Patents by Inventor Kara Fong

Kara Fong 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).

  • Contextual command bar
    Patent number: 10514826
    Abstract: A user input is detected that triggers a contextual command bar to be surfaced. A commanding context, in an application that the user has open, is identified and a set of commands to be surfaced in the contextual command bar is identified, based upon the context. The identified set of commands is surfaced on the contextual command bar for user interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Annie Y. Bai, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Derek V. Snook, Han-Yi Shaw, Maya Rodrig, Kara Fong
  • CONTEXTUAL COMMAND BAR
    Publication number: 20170228106
    Abstract: A user input is detected that triggers a contextual command bar to be surfaced. A commanding context, in an application that the user has open, is identified and a set of commands to be surfaced in the contextual command bar is identified, based upon the context. The identified set of commands is surfaced on the contextual command bar for user interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Annie Y. Bai, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Derek V. Snook, Han-Yi Shaw, Maya Rodrig, Kara Fong