Patents by Inventor Melissa S. Kerr

Melissa S. Kerr 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 browser frame and entry box placement
    Patent number: 10551990
    Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Michael John Patten, Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Melissa S. Kerr, Sean Gary Nordberg, Marty Joseph Hall, Mark Yalovsky, Paula J. Chuchro
  • CONTEXTUAL BROWSER FRAME AND ENTRY BOX PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20170293400
    Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Michael John Patten, Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Melissa S. Kerr, Sean Gary Nordberg, Marty Joseph Hall, Mark Yalovsky, Paula J. Chuchro
  • Contextual browser frame and entry box placement
    Patent number: 9727218
    Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Michael John Patten, Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Melissa S. Kerr, Sean G. Nordberg, Marty Joseph Hall, Mark Yalovsky, Paula J. Chuchro
  • Control of Access and Management of Browser Annotations
    Publication number: 20160203114
    Abstract: Access and management control of browser annotations are described. In one or more implementations, a method is described to control and manage access to annotations made via a browser to transform a webpage. The method includes displaying the webpage by the browser executed by a computing device; receiving one or more inputs by the computing device via the browser as one or more annotations to the webpage; capturing an image of the displayed webpage and the one or more annotations that are made in relation to the display of the webpage by the browser of the computing device; and controlling access via the browser to the annotated webpage through use of the one or more annotations and the captured image of the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: George S. Karalis, Melissa S. Kerr, Megan M. Quintero, Danielle Lauren Ellbogen, Kelly Rose McArthur, Aaron Michael Getz, Timothy James Scudder, Sean Gary Nordberg, Matthew Benjamin Owen, Ye Tian, Shrivastava Hariom Shraddha, Wei-Tzu Chen, Kimberly Eleanor Tee, Mark Yalovsky
  • Contextual Browser Frame and Entry Box Placement
    Publication number: 20160196040
    Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Ritika Kapadia, Michael John Patten, Sean Obafemi Lyndersay, Melissa S. Kerr, Sean G. Nordberg, Marty Joseph Hall, Mark Yalovsky, Paula J. Chuchro