Patents by Inventor Richard Zarick

Richard Zarick 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
  • ACTIONABLE ITEM SWITCHER
    Publication number: 20160077709
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and computer systems for initiating actions via a switcher view are provided. In embodiments, a control to present in association with a window representation is determined In a switcher view including a variety of window representations, the control is presented in association with the window representation. Upon a user-selection of the control, an action corresponding with the control is initiated while the switcher view is maintained. Such an action can perform functionality in association with the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Richard Zarick, Jeremy Monroe Bowen, Richard Fang, Lavanya Vasudevan, Chaitanya Dev Sareen
  • 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
  • Display screen with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D728607
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Karen Mui Scott, Mary-Lynne Williams, Richard Zarick, Jeremy Scott Knudsen, Orry Wijanarko Soegiono