Patents by Inventor Monty Lee Hammontree
Monty Lee Hammontree 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).
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Patent number: 10261742Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 10035063Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20170220308Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9658687Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20160041717Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20160019240Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9174124Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 9098533Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20140155165Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 8678927Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130083025Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling functionality of a display based on visual focus of a user in a multiple display or multiple computational device environment. A particular display from a set of displays on which a user is visually focused is identified. The set of displays includes at least a first display and a second display. Moreover, a type of input receivable from the user via the first display and/or content rendered on the first display is controlled based on the visual focus of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tyler Edward Gibson, Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130086105Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Vikram Bapat, Emmanuel John Athans
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Publication number: 20130084980Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to controlling a game with a mobile touch-enabled device. A thumbstick and a mode selection button can be rendered on a display of the mobile touch-enabled device. The thumbstick can be rendered on a reassignable area of the display and the mode selection button can be rendered on a mode selection area of the display. A touch (e.g., drag) from the mode selection area to the reassignable area can be detected, and an operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a depressed height in response to the touch in the reassignable area while the touch is detected without discontinuity of contact from starting the drag. Further, upon detecting discontinuation of the touch, a different operation in the game can be controlled with the thumbstick represented as being at a default height in response to a subsequent touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Monty Lee Hammontree, Tyler Edward Gibson, Emmanuel John Athans
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Patent number: 6148298Abstract: A method for aggregating distributed information from a plurality of data sources each having an address. A plurality of user criteria are received and site specific information describing idiosyncrasies of each data source are stored. A plurality of query messages are generated based upon the received criteria and the stored idiosyncrasy information. For each query message, a communication packet is generated comprising the query message and an address for the corresponding data source. A plurality of communication ports are created with each port associated with one of the communication packets. Each communication packet is sent over its associated port to the addressed data source.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: ChannelPoint, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Eric LaStrange, Monty Lee Hammontree