Patents by Inventor Keith K. Okabe

Keith K. Okabe 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).

  • Strategies for navigating through a list
    Patent number: 7840899
    Abstract: A list navigation module (LNM) is described that allows a user to navigate among a filtered list of items, yet, in addition, also discover items within an original list items. In operation, a user inputs a search selection, which prompts the LNM to cull a filtered list of items from the original set of items. When the user enters navigation selections of a first kind, the LNM advances to only items in the filtered list. When the user enters navigation selections of a second kind, the LNM advances to items in the unfiltered original list. Further, when the user attempts to navigate past an end of the presented filtered list, the LNM advances to items in the unfiltered original list. The LNM can provide a visual indicator which conveys that one or more items in the original list of items do not appear in the filtered list of items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Morris, Jonathan L. Conradt, Yi Linda Chan, David H. Sloo, Keith K. Okabe
  • Strategies for Navigating Through a List
    Publication number: 20080126996
    Abstract: A list navigation module (LNM) is described that allows a user to navigate among a filtered list of items, yet, in addition, also discover items within an original list items. In operation, a user inputs a search selection, which prompts the LNM to cull a filtered list of items from the original set of items. When the user enters navigation selections of a first kind, the LNM advances to only items in the filtered list. When the user enters navigation selections of a second kind, the LNM advances to items in the unfiltered original list. Further, when the user attempts to navigate past an end of the presented filtered list, the LNM advances to items in the unfiltered original list. The LNM can provide a visual indicator which conveys that one or more items in the original list of items do not appear in the filtered list of items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Morris, Jonathan L. Conradt, Yi Linda Chan, David H. Sloo, Keith K. Okabe