Patents by Inventor Lisa C. Anderson

Lisa C. Anderson 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).

  • Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects
    Patent number: 5943039
    Abstract: In an apparatus for handling objects such as documents and tools a menu of options (30) is displayed, which options (31a . . . 31h) are placed in a curved band (31) around the position of the cursor at the moment of activating the menu. The shape of the curved band is optimized for the movement of a hand-held pointer device, such as a stylus, and allows easy movement of the pointer device along the options. The band (31) may follow part of the circumference of a circle of which circle inner portions (32, 33) may be used for the display of several sets of sub-options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa C. Anderson, Kathleen L. Holman, Maurice G. B. F. Van Swaaij
  • Apparatus for the interactive handling of objects
    Patent number: 5828360
    Abstract: In an apparatus for handling objects such as documents and tools a menu of options (30) is displayed, which options (31a . . . 31h) are placed in a curved band (31) around the position of the cursor at the moment of activating the menu. The shape of the curved band is optimized for the movement of a hand-held pointer device, such as a stylus, and allows easy movement of the pointer device along the options. The band (31) may follow part of the circumference of a circle of which circle inner portions (32, 33) may be used for the display of several sets of sub-options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa C. Anderson, Kathleen L. Holman, Maurice G. B. F. Van Swaaij
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    Patent number: D545836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D545837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D545838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D545839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D545840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D546344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
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    Patent number: D549727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nadja J. Haldimann, Lisa C. Anderson, Joseph T. Fletcher
  • Display screen with an animated user interface
    Patent number: D650790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian G. Jeans, Charla Pereira, Lisa C. Anderson
  • Display screen with an icon
    Patent number: D650794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charla Pereira, Lisa C. Anderson
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D656154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charla Pereira, Lisa C. Anderson, Jason Giles
  • Display screen with user interface
    Patent number: D656155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charla Pereira, Lisa C. Anderson, Jason Giles
  • Display screen with user interface with orange colored bar
    Patent number: D659155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charla Pereira, Lisa C. Anderson