Patents by Inventor Robin Wakefield

Robin Wakefield 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: 10846526
    Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe transformation of content of a digital document on behalf of a user of an application/service. Examples describes herein extend to instances where an existing digital document (e.g. content portion) is transformed as well as examples where templatized transformations are used to create a digital document. As an example, content of a digital document may be converted into preset document format representations which are generated and suggested automatically to the user through a user interface of a productivity service or through an alternative modality (e.g. message, email, notification, etc.). This improves processing efficiency of computing devices associated with productivity services, for example, by enabling efficient digital document management through proactive contextual analysis, reducing the number of processing operations for users in real-time and reducing latency at run-time, among other examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Maria Carpenter, Shikha Devesh Desai, Robin Wakefield, Rebecca Poulson, Maria del Mar Gines Marin
  • Publication number: 20190180098
    Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe transformation of content of a digital document on behalf of a user of an application/service. Examples describes herein extend to instances where an existing digital document (e.g. content portion) is transformed as well as examples where templatized transformations are used to create a digital document. As an example, content of a digital document may be converted into preset document format representations which are generated and suggested automatically to the user through a user interface of a productivity service or through an alternative modality (e.g. message, email, notification, etc.). This improves processing efficiency of computing devices associated with productivity services, for example, by enabling efficient digital document management through proactive contextual analysis, reducing the number of processing operations for users in real-time and reducing latency at run-time, among other examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Maria Carpenter, Shikha Devesh Desai, Robin Wakefield, Rebecca Poulson, Maria del Mar Gines Marin
  • Patent number: 10204080
    Abstract: Rich formatting may be provided for rich data labels. A rich data label may be created for at least one data point associated with a visualization. The data label may be formatted and displayed on the visualization. The rich data label may bind to a particular data point rather than adhering to conventional index-based anchor logic where a data label is bound to the index of a data point. Accordingly, in response to determining that the location of the data point has changed in the visualization, the location of the rich data label is automatically adjusted to remain attached to its original data point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Robin Wakefield
  • Patent number: 10019494
    Abstract: Data mapping alternatives for creating a visual representation of a set of data are presented. A set of data is identified for analysis. The identified set of data and properties associated with the identified set of data are analyzed. Based on the analysis, data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are determined. The determined data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are ranked. The determined data mapping alternatives are presented in an order according to the ranking of the determined data mapping alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Fan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nick Chiang, Robin Wakefield
  • Publication number: 20160103796
    Abstract: Rich formatting may be provided for rich data labels. A rich data label may be created for at least one data point associated with a visualization. The data label may be formatted and displayed on the visualization. The rich data label may bind to a particular data point rather than adhering to conventional index-based anchor logic where a data label is bound to the index of a data point. Accordingly, in response to determining that the location of the data point has changed in the visualization, the location of the rich data label is automatically adjusted to remain attached to its original data point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Robin Wakefield
  • Publication number: 20160026695
    Abstract: Data mapping alternatives for creating a visual representation of a set of data are presented. A set of data is identified for analysis. The identified set of data and properties associated with the identified set of data are analyzed. Based on the analysis, data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are determined The determined data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are ranked. The determined data mapping alternatives are presented in an order according to the ranking of the determined data mapping alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Fan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nick Chiang, Robin Wakefield
  • Patent number: 9135233
    Abstract: Data mapping alternatives for creating a visual representation of a set of data are presented. A set of data is identified for analysis. The identified set of data and properties associated with the identified set of data are analyzed. Based on the analysis, data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are determined. The determined data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are ranked. The determined data mapping alternatives are presented in an order according to the ranking of the determined data mapping alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Fan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nick Chiang, Robin Wakefield
  • Patent number: 9122665
    Abstract: Rich formatting may be provided for rich data labels. A rich data label may be created for at least one data point associated with a visualization. The data label may be formatted and displayed on the visualization. The rich data label may be bind to a particular data point rather than adhering to conventional index-based anchor logic where a data label is bound to the index of a data point. Accordingly, in response to determining that the location of the data point has changed in the visualization, the location of the rich data label is automatically adjusted to remain attached to its original data point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Robin Wakefield
  • Publication number: 20150212981
    Abstract: Technologies are generally provided for enabling the viewing and editing the printed output of a document consistently in web-based application while a printed output of the document looks the same across different browsers as well as desktop client applications. A print view of a document handled by a server hosting the web-based application may be generated at the server, updated as edits are made to the document, and provided to a requesting browser or desktop client application such that the print view is consistent across multiple browsers and the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Wakefield, Albert Chen
  • Publication number: 20130097177
    Abstract: Data mapping alternatives for creating a visual representation of a set of data are presented. A set of data is identified for analysis. The identified set of data and properties associated with the identified set of data are analyzed. Based on the analysis, data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are determined. The determined data mapping alternatives for the identified set of data are ranked. The determined data mapping alternatives are presented in an order according to the ranking of the determined data mapping alternatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Fan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Nick Chiang, Robin Wakefield
  • Publication number: 20130093782
    Abstract: Color selection may be provided. First, a selection of a target object may be received and a color selection mode may be entered. Then a color preview may be provided in response to entering the color selection mode. Next, a color selection may be received in response to providing the color preview. A color of a property of the selected target object may then be set to the received color selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Wakefield, Christopher Doan, Christopher Becker
  • Publication number: 20130091413
    Abstract: Rich data label formatting may be provided. A rich data label may be created for at least one data point associated with a visualization. The data label may be formatted and displayed on the visualization. In response to determining that the change event has occurred on the visualization, the display of the formatted label may be updated according to the change event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Doan, Benjamin Edward Rampson, Robin Wakefield
  • Publication number: 20130080444
    Abstract: Chart recommendations may be provided. First, a summary of a dataset may be determined and each column and row in the dataset, based on the summary, may be classified into classifications. Next, based upon the classifications of each column and row in the dataset, the dataset may be mapped to a plurality of chart types. Each of the plurality of chart types may then be ranked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Robin Wakefield, Nick Chiang