Patents by Inventor Ransom VanOrman

Ransom VanOrman 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).

  • Graphical representation of tabular data
    Patent number: 8984433
    Abstract: An enterprise management system may present data in a user interface that contains tabular data and a graphical representation of the tabular data. The graphical representation may change based on portions of the tabular data that may be selected, and may show a graphical data summary if no rows are selected, or detailed graphical illustrations of the selected rows. In some cases, filters may be applied to the data, and a selection tool may enable a user to select from several different parameters in each row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Peter Francis Martone, David James, Jeff Liu, Ransom VanOrman, Jun Wang, Sobia Tariq
  • Method and apparatus to dynamically provide web content resources in a portal
    Patent number: 7987421
    Abstract: To display content in a user's preferred language, a content provider locates a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventors: Boyd H Timothy, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Matthew Gerrit Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, John Ransom VanOrman, II, James Mark Norman
  • Graphical Representation of Tabular Data
    Publication number: 20090100370
    Abstract: An enterprise management system may present data in a user interface that contains tabular data and a graphical representation of the tabular data. The graphical representation may change based on portions of the tabular data that may be selected, and may show a graphical data summary if no rows are selected, or detailed graphical illustrations of the selected rows. In some cases, filters may be applied to the data, and a selection tool may enable a user to select from several different parameters in each row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Francis Martone, David James, Jeff Liu, Ransom VanOrman, Jun Wang, Sobia Tariq