Patents by Inventor Kerry Young

Kerry Young 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: 11100687
    Abstract: In an implementation, a presentation program includes a hotspot feature that allows a point in a slide to be designated as a hotspot. Supplemental content may then be associated with the hotspot such that, when the hotspot is invoked in a slide presentation, the supplemental content is surfaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sahil Arora, Virag Shah, Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Tumu Sree Bharath, Kerry Young, Ravi Kant Rao
  • Patent number: 10754508
    Abstract: In a non-limiting example of the present disclosure, an exemplary table of contents slide may be displayed for a slide deck of a presentation program. The table of contents slide may comprise one or more sections of grouped slides for the slide deck. A selection of a section link may be received. The section link links the table of contents slide to a section of grouped slides. An exemplary presentation program may navigate the slide deck to a first slide of the section based on the received selection. When the navigation of the section is completed, the presentation program returns the slide deck to one of: the table of contents slide and the first slide of the section. Other examples described relate to creation and rendering of an exemplary table of contents slide and/or section links within an exemplary table of contents slide of a presentation program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Jay Gilmore, Kerry Young, Lei Shi, Charles Cummins, Lauren Michelle Janas, Derek Martin Johnson, Paul Scuderi
  • Patent number: 10324599
    Abstract: User selection of a displayed object is detected. The size of the selected object is identified and compared with a move target size threshold. If the size of the selected object does not meet the move target size threshold, then a user actuatable move handle is displayed in a location displaced from the selected object, on the user interface, but visually connected to the selected object. User actuation of the move handle correspondingly moves the object on the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kerry Young, Elise L. Livingston, Thomas R. Mignone
  • Publication number: 20180014676
    Abstract: A visit to any well equipped coffee station will show containers of paper sweetner packets, a large, separate sugar container, powdered or liquid creamer/flavoring and stirring devices (plastic or wooden). All the necessary condiments to flavor your coffee to your taste and stir it into your coffee. Customers can't help make a mess as the condiments are added and stirred. Spilled sugar, creamer/flavoring and small bits of paper from opening the sugar packets. A disposal can or wastebasket is usually provided to address the mess and encourage customers to clean up after themselves. Coffee StiX avoids all of this with one sanitary, each portion covered, condiment stick, wooden or plastic. Since all the condiments are on the stirring stick and they are individually protected by a thin paper or plastic film, only the user touches the stick. This is done quickly and easily, avoiding the long lines at coffee stations/bars. No clean up is necessary as there is no mess, freeing up employees to perform other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Kerry Young
  • Publication number: 20170285913
    Abstract: User selection of a displayed object is detected. The size of the selected object is identified and compared with a move target size threshold. If the size of the selected object does not meet the move target size threshold, then a user actuatable move handle is displayed in a location displaced from the selected object, on the user interface, but visually connected to the selected object. User actuation of the move handle correspondingly moves the object on the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kerry Young, Elise L. Livingston, Thomas R. Mignone
  • Publication number: 20170220217
    Abstract: In a non-limiting example of the present disclosure, an exemplary table of contents slide may be displayed for a slide deck of a presentation program. The table of contents slide may comprise one or more sections of grouped slides for the slide deck. A selection of a section link may be received. The section link links the table of contents slide to a section of grouped slides. An exemplary presentation program may navigate the slide deck to a first slide of the section based on the received selection. When the navigation of the section is completed, the presentation program returns the slide deck to one of: the table of contents slide and the first slide of the section. Other examples described relate to creation and rendering of an exemplary table of contents slide and/or section links within an exemplary table of contents slide of a presentation program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Jay Gilmore, Kerry Young, Lei Shi, Charles Cummins, Lauren Michelle Janas, Derek Martin Johnson, Paul Scuderi
  • Publication number: 20170220207
    Abstract: In an implementation, a presentation program includes a hotspot feature that allows a point in a slide to be designated as a hotspot. Supplemental content may then be associated with the hotspot such that, when the hotspot is invoked in a slide presentation, the supplemental content is surfaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Sahil Arora, Virag Shah, Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Tumu Sree Bharath, Kerry Young, Ravi Kant Rao
  • Publication number: 20170220232
    Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein that enhances the user experience with presentation programs and the operational aspects of such programs. In an implementation, a presentation program includes a hierarchy of parent slides and child slides in a collection of slides. Navigating from a parent slide to a child slide triggers a contextual zoom-in transition into the child slide. Navigating back to the parent slide from the child slide triggers a contextual zoom-out transition to the parent slide. Other non-limiting examples describe smart slide functionality of an exemplary presentation program. A smart slide is a slide of a slide deck that comprises one or more slide links, which provide an active link to another slide of the slide deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Jay Gilmore, Kerry Young, Lei Shi, Alexandre Gueniot, Derek Martin Johnson, Jing Zhao, Charles Cummins, Aviral Ajit, Paul Scuderi
  • Publication number: 20160350104
    Abstract: Various techniques for computer software build management are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a computer system includes a plurality of software builders communicatively coupled via a computer network. The plurality of software builders are individually configured to receive a change to be applied to a copy of source code of a software application, apply the received change to the synchronized copy of the source code, and independently perform a software build on the copy of the source code with the applied change for a computing platform. The copies of the source code and the changes applied at the plurality of builders are the same while the computing platforms at the plurality of builders are different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Hofsetz, Kerry Young
  • Publication number: 20160117080
    Abstract: A hit-test may be performed to determine whether a user action detected via a user interface associated with an application intersects a given object of the application. The application may include one or more special content layers (SCLs). A decision may be made at each SCL regarding enablement of a direct manipulation of an object through the application in response to the user action. An SCL processing module of the application may identify a hit in response to detecting an intersection of the user action and one or more non-transparent pixels of at least one SCL during a front to back processing of the SCLs, where the pixels correspond to the object. The application may then determine whether a direct manipulation of an object through the application is enabled or not enabled by the SCL, and thus whether the direct manipulation should be automatically initiated or disabled, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Hofsetz, Heather Eden, Stephen Karolewics, James Krantz, Michael Dalton, Siwen Sun, Kerry Young
  • Publication number: 20150074127
    Abstract: Creating visualizations from human readable data in electronic documents is provided. One or more facts may be parsed from an electronic document by a computing device. The one or more facts may consist of a human readable sentence. A search may then be performed for an icon based on the one or more facts. The computing device may then generate a data visualization, such as an infographic, which includes the one or more facts and the icon. The generated data visualization may then be displayed in the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer Marie Cherwinka, Neha Chandrashekhar Waikar, Kerry Young, Julianne M. Bryant, Jeffrey S. Berg, Jeffrey Jon Weir
  • Patent number: D879815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Edward Stillwell, Aparna Rajan Ramchandran, Syeda Saba Zehra Zaidi, Justin Reid, Andrew David Swank, Pareezad Cyrus Zarolia, Kerry Young, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Richard Ngo
  • Patent number: D881915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Justin Reid, Syeda Saba Zehra Zaidi, Aparna Rajan Ramchandran, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Kerry Young, Woonji Kim, Yoo Kyoung Noh, Pareezad Cyrus Zarolia, Andrew David Swank, Richard Ngo
  • Patent number: D882613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Zumbrunnen, Woonji Kim, Aparna Rajan Ramchandran, Yoo Kyoung Noh, Minji Hong, Richard Ngo, Kerry Young, Justin Reid, Ye Jeong Kim, Syeda Saba Zehra Zaidi, Adriana Teresa Olmos Antillon
  • Patent number: D882614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Zumbrunnen, Woonji Kim, Aparna Rajan Ramchandran, Yoo Kyoung Noh, Minji Hong, Richard Ngo, Kerry Young, Justin Reid, Ye Jeong Kim, Syeda Saba Zehra Zaidi, Adriana Teresa Olmos Antillon
  • Patent number: D884009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Minji Hong, Adam Grabowski, Apama Rajan Ramchandran, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Woonji Kim, Richard Ngo, Kerry Young
  • Patent number: D896823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Minji Hong, Adam Grabowski, Aparna Rajan Ramchandran, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Woonji Kim, Richard Ngo, Kerry Young, Alexander Edward Stillwell