Patents by Inventor Matthew Neil Akers

Matthew Neil Akers 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).

  • Control of item arrangement in a user interface
    Patent number: 10996822
    Abstract: Techniques to control arrangement of items in a user interface is described. In one or more implementations, intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by a computing device. A priority ordering of items, one to another, is determined that is specified for display of the items in a first layout in a user interface of the computing device. The items are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose one or more linear arrangements of the groups. Arrangement of the items is controlled by the computing device for display in a second layout in the user interface that is different from the first layout by an amount of display area available in the user interface along one or more dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Poorva Singal, Matthew Neil Akers, Brian Eric Uphoff
  • Control of Item Arrangement in a User Interface
    Publication number: 20190377465
    Abstract: Techniques to control arrangement of items in a user interface is described. In one or more implementations, intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by a computing device. A priority ordering of items, one to another, is determined that is specified for display of the items in a first layout in a user interface of the computing device. The items are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose one or more linear arrangements of the groups. Arrangement of the items is controlled by the computing device for display in a second layout in the user interface that is different from the first layout by an amount of display area available in the user interface along one or more dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Poorva Singal, Matthew Neil Akers, Brian Eric Uphoff
  • Control of item arrangement in a user interface
    Patent number: 10386994
    Abstract: Techniques to control arrangement of items in a user interface is described. In one or more implementations, intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by a computing device. A priority ordering of items, one to another, is determined that is specified for display of the items in a first layout in a user interface of the computing device. The items are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose one or more linear arrangements of the groups. Arrangement of the items is controlled by the computing device for display in a second layout in the user interface that is different from the first layout by an amount of display area available in the user interface along one or more dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Poorva Singal, Matthew Neil Akers, Brian Eric Uphoff
  • Control of Item Arrangement in a User Interface
    Publication number: 20160239163
    Abstract: Techniques to control arrangement of items in a user interface is described. In one or more implementations, intuitive rearrangement of items in a user interface is caused by a computing device. A priority ordering of items, one to another, is determined that is specified for display of the items in a first layout in a user interface of the computing device. The items are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose one or more linear arrangements of the groups. Arrangement of the items is controlled by the computing device for display in a second layout in the user interface that is different from the first layout by an amount of display area available in the user interface along one or more dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Poorva Singal, Matthew Neil Akers, Brian Eric Uphoff