Patents by Inventor Lauren Michelle Janas

Lauren Michelle Janas 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).

  • Guides on a content generation system
    Patent number: 11514228
    Abstract: User inputs are received on a visual display, when a user is generating visual content. The user inputs trigger guide functionality, and guides are displayed to guide the user in creating the visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Lauren Michelle Janas
  • Table of contents in a presentation program
    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
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS IN A PRESENTATION PROGRAM
    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
  • GUIDES ON A CONTENT GENERATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150339267
    Abstract: User inputs are received on a visual display, when a user is generating visual content. The user inputs trigger guide functionality, and guides are displayed to guide the user in creating the visual content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Lauren Michelle Janas