Patents by Inventor Quan To

Quan To 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).

  • Category partitioning markup language and tools
    Patent number: 7437714
    Abstract: A system for testing software modules is provided. A user enters parameter values that will be tested into a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet application generates an XML data file including the parameter values arranged into a table. A test shell extracts test cases from the XML data file and converts the data into a testing object for use by a test engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Hahn, Quan To
  • Ink Editing Architecture
    Publication number: 20070292032
    Abstract: A system and process for capturing and rendering ink is described. An ink canvas object may contain none, one, or more objects or elements and may specify the z-order of the objects or elements. The ink canvas object may host a variety of objects or elements and, therefore, provide ink functionality to the objects or elements, even though the objects or elements themselves may not have ink functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Silverman, Sam George, Shiraz Somji, Koji Kato, Brigette Krantz, Alex Mogilevsky, Mark Harper, Quan To, Vladimir Smirnov, Benjamin Westbrook
  • Point erasing
    Publication number: 20050088426
    Abstract: A system and method for erasing ink is described. Using an erasing contour, the system determines closest points which come close to or contacts the erasing contour when it encounters an ink stroke. Portions of an ink stroke may then be erased when the erasing contour contacts the ink stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corp.
    Inventors: Vladimir Smirnov, Shiraz Somji, Sam George, Koji Kato, Quan To, Rudolph Balaz, Benjamin Westbrook, Andrew Silverman
  • Ink editing architecture
    Publication number: 20050041866
    Abstract: A system and process for capturing and rendering ink is described. An ink canvas object may contain none, one, or more objects or elements and may specify the z-order of the objects or elements. The ink canvas object may host a variety of objects or elements and, therefore, provide ink functionality to the objects or elements, even though they themselves may not have ink functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Silverman, Sam George, Shiraz Somji, Koji Kato, Brigette Krantz, Alex Mogilevsky, Mark Harper, Quan To, Vladimir Smimov, Benjamin Westbrook