Patents by Inventor Nathan Pollock

Nathan Pollock 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).

  • Patent number: 10146409
    Abstract: User interface (UI) manipulations may be performed by eliminating noticeable process boundaries associated with or generated by different applications. The techniques herein describe dynamically splitting manipulations across multiple pieces of content without regard to various types and/or states of the user interface manipulations and/or without regard to whether the multiple pieces of content are associated with different individual processes. In at least one example, the techniques described herein enable quick, responsive, and seamless UI manipulations with complex configurations of content on a UI and/or with multiple pieces of content associated with more than one application. Additionally, the techniques described herein further enable content on a UI to “stick” to the user input manipulation or move with the user input manipulation such that the content appears to stay directly in contact with the user input manipulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, Lindsay Kubasik, Peter Benjamin Freiling, Nicolas Brun, Krishnan Menon
  • Patent number: 9910579
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a graphical display device may use a set of one or more thresholds to remove a scaling motion from a panning input using multiple fingers. The graphical display device may receive a user input in a user movement interface having at least a first bio-point 210 and a second bio-point 210. The graphical display device may detect a panning motion from the user input. The graphical display device may filter out a scaling motion from the user input based on a scaling threshold. The graphical display device may present a pan of a graphical user interface to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, Lauren Gust, Uros Batricevic
  • Publication number: 20160062580
    Abstract: User interface (UI) manipulations may be performed by eliminating noticeable process boundaries associated with or generated by different applications. The techniques herein describe dynamically splitting manipulations across multiple pieces of content without regard to various types and/or states of the user interface manipulations and/or without regard to whether the multiple pieces of content are associated with different individual processes. In at least one example, the techniques described herein enable quick, responsive, and seamless UI manipulations with complex configurations of content on a UI and/or with multiple pieces of content associated with more than one application. Additionally, the techniques described herein further enable content on a UI to “stick” to the user input manipulation or move with the user input manipulation such that the content appears to stay directly in contact with the user input manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, Lindsay Kubasik, Peter Benjamin Freiling, Nicolas Brun, Krishnan Menon
  • Publication number: 20140317538
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a graphical display device may synchronize movement between a primary content set 204 and a reflex content set 206 to create a parallax effect in a graphical user interface 202. The graphical display device may detect a user input indicating a primary position change 206 of a primary content set 204 in a graphical user interface 202. The graphical display device may instantiate a delegate thread to control a reflex content set 208. The graphical display device cause a reflex content set 208 to move in a controlled independent action 210 based on the primary position change 206.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, Lauren Gust, Nicolas Brun, Nicholas Waggoner, Michael Nelte
  • Publication number: 20140310625
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a graphical display device may use a set of one or more thresholds to remove a scaling motion from a panning input using multiple fingers. The graphical display device may receive a user input in a user movement interface having at least a first bio-point 210 and a second bio-point 210. The graphical display device may detect a panning motion from the user input. The graphical display device may filter out a scaling motion from the user input based on a scaling threshold. The graphical display device may present a pan of a graphical user interface to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, Lauren Gust, Uros Batricevic
  • Patent number: 7640667
    Abstract: A pruner has a movable handle/blade assembly pivotally coupled to a static handle/blade assembly by a pivot assembly carried by the static handle. The pivot assembly further has a bush within the static handle and on which the movable handle/blade assembly is pivotally mounted, a spring for pivotally biasing the movable handle/blade assembly to an open position being retained by the pivot assembly within the static handle. Both the movable blade and static blade are mounted on the bush and are clamped laterally between two separate parts of the bush which are assembled together in screw threaded engagement, and the two blades are supported from the bush by a bearing ring of low friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: ITW Australia Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, James Collins, Lee Rodezno, Peter Williams
  • Publication number: 20080016701
    Abstract: A pruner has a movable handle/blade assembly pivotally coupled to a static handle/blade assembly by a pivot assembly carried by the static handle. The pivot assembly comprises a bush within the static handle and on which the movable handle/blade assembly is pivotally mounted, a spring for pivotally biasing the movable handle/blade assembly to an open position being retained by the pivot assembly within the static handle. Both the movable blade and static blade are mounted on the bush and are clamped laterally between two separate parts of the bush which are assembled together in screw threaded engagement, and the two blades are supported from the bush by a bearing ring of low friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: ITW AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, James Collins, Lee Rodezno, Peter Williams
  • Patent number: D437411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: MitoKor
    Inventors: N. Joe Maeji, Firas Abdul-Majid Rasoul, Mark Johnson, Nathan Pollock
  • Patent number: D437412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: MitoKor
    Inventors: N. Joe Maeji, Firas Abdul-Majid Rasoul, Mark Johnson, Nathan Pollock
  • Patent number: D445502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: MitoKor
    Inventors: N. Joe Maeji, Firas Abdul-Majid Rasoul, Mark Johnson, Nathan Pollock
  • Patent number: D571169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: ITW Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Nathan Pollock, James Collins, Lee Rodezno, Peter Williams