Patents by Inventor Micah James Myerscough

Micah James Myerscough 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).

  • Maintaining the responsiveness of a user interface while performing a synchronous operation
    Patent number: 11074112
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for maintain the responsiveness of a user interface to an application. In an implementation, a synchronous operation is commenced on a main thread of an application. The application monitors for a request by an additional thread to interrupt the synchronous operation in favor of an asynchronous operation. The synchronous operation is canceled in response to the request and is retried after completing the asynchronous operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Micah James Myerscough, Weide Zhong, Xiaohui Pan, Toshiharu Kawai, Emily Anne Schultz
  • MAINTAINING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF A USER INTERFACE WHILE PERFORMING A SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION
    Publication number: 20180203743
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for maintain the responsiveness of a user interface to an application. In an implementation, a synchronous operation is commenced on a main thread of an application. The application monitors for a request by an additional thread to interrupt the synchronous operation in favor of an asynchronous operation. The synchronous operation is canceled in response to the request and is retried after completing the asynchronous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Micah James Myerscough, Weide Zhong, Xiaohui Pan, Toshiharu Kawai, Emily Anne Schultz