Patents by Inventor Kevin Michael Morrill

Kevin Michael Morrill 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).

  • Sharing information about a document across a private computer network
    Patent number: 8533238
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network. A flag interface, a tag interface, and a comment interface are provided within a document viewer. The flag interface enables a user of the private computer network to flag a document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The tag interface enables the user to associate a tag with the document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The comment interface enables the user to share comments about the document with other users of the private computer network as the document is displayed by the document viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Chinwen Yu, Makoto Fukuda, Sander Martijn Viegers, Tsutomu Yanagida, Kevin Michael Morrill, Sean Erik McAteer, Marina Dukhon
  • SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT A DOCUMENT ACROSS A PRIVATE COMPUER NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090276455
    Abstract: Technologies are described herein for providing an improved interface for interacting with a document within a private computer network. A flag interface, a tag interface, and a comment interface are provided within a document viewer. The flag interface enables a user of the private computer network to flag a document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The tag interface enables the user to associate a tag with the document as the document is displayed by the document viewer. The comment interface enables the user to share comments about the document with other users of the private computer network as the document is displayed by the document viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Chinwen Yu, Makoto Fukuda, Sander Martijn Viegers, Tsutomu Yanagida, Kevin Michael Morrill, Sean Erik McAteer, Marina Dukhon