Patents by Inventor Melinda Knight

Melinda Knight 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).

  • Publication number: 20100077350
    Abstract: Different aspects of a visual experience (e.g., a particular graphic and a particular color) may be separately selected, and then combined to create a theme. The theme may be applied to content, in order to provide a visual experience that is customized to a user's specifications. For example, a user may have an account with a web site. The web site may provide the user with controls that allow the user to select, separately, graphics and color (or some other aspects of the visual experience). The theme may be created based on the particular combination selected by the user. The created theme may be stored, or otherwise associated with, the user's account, so that the theme may be applied to content when the user visits a web site. Themes based on a combination of user selections may be applied to web content or any other type of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jesse Lim, Jonathan Eric Gleasman, Melinda Knight, Jeremy Scott Knudsen
  • Patent number: D691635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Ebeling, Melinda Knight
  • Patent number: D692021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Ebeling, Melinda Knight
  • Patent number: D693368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Ebeling, Melinda Knight, Tom Alphin, III, Maverick Velasco