Patents by Inventor Matt Curland

Matt Curland 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).

  • Schema-dominant mapping user interface
    Patent number: 7437378
    Abstract: A scalable graphical user interface that may be used to map two or more schemas is provided. Elements of a dominant schema are displayed in a first column. Elements of a subordinate schema are displayed in a second column. A user may drag elements of the subordinate schema to a third mapping column and position those elements next to mapped dominant schema elements. A user can quickly and conveniently determine a relationship between mapped elements by selecting an element from the dominant schema and identifying one or more elements in the mapping column that are located next to that element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis W Minium, Matt Curland
  • Schema-dominant mapping user interface
    Publication number: 20050050089
    Abstract: A scalable graphical user interface that may be used to map two or more schemas is provided. Elements of a dominant schema are displayed in a first column. Elements of a subordinate schema are displayed in a second column. A user may drag elements of the subordinate schema to a third mapping column and position those elements next to mapped dominant schema elements. A user can quickly and conveniently determine a relationship between mapped elements by selecting an element from the dominant schema and identifying one or more elements in the mapping column that are located next to that element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Minium, Matt Curland