Patents by Inventor Peter G. Chin

Peter G. Chin 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: 7035622
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for creating a note in a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a call note if a phone call is in progress. The call note includes call data that are related to the phone call. The call note is also associated with an entry in a call log. The method may be implemented by computer-executable components loaded into the memory of a mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan E. Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Greg A. Keyser, Joel P. Dehlin, Peter G. Chin, Debbie Miu Yan Yau, Marc W. Todd
  • Patent number: 7035623
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for creating a note in a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a call note if a phone call is in progress. The call note includes call data that are related to the phone call. The call note is also associated with an entry in a call log. The method may be implemented by computer-executable components loaded into the memory of a mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan E. Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Greg A. Keyser, Joel P. Dehlin, Peter G. Chin, Debbie Miu Yan Yau, Marc W. Todd
  • Patent number: 6975712
    Abstract: A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip that expands and collapses in response to changes in telephone line state and user input. The call slip updates the information that it displays based on telephone line state changes and information communicated from one or more telephony monitoring applications. The call slip displays user interface controls representing tasks that are dependent on information derived from a telephone call, such as caller ID information. The software used to control the display of call slips and to monitor telephone line state is part of a software platform that may be customized for a particular device or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Schnarel, Mauricio Lomelin, Peter G. Chin, Derek S. Graham, Kate Welker, Robert C. Murdock, Justin C. Cooper, Laurence Golding, Suzanne Walsh
  • Patent number: 6950648
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for creating a note in a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a call note if a phone call is in progress. The call note includes call data that are related to the phone call. The call note is also associated with an entry in a call log. The method may be implemented by computer-executable components loaded into the memory of a mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan E. Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Greg A. Keyser, Joel P. Dehlin, Peter G. Chin, Debbie Miu Yan Yau, Marc W. Todd, Felix Gti Andrew
  • Patent number: 6909910
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for updating a contact and adding a new contact from a call log in a communications device. The system includes a contact manager that is directed towards creating and updating call contact cards in a contact database with information retrieved from call logs of phone calls made to or from the communications device. In one embodiment, information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, thereby reducing workload to a user. The method includes determining if a request is for updating an existing contact card or for adding a new contact card to the contact database. The update or addition is made with information retrieved from call logs. Call information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, when it is determined that the request is to add a new contact card to the contact database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Elizabeth Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Peter G. Chin, Jessica Dale Tenenbaum
  • Publication number: 20030148790
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for updating a contact and adding a new contact from a call log in a communications device. The system includes a contact manager that is directed towards creating and updating call contact cards in a contact database with information retrieved from call logs of phone calls made to or from the communications device. In one embodiment, information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, thereby reducing workload to a user. The method includes determining if a request is for updating an existing contact card or for adding a new contact card to the contact database. The update or addition is made with information retrieved from call logs. Call information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, when it is determined that the request is to add a new contact card to the contact database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Elizabeth Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Peter G. Chin, Jessica Dale Tenenbaum
  • Publication number: 20030148753
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a computer-implemented system and method for creating a note in a mobile communication device. The method includes creating a call note if a phone call is in progress. The call note includes call data that are related to the phone call. The call note is also associated with an entry in a call log. The method may be implemented by computer-executable components loaded into the memory of a mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Susan E. Pappalardo, Jason William Fuller, Greg A. Keyser, Joel P. Dehlin, Peter G. Chin, Debbie Miu Yan Yau, Marc W. Todd, FELIX GTI ANDREW
  • Patent number: 6389124
    Abstract: A user interface for screen phones monitors telephone line state information and displays user interface controls and telephone line status information dependent on the telephone line state. The user interface includes a display element referred to as a call slip that expands and collapses in response to changes in telephone line state and user input. The call slip updates the information that it displays based on telephone line state changes and information communicated from one or more telephony monitoring applications. The call slip displays user interface controls representing tasks that are dependent on information derived from a telephone call, such as caller ID information. The software used to control the display of call slips and to monitor telephone line state is part of a software platform that may be customized for a particular device or application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Schnarel, Mauricio Lomelin, Peter G. Chin, Derek S. Graham, Kate Welker, Robert C. Murdock, Justin C. Cooper, Laurence Golding, Suzanne Walsh