Patents by Inventor Miltos Vafiadis

Miltos Vafiadis 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).

  • Common charting using shapes
    Patent number: 7584415
    Abstract: A method for rendering a chart associated with a document includes translating a chart object into a shape-based chart definition, wherein the chart object defines the chart with chart elements, and the shape-based shape definition defines the chart with shapes, and maintaining the chart object in the document to enable access to underlying chart data contained in the chart. A system includes a chart object defining a chart with chart elements, a graphics module operable to render shapes, a charting module generating a shape-based chart definition based on the chart object, wherein the shape-based chart definition defines the chart with shapes that can be rendered by the graphics module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel P. Cory, Miltos Vafiadis, Sissie Ling-le Hsiao
  • Common charting using shapes
    Publication number: 20060059414
    Abstract: A method for rendering a chart associated with a document includes translating a chart object into a shape-based chart definition, wherein the chart object defines the chart with chart elements, and the shape-based shape definition defines the chart with shapes, and maintaining the chart object in the document to enable access to underlying chart data contained in the chart. A system includes a chart object defining a chart with chart elements, a graphics module operable to render shapes, a charting module generating a shape-based chart definition based on the chart object, wherein the shape-based chart definition defines the chart with shapes that can be rendered by the graphics module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Cory, Miltos Vafiadis, Sissie Hsiao