Patents by Inventor Sandra B. Barnat

Sandra B. Barnat 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).

  • Contact user interface
    Patent number: 7360174
    Abstract: An interface for enabling different contact information for a plurality of different contacts to be aggregated from numerous data stores into a single contact management system includes a window frame for displaying the contact information in a variety of rich views that graphically illustrate patterns existent within the contact information. Some of the available views include hierarchical, organizational, chronological, social, geographical and operational views of the contact information. The interface also enables a user to search through the aggregate contact information by search term and by filter. The interface also includes another window frame for displaying exploded, detailed, or additional information about selected directories and contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joel K. Grossman, Cornelis K. van Dok, Jonathan D. Perlow, Vivien Park, Sandra B. Barnat, Debra L. Weissman
  • System and method for manipulating objects in graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20040119742
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a hybrid list view of display objects are provided. A screen display includes a number of display objects that can be selected for manipulation and selected to initiate an action. Each display object can include a graphical selection control to toggle a selection status, a foreground portion to an action and a background portion to toggle a selection status and initiate an action. Software applications generate list view screen displays incorporating display objects and can process an additional variety of user inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Marc A. Silbey, Sandra B. Barnat, Gail Borod Giacobbe, Alan B. Auerbach, Michelle D. McKelvey, Cornelis K. van Dok, Jordan L.K. Schwartz, Kelly L. Ford
  • Contact user interface
    Publication number: 20040119760
    Abstract: An interface for enabling different contact information for a plurality of different contacts to be aggregated from numerous data stores into a single contact management system includes a window frame for displaying the contact information in a variety of rich views that graphically illustrate patterns existent within the contact information. Some of the available views include hierarchical, organizational, chronological, social, geographical and operational views of the contact information. The interface also enables a user to search through the aggregate contact information by search term and by filter. The interface also includes another window frame for displaying exploded, detailed, or additional information about selected directories and contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Joel K. Grossman, Cornelis K. van Dok, Jonathan D. Perlow, Vivien Park, Sandra B. Barnat, Debra L. Weissman