Patents by Inventor Roland Fernandez
Roland Fernandez 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).
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Publication number: 20070192745Abstract: A prototyping tool is provided to an artistic team, which can use the tool to experiment with, demonstrate, and communicate aspects of the user interface interaction with various user interface elements. These user interface elements can be defined within a layered graphics representation of the user interface artwork, rather than individual flattened graphics files. By setting properties on individual user interface elements through the prototyping tool, the artistic team can review how the elements will appear and behave during typical interaction with a user. Furthermore, a description of the interaction properties and relationships of these user interface elements, as defined by the artistic team, is captured for communication to a programming team. The programming team can then load the layered graphical representation and the interaction description to implement the user interface interactivity developed and proposed by the artistic team.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Bradford Gillespie, Wistar Rinearson
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Patent number: 7096881Abstract: A digital pressurization compound terminal 10 comprising a high accuracy digital pressure gauge 11 sheltered in a silicon housing, main body 13 made of a high-resistance allow and dimensioned to be held in the palm of the user's hand, o-ring 12, control or HP valves 14, ring 15, regulator assembly valve 16, equipped piston 17, second o-ring 18, inferior body and handle 19, third o-ring 20, male quick coupling 21, screw 22, regulator setting wheel 23, purging female quick coupling 24, service female quik coupling 25 and on-off switch 26.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Inventor: Manuel Roland Fernandez
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Publication number: 20050193100Abstract: A networked computing environment in which a computing device is configured according to configuration information associated with a detected communication network is presented. As a computer detects a change in the network to which it is connected, the computer obtains configuration information associated with the newly detected network. According to the configuration information, the computer is configured such that some computer functions are presented and/or made available and accessible, while other computer functions are hidden and/or made unavailable and inaccessible.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Susan Woolf, Roland Fernandez, Wistar Rinearson, Bradford Gillespie
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Patent number: 6935359Abstract: A digital pressurization compound terminal 10 comprising a high accuracy digital pressure gauge 11 sheltered in a silicon housing, main body 13 made of a high-resistance allow and dimensioned to be held in the palm of the user's hand, o-ring 12, control or HP valves 14, ring 15, regulator assembly valve 16, equipped piston 17, second o-ring 18, inferior body and handle 19, third o-ring 20, male quick coupling 21, screw 22, regulator setting wheel 23, purging female quick coupling 24, service female quik coupling 25 and on-off switch 26.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Inventor: Manuel Roland Fernandez
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Publication number: 20050156939Abstract: A method of communicating between a graphical component library and an appearance manager is provided that includes issuing a request, that includes component defining parameters, for rendering services by a graphical component library. The appearance manager receives the request for rendering services and assigns appearance characteristics to the graphical component based upon the provided parameters. A method of rendering graphical components on the display of a computer system is also provided that includes rendering the requested graphical component according to the appearance characteristics assigned by the appearance manager. A method is also provided for communicating between a graphical component library and an appearance manager that includes issuing a request that includes component defining parameters, for information about the defined component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Richard Stoakley, Chris Guzak, Scott Hysom, Scott Hanggie, Michael Schmidt, Louis Amadio, Christopher Evans
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Publication number: 20050081162Abstract: A binary theme file format provides optimized access to retrieve graphical component theme property data. The binary format includes data structures storing a set of defined visual characteristics for graphical component classes, parts, and states. The data structure includes a hierarchy of theme data. A theme manager quickly retrieves theme property data by indexing into the binary file with a unique theme handle. The theme manager accesses state, part, class, and global property sections to retrieve theme data. Jump tables and jump-to-parent references allow for quickly traversing property data sections. Packed data sections have packed objects having the necessary property data for frequently used graphical components. A custom image region data section provides border data for nontransparent image borders. A sampled colors section facilitates rendering of images with solid sections. The binary file format can be constructed using a text theme file and is loaded into shared process memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Christopher Evans, Richard Stoakley, Scott Hysom
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Publication number: 20050044504Abstract: A system theme schema file format includes declarations of enumerations, properties, control parts, and control part states for providing extensible theming of the visual appearance of a computer operating system's user interface components. Custom theme schema files can extend the system theme schema by adding declarations of custom enumerations, custom properties, custom control part, and custom control part states, thereby participating in theming of the visual appearance of components of the computer's operating system. The schema files establish the allowable form and content of data that specifies how user interface components should be displayed in accordance with particular themes. Themes are defined and user interface components are displayed by the operating system in accordance with the information specified in the schema files.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Christopher Evans, Richard Stoakley, Gregory Raiz, Aaron Tinling, Scott Hanggie
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Publication number: 20050015729Abstract: A binary theme file format provides optimized access to retrieve graphical component theme property data. The binary format includes data structures storing a set of defined visual characteristics for graphical component classes, parts, and states. The data structure includes a hierarchy of theme data. A theme manager quickly retrieves theme property data by indexing into the binary file with a unique theme handle. The theme manager accesses state, part, class, and global property sections to retrieve theme data. Jump tables and jump-to-parent references allow for quickly traversing property data sections. Packed data sections have packed objects having the necessary property data for frequently used graphical components. A custom image region data section provides border data for nontransparent image borders. A sampled colors section facilitates rendering of images with solid sections. The binary file format can be constructed using a text theme file and is loaded into shared process memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2004Publication date: January 20, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Christopher Evans, Richard Stoakley, Scott Hysom
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Publication number: 20040249953Abstract: A peer-to-peer wireless instant messaging system is described. A user may establish a wireless instant messaging communication pathway with other users either using a server or directly. In some aspects of the present invention, a user may use an intermediate user's connection to reach another user, who is out of range of the first user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Iain Hackett, Wistar D. Rinearson, Michael Williams, Susan D. Woolf
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Publication number: 20040236850Abstract: A system and method in a wireless network for discovering which resources (e.g., other wireless computing devices) are proximate a user's wireless computing device. Wireless signal strengths with respect to various base stations are compared with the signal strengths of other network devices or resources, to determine which devices are experiencing similar signal strengths. Devices with similar signal strengths are deemed proximate. Each participating computing device may send its signal strength reports to a proximity server, which distributes proximity data to network clients. Each client may receive and process the signal strength data for determining which other clients/resources are proximate, or the server can perform proximity computations and return a list of proximate clients. Once computed, the identities of the proximate clients can be used to query for additional data about the clients, such as the names and other details of their owners, or information about the resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, REDMOND, WASHINGTONInventors: John C. Krumm, Susan D. Woolf, Roland Fernandez, David J. Marsh, Albert D. Jee, Wayne G. King
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Publication number: 20040237033Abstract: A system and method in a computer network in which computer users may make handwritten annotations (to publication pages such as a slideshow slide) public to other computer users, as well as to view public annotations from other computer users. Users can selectively publish authored notes, and subscribe to other user's published notes, as well as see who is subscribing to those notes. An annotation program such as running on a tablet personal computer allows a user to operate in a public mode or a private mode. In the public mode, an author's ink strokes are sent to a server which distributes those ink strokes to subscribers of that author. The architecture provides other useful applications, including a shared canvas mode in which any user annotations corresponding to a publication page are viewable to other users, and a graffiti mode in which annotations are persisted independent of any publication page.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: November 25, 2004Inventors: Susan D. Woolf, Roland Fernandez, David J. Marsh, Wis Rinearson
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Publication number: 20040228531Abstract: User interfaces and methods are described for managing invitations in instant messaging communication threads. In some aspects, tabs are used to organize instant messaging threads in a condensed structure. In other aspects, a user may send and receive invitations that are then stored pending a receive user's acceptance or decline of the invitation. The status of these pending conversations is continuously displayed to the user so they are not forgotten. These and other aspects to user interfaces for instant messaging applications are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Iain Hackett, Wistar D. Rinearson, Michael Williams, Susan D. Woolf
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Publication number: 20040228532Abstract: User interfaces and methods are described for formatting and handling electronic ink messaging communications.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roland Fernandez, Iain Hackett, Wistar D. Rinearson, Michael Williams, Susan D. Woolf
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Publication number: 20020185177Abstract: A digital pressurization compound terminal 10 comprising a high accuracy digital pressure gauge 11 sheltered in a silicon housing, main body 13 made of a high-resistance allow and dimensioned to be held in the palm of the user's hand, o-ring 12, control or HP valves 14, ring 15, regulator assembly valve 16, equipped piston 17, second o-ring 18, inferior body and handle 19, third o-ring 20, male quick coupling 21, screw 22, regulator setting wheel 23, purging female quick coupling 24, service female quik coupling 25 and on-off switch 26.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventor: Manuel Roland Fernandez