Patents by Inventor Mark Vulfson

Mark Vulfson 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).

  • Contextual control of dynamic input device
    Patent number: 8248373
    Abstract: A computing system includes one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications to dynamically display images on a dynamic input device. The one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications are executed in a currently active desktop. The computing system further includes a dominant application configured to execute in the currently active desktop. The dominant application is configured to specify an input-device user-interface runtime application corresponding to a current context of the dominant application. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is configured to dynamically display virtual controls on the dynamic input device. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is also configured to report activation of the virtual controls to the dominant application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Turner, Robert D. Young, Daniel M. Sangster, Scott Robert Honji, Eric Fleegal, Mark Vulfson, Xianfeng Tian, Kevin John Smith
  • CONTEXTUAL CONTROL OF DYNAMIC INPUT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110314405
    Abstract: A computing system includes one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications to dynamically display images on a dynamic input device. The one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications are executed in a currently active desktop. The computing system further includes a dominant application configured to execute in the currently active desktop. The dominant application is configured to specify an input-device user-interface runtime application corresponding to a current context of the dominant application. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is configured to dynamically display virtual controls on the dynamic input device. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is also configured to report activation of the virtual controls to the dominant application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Turner, Robert D. Young, Daniel M. Sangster, Scott Robert Honji, Eric Fleegal, Mark Vulfson, Xianfeng Tian, Kevin John Smith