Patents by Inventor Keri Vandeberghe

Keri Vandeberghe 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).

  • Dynamically generating darker and lighter color options from a base color in a color picker user interface
    Patent number: 7639394
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products generate lighter or darker color options from one or more base colors to apply to a document. A method involves enabling a color picker user interface (UI) according to developer specifications, receiving a user request to view the color picker UI, and determining a current color scheme for the document. The method further involves deriving lighter color options and/or darker color options from one or more base colors associated with the current color scheme and rendering the color picker UI including the lighter color options and/or the darker color options derived from the base colors associated with the current color scheme. The current color scheme includes color options that definitively or aesthetically compliment one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lesley Forbush, Keri Vandeberghe, Tseng Hui Ni, Howard L. Cooperstein
  • Semantically applying formatting to a presentation model
    Patent number: 7379074
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing a graphic. The graphics software program interpolates color values for different portions of the graphic according to the color transformation and semantic model. In other embodiments, a data structure is provided for a color transformation definition created to assign the color values to portions of the graphic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Gerhard, Tom Underhill, Gary Pritting, John Schilling, Eric S. Rockey, Keri Vandeberghe
  • Dynamically generating darker and lighter color options from a base color in a color picker user interface
    Publication number: 20070229861
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products generate lighter or darker color options from one or more base colors to apply to a document. A method involves enabling a color picker user interface (UI) according to developer specifications, receiving a user request to view the color picker UI, and determining a current color scheme for the document. The method further involves deriving lighter color options and/or darker color options from one or more base colors associated with the current color scheme and rendering the color picker UI including the lighter color options and/or the darker color options derived from the base colors associated with the current color scheme. The current color scheme includes color options that definitively or aesthetically compliment one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lesley Forbush, Keri Vandeberghe, Tseng-Hui Ni, Howard L. Cooperstein
  • Electronic document style matrix
    Publication number: 20060107203
    Abstract: A method and system for rendering electronic document objects is provided in which a style matrix holds potential attribute values, and attribute references are used to address values in the style matrix. A mix of attribute references and actual attribute values may be used so make some attributes theme- and application-specific, and others theme- and application-independent. Further, a method for rendering a gallery of potential styles is provided. Additionally, a method for associating a style matrix with an electronic document application is provided. Finally, a computer-readable medium for storing a computer-interpretable data structure that identifies a matrix of style attribute types and style attribute values is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John Schilling, Howard Cooperstein, Michael Antonio, Keri Vandeberghe, Vlada Knowlton
  • Semantically applying formatting to a presentation model
    Publication number: 20060066627
    Abstract: The present invention includes a graphics software program that automatically generates a color scheme for graphics. In embodiments of the present invention, the graphics software program receives a selection of a color transformation and a semantic model describing a graphic. The graphics software program interpolates color values for different portions of the graphic according to the color transformation and semantic model. In other embodiments, a data structure is provided for a color transformation definition created to assign the color values to portions of the graphic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Lutz Gerhard, Tom Underhill, Gary Pritting, John Schilling, Eric Rockey, Keri Vandeberghe