Patents by Inventor Petru Iulian Cociorva

Petru Iulian Cociorva 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).

  • Scale factors for visual presentations
    Patent number: 8933971
    Abstract: A device may display a presentation of elements (e.g., icons) on a display component. However, display components have a pixel density that affects aesthetic and practical aspects of the presentation (e.g., rendering the presentation at a variable and inconsistent size); yet, many presentations are not generated in view of the pixel density of the display component of the device. Presented herein are techniques for generating and displaying a presentation of elements in view of the pixel density of the display component, using a scale factor set of scale factors that specify a pixel density range and a scale factor value (e.g., 120%) to be applied to the elements of the presentation. The scale factor set may be kept small to reduce the administrative burden on the designer of the element, while also achieving approximately consistent sizing of the presentation on display components having variable pixel densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Washington, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Raymond Jui-Mong Chen, Ethan Nelson Ray, Eric Hebenstreit, David Burg, Petru Iulian Cociorva
  • SCALE FACTORS FOR VISUAL PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20130063492
    Abstract: A device may display a presentation of elements (e.g., icons) on a display component. However, display components have a pixel density that affects aesthetic and practical aspects of the presentation (e.g., rendering the presentation at a variable and inconsistent size); yet, many presentations are not generated in view of the pixel density of the display component of the device. Presented herein are techniques for generating and displaying a presentation of elements in view of the pixel density of the display component, using a scale factor set of scale factors that specify a pixel density range and a scale factor value (e.g., 120%) to be applied to the elements of the presentation. The scale factor set may be kept small to reduce the administrative burden on the designer of the element, while also achieving approximately consistent sizing of the presentation on display components having variable pixel densities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Washington, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Raymond Jui-Mong Chen, Ethan Nelson Ray, Eric Hebenstreit, David Burg, Petru Iulian Cociorva
  • Managing Operations via a User Interface
    Publication number: 20120124518
    Abstract: Techniques for managing operations via a user interface are described. In implementations, a user interface is displayed that includes an option to cause serial processing of multiple operations. In response to a user selection of the option, the multiple operations are processed serially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christine C. Stawitz, Gerald Paul Joyce, William R. Orr, Petru Iulian Cociorva, Peter Seraphim Ponomarev, Manav Mishra, Jeffrey Jay Johnson, Steven J. Ball