Patents by Inventor Rylan M. Hawkins

Rylan M. Hawkins 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).

  • Resource index identifying multiple resource instances and selecting most appropriate UI resource instance based on weighted resource request conditions
    Patent number: 9047103
    Abstract: A resource index on a computing device identifies multiple resource instances (e.g., multiple user interface (UI) resource instances) of multiple resource items (e.g., of multiple UI resource items), each resource instance having one or more resource instance conditions. In response to a request for a resource item received from an application, a determination is made based on the resource index of one of the multiple resource instances that satisfy conditions associated with the request, and the one of the multiple resource instances is returned to the application. Additionally, the resource index can be used to identify potential errors in running an application in various potential contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan M. Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Y. Chi, Laura Gonzalez Gomez, Jayashree Sadagopan
  • RESOURCE INDEX IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE RESOURCE INSTANCES
    Publication number: 20120159260
    Abstract: A resource index on a computing device identifies multiple resource instances (e.g., multiple user interface (UI) resource instances) of multiple resource items (e.g., of multiple UI resource items), each resource instance having one or more resource instance conditions. In response to a request for a resource item received from an application, a determination is made based on the resource index of one of the multiple resource instances that satisfy conditions associated with the request, and the one of the multiple resource instances is returned to the application. Additionally, the resource index can be used to identify potential errors in running an application in various potential contexts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik Fortune, Rylan M. Hawkins, Peter G. Constable, Sunggook Chue, Dennis Y. Chi, Laura Gonzalez Gomez, Jayashree Sadagopan