Patents by Inventor Keith B. Chellis

Keith B. Chellis 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).

  • Patent number: 11119629
    Abstract: Autosave and manual save modes in an application user interface on a computing device are provided. The computing device may be utilized to display a menu for receiving a selection of a menu option from the application user interface. The application user interface may display an electronic document to be saved. The menu option may include an option for switching between an autosave mode and a manual save mode for saving the electronic document. A selection of the menu option may then be received by the computing device. The computing device may then be utilized to activate one or more unique features associated with either the autosave mode or the manual save mode, based on the selected menu option, from the application user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Han-yi Shaw, Ying Huang, Sukhmeet Singh Toor, Keith B. Chellis
  • Publication number: 20180321801
    Abstract: Autosave and manual save modes in an application user interface on a computing device are provided. The computing device may be utilized to display a menu for receiving a selection of a menu option from the application user interface. The application user interface may display an electronic document to be saved. The menu option may include an option for switching between an autosave mode and a manual save mode for saving the electronic document. A selection of the menu option may then be received by the computing device. The computing device may then be utilized to activate one or more unique features associated with either the autosave mode or the manual save mode, based on the selected menu option, from the application user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Han-yi SHAW, Ying HUANG, Sukhmeet Singh TOOR, Keith B. CHELLIS
  • Patent number: 10055091
    Abstract: Autosave and manual save modes in an application user interface on a computing device are provided. The computing device may be utilized to display a menu for receiving a selection of a menu option from the application user interface. The application user interface may display an electronic document to be saved. The menu option may include an option for switching between an autosave mode and a manual save mode for saving the electronic document. A selection of the menu option may then be received by the computing device. The computing device may then be utilized to activate one or more unique features associated with either the autosave mode or the manual save mode, based on the selected menu option, from the application user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Han-yi Shaw, Ying Huang, Sukhmeet Singh Toor, Keith B. Chellis
  • Publication number: 20140223377
    Abstract: Autosave and manual save modes in an application user interface on a computing device are provided. The computing device may be utilized to display a menu for receiving a selection of a menu option from the application user interface. The application user interface may display an electronic document to be saved. The menu option may include an option for switching between an autosave mode and a manual save mode for saving the electronic document. A selection of the menu option may then be received by the computing device. The computing device may then be utilized to activate one or more unique features associated with either the autosave mode or the manual save mode, based on the selected menu option, from the application user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Han-yi Shaw, Ying Huang, Sukhmeet Singh Toor, Keith B. Chellis
  • Patent number: 7284190
    Abstract: The compatibility report is prepared by scanning a document that is currently open within an application to identify compatibility issues that may arise if the document is subsequently accessed using a different computing platform or a different version of the program than that used to create or edit the document. When the document is scanned, each compatibility issue that is detected by comparing the document to a set of predefined compatibility issues is added to a store. The store is then used to create a compatibility report that lists each of the compatibility issues. In addition to listing the compatibility issues, if an issue in the list is selected and highlighted, an explanation of the issue is provided. The user has the option to automatically fix the problem if possible, or can manually address the problem as suggested in the compatibility report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Keith B. Chellis, J. Joanne Zhu