Patents by Inventor OLIVER ROSS PROSSER JONES

OLIVER ROSS PROSSER JONES 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).

  • Combined switching and window placement
    Patent number: 10338765
    Abstract: Systems, methods, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided for combined switching and placement of windows based on a single action. The single action may be moving an element to a hot spot or a snap portion of a display area. In response to the single action, an element is automatically launched, repositioned according to a snap portion or a hot spot that recognized the element, and opened, and a view is automatically switched to a view of at least the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Matthew Isaac Worley, Miron Vranjes, Steven James Frederickson, Nils Anders Sundelin, Oliver Ross Prosser Jones, Richard Fang, Richard Zarick, Jeremy Monroe Bowen
  • COMBINED SWITCHING AND WINDOW PLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20160070423
    Abstract: Systems, methods, computer storage media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are provided for combined switching and placement of windows based on a single action. The single action may be moving an element to a hot spot or a snap portion of a display area. In response to the single action, an element is automatically launched, repositioned according to a snap portion or a hot spot that recognized the element, and opened, and a view is automatically switched to a view of at least the element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER DOAN, MATTHEW ISAAC WORLEY, MIRON VRANJES, STEVEN JAMES FREDERICKSON, NILS ANDERS SUNDELIN, OLIVER ROSS PROSSER JONES, RICHARD FANG, RICHARD ZARICK, JEREMY MONROE BOWEN