Patents by Inventor Nicole Ferguson

Nicole Ferguson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094889
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Edward TAYLOR, Jr., Peter E. HAMMERQUIST, Benjamin J. SCHOEPKE, Jessica Leigh DOUMA, Albert Peter YIH, Emilia Marie NOBREGA, Hadley Meryl GRIFFIN, Ashley Nicole FERGUSON, Robert Joseph DISANO
  • Patent number: 11880554
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Edward Taylor, Jr., Peter E. Hammerquist, Benjamin J. Schoepke, Jessica Leigh Douma, Albert Peter Yih, Emilia Marie Nobrega, Hadley Meryl Griffin, Ashley Nicole Ferguson, Robert Joseph Disano
  • Publication number: 20230123345
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Edward TAYLOR, JR., Peter E. HAMMERQUIST, Benjamin J. SCHOEPKE, Jessica Leigh DOUMA, Albert Peter YIH, Emilia Marie NOBREGA, Hadley Meryl GRIFFIN, Ashley Nicole FERGUSON, Robert Joseph DISANO
  • Patent number: 6000103
    Abstract: A portable pencil pocket 10 has one or more compartments for holding pencils 40,42. The pocket is made of plastic webbing that is folded at one end to form a pocket 20 and at the other end to form a loop 22. A shower clip 50 holds the pocket 10 to an article of clothing, such as a belt loop or button hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventors: Bette Paice, Kristy M. Goodman, Tiera Boyd, Brandon Smith, Jillian Kay Sherwin, Rosanne May Milem, David K. Van Fleet, Jr., Daniel Timothy Nau, Justin James Bousquin, Ronald Eugene Parisi, Miranda L. Ludwig, Rebecca L. Goodman, Jared S. Putman, Evan James Parkison, Christine Lucas, Chris La Patra, Jason Walter Burgess, Thomas Humbert, Jeff Wren, Shane T. S. Frey, Shawna Lewis, Benjamin Immerman, Danielle French, Laura Castor, Andrew Coleman, Wendy Mottler, Will Lott, Nicole Ferguson, Cindy Spencer, Joshua Norton, James Penta, James McIntyre, Wesley King