complete process to provide more or different suggested content.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tracy D. Schultz, Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Leroy B. Keely, Judy C. Tandog, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Joshua A. Clow, Shawna J. Davis, F. David Jones
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Patent number: 7634720Abstract: An improved system and method for providing context information of executable code to an input method is provided. Advanced text input methods may be made aware of the type of text expected to be received as input so that input methods may achieve a higher accuracy in recognition of text input. Generic interfaces provide a framework for supporting application authoring platforms to allow application developers to easily specify context information to the system and have it reliably forwarded to the correct input methods. Additionally, a context tagging tool may associate specific text input fields of an existing application with an input scope without modifying the application itself. The context tagging tool may create a manifest that contains tags associating the specific text input fields with an input scope. Any advanced input methods use by the application may be updated with instructions for accessing the context information stored in the manifest.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Haluptzok, Yutaka Suzue, Angshuman Guha, Anuradha N Padte, Vamshidhar G Reddy, Mukundan Bhoovaraghavan, Ranjit Kumar Gupta, Joshua A. Clow, Robert Lewis Chambers
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Publication number: 20080208568Abstract: An improved system and method for providing context information of executable code to an input method is provided. Advanced text input methods may be made aware of the type of text expected to be received as input so that input methods may achieve a higher accuracy in recognition of text input. Generic interfaces provide a framework for supporting application authoring platforms to allow application developers to easily specify context information to the system and have it reliably forwarded to the correct input methods. Additionally, a context tagging tool may associate specific text input fields of an existing application with a n input scope without modifying the application itself. The context tagging tool may create a manifest that contains tags associating the specific text input fields with an input scope. Any advanced input methods use by the application may be updated with instructions for accessing the context information stored in the manifest.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Haluptzok, Yutaka Suzue, Angshuman Guha, Anuradha N. Padte, Vamshidhar G. Reddy, Mukundan Bhoovaraghavan, Ranjit Kumar Gupta, Joshua A. Clow, Robert Lewis Chambers
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Patent number: 7389475Abstract: An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system permits an application having an input focus to retain the input focus while inputs are received in the GUI element, and even transient user interface elements (e.g., menus) will remain displayed in those applications after the user inputs are entered. Input pen and mouse events may first be forwarded to the input area application, which may remove the events from the normal circulation, preventing other applications from learning of the events, and then post those events to the input panel application separately.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Adrian Garside, Shiraz Somji, Donald D. Karlov, Bob Dain, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Alexander Gounares, Leroy B. Keely, Ravi Soin, Erik Geidl, Marieke Iwema, Grady Leno
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Patent number: 7386803Abstract: An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system permits an application having an input focus to retain the input focus while inputs are received in the GUI element, and even transient user interface elements (e.g., menus) will remain displayed in those applications after the user inputs are entered. Input pen and mouse events may first be forwarded to the input area application, which may remove the events from the normal circulation, preventing other applications from learning of the events, and then post those events to the input panel application separately.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Adrian Garside, Shiraz Somji, Donald D. Karlov, Bob Dain, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Alexander Gournares, Leroy B. Keely, Ravi Soin, Erik Geidl, Marieke Iwema, Grady Leno
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Patent number: 7370275Abstract: An improved system and method for providing context information of executable code to an input method is provided. Advanced text input methods may be made aware of the type of text expected to be received as input so that input methods may achieve a higher accuracy in recognition of text input. Generic interfaces provide a framework for supporting application authoring platforms to allow application developers to easily specify context information to the system and have it reliably forwarded to the correct input methods. Additionally, a context tagging tool may associate specific text input fields of an existing application with an input scope without modifying the application itself. The context tagging tool may create a manifest that contains tags associating the specific text input fields with an input scope. Any advanced input methods use by the application may be updated with instructions for accessing the context information stored in the manifest.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Patrick Haluptzok, Yutaka Suzue, Angshuman Guha, Anuradha N. Padte, Vamshidhar G. Reddy, Mukundan Bhoovaraghavan, Ranjit Kumar Gupta, Joshua A. Clow, Robert Lewis Chambers
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Patent number: 7336828Abstract: A system and method for switching between handwriting recognizers is described. A user may select between various recognizers to associate received handwritten ink with the recognizers. Accordingly, a user is able to write in a first language, switch and write in a second language, then switch again and write in the first language using aspects of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey W. Pettiross, William H. Vong, William Mak, Joshua Clow
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Publication number: 20070110315Abstract: A system and method for switching between handwriting recognizers is described. A user may select between various recognizers to associate received handwritten ink with the recognizers. Accordingly, a user is able to write in a first language, switch and write in a second language, then switch again and write in the first language using aspects of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Jeffrey Pettiross, William Vong, William Mak, Joshua Clow
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Patent number: 7187801Abstract: A system and method for switching between handwriting recognizers is described. A user may select between various recognizers to associate received handwritten ink with the recognizers. Accordingly, a user is able to write in a first language, switch and write in a second language, then switch again and write in the first language using aspects of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jeffrey W. Pettiross, William H. Vong, William Mak, Joshua Clow
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Publication number: 20060282575Abstract: A process and system for using handwritten input in an auto-suggest list input is described. Handwritten input is recognized as text and forwarded to an auto-suggest list provider that provides a list of suggested results based on the recognized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Leroy Keely, Judy Tandog, Tobiasz Zielinski, Jeffrey Pettiross, Joshua Clow, Shawna Davis
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Patent number: 6928619Abstract: An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system permits an application having an input focus to retain the input focus while inputs are received in the GUI element, and even transient user interface elements (e.g., menus) will remain displayed in those applications after the user inputs are entered. Input pen and mouse events may first be forwarded to the input area application, which may remove the events from the normal circulation, preventing other applications from learning of the events, and then post those events to the input panel application separately.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Adrian Garside, Shiraz Somji, Donald D. Karlov, Bob Dain, Jeffrey W. Pettiross, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Alexander Gournares, Leroy B. Keely, Ravi Soin, Erik Geidl, Marieke Iwema, Grady Leno
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Publication number: 20050125741Abstract: An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system permits an application having an input focus to retain the input focus while inputs are received in the GUI element, and even transient user interface elements (e.g., menus) will remain displayed in those applications after the user inputs are entered. Input pen and mouse events may first be forwarded to the input area application, which may remove the events from the normal circulation, preventing other applications from learning of the events, and then post those events to the input panel application separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Adrian Garside, Shiraz Somji, Donald Karlov, Bob Dain, Jeffrey Pettiross, Tobiasz Zielinski, Alexander Gournares, Leroy Keely, Ravi Soin, Erik Geidl, Marieke Iwema, Grady Leno
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Publication number: 20050125740Abstract: An improved system for managing user inputs and z-order in a graphic user interface (GUI) environment is disclosed. A GUI element may include a plurality of keys corresponding to keys on a typical keyboard, and may serve as a replacement for the keyboard. The system permits an application having an input focus to retain the input focus while inputs are received in the GUI element, and even transient user interface elements (e.g., menus) will remain displayed in those applications after the user inputs are entered. Input pen and mouse events may first be forwarded to the input area application, which may remove the events from the normal circulation, preventing other applications from learning of the events, and then post those events to the input panel application separately.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joshua Clow, Adrian Garside, Shiraz Somji, Donald Karlov, Bob Dain, Jeffrey Pettiross, Tobiasz Zielinski, Alexander Gournares, Leroy Keely, Ravi Soin, Erik GeidI, Marieke Iwema, Grady Leno
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Publication number: 20050099398Abstract: Systems and methods enhance editing capabilities associated with a wide variety of different types of electronic documents. Such systems and methods may include a processor that maintains an electronic document having a first portion (e.g., an individual word, character, character string, or the like) provided by a recognizer (e.g., by handwriting or speech recognition software), and they may provide access to potential alternative characters, words, or character strings generated by the recognizer during various user editing functions and operations. Other data associated with the first portion of the document also may be stored and made available to the user during various functions and operations. This invention further relates to computer-readable media including instructions for performing various methods and/or operating various systems for editing electronic documents, including systems and methods like those described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2003Publication date: May 12, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrian Garside, David Winkler, Joshua Clow