Patents by Inventor Marc S. Oshiro

Marc S. Oshiro 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: 8701037
    Abstract: Described is a scrolling technology including a turbo-scroll mode that is automatically entered to increase the rate of scrolling through a set of items, (e.g., media content). The turbo-scroll mode may be triggered by holding down a scroll button for a period of time. In the turbo-scroll mode, visual cues are provided to assist the user in knowing a current relative position within the set of items. The visual cues may correspond to text metadata, such as letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling, displaying a list or filtered sub-list of label data for items proximate the scroll position, a graphical position indicator, a channel indicator or time indicator for an electronic program guide, fading the electronic program guide into a background representation thereof, and/or providing at least two letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling through the items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kristina M. Voros, Suzan Marashi, Veronica Y. Law, Marc S. Oshiro, Christen E. Coomer, Frederic Azera
  • Publication number: 20090007014
    Abstract: Described is a technology by which a user can quickly locate a data item such as media content. A user may choose a pivot (filtering) category, including an aggregated “all” category, and may enter additional filtering criteria to narrow search results. Representations (e.g., images) of data items for are displayed, including a representation of one data item at a fixed (e.g., centered) selection position. Scrolling among the items is accomplished by moving representations of the data items relative to the fixed selection position. Scrolling may be substantially horizontal or vertical, and the item representation in the selection position may be highlighted relative to other item representations, such as via its relative size, opacity and/or color. Metadata also may be displayed in association with the representation of the data item at the fixed selection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christen E. Coomer, Marc S. Oshiro, Suzan Marashi
  • Publication number: 20090007007
    Abstract: Described is a scrolling technology including a turbo-scroll mode that is automatically entered to increase the rate of scrolling through a set of items, (e.g., media content). The turbo-scroll mode may be triggered by holding down a scroll button for a period of time. In the turbo-scroll mode, visual cues are provided to assist the user in knowing a current relative position within the set of items. The visual cues may correspond to text metadata, such as letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling, displaying a list or filtered sub-list of label data for items proximate the scroll position, a graphical position indicator, a channel indicator or time indicator for an electronic program guide, fading the electronic program guide into a background representation thereof, and/or providing at least two letters indicative of an alphabetic position of scrolling through the items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kristina M. Voros, Suzan Marashi, Veronica Y. Law, Marc S. Oshiro, Christen E. Coomer, Frederic Azera
  • Publication number: 20080178125
    Abstract: Providing dynamic content in a user interface page in an application is disclosed. The user interface page is rendered in the application, in which the user interface page includes at lease one menu items. Responsive to a selection of a menu item, at least one tile corresponding to the selected menu item is rendered. Responsive to an interaction with a tile, dynamic content is rendered within the tile in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Elsbree, William H. Linzbach, David E. Fleishman, Marc S. Oshiro
  • Patent number: D552623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Vong, Mark R. Gibson, Bojana Ostojic, Kort Danner Sands, Marc S. Oshiro
  • Patent number: D576173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marc S. Oshiro, Todd San Jule
  • Patent number: D580942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marc S. Oshiro, Veronica Y. Law