Patents by Inventor Lisa A. Osse

Lisa A. Osse 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).

  • Operating system shut down
    Patent number: 7788474
    Abstract: A user interface and scheme is provided for facilitating shutting down an operating system. Aspects include the operating system receiving a command to initiate shut down, and automatically terminating graphical user interface (GUI) applications that delay shut down which do not have top level windows. Also, aspects provide a user, through a graphical user interface, the ability to automatically terminate all running applications in response to determining that a running GUI application has a top level window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Switzer, Huat Chye Lim, Lisa A. Osse, William Mak, HyunSuk Kim