Patents by Inventor Sandra G. Hirsh

Sandra G. Hirsh 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).

  • Publication number: 20080242324
    Abstract: Described is a technology directed towards providing a single page of data that when rendered (e.g., on a mobile device) displays combined content from multiple endpoints (e.g., corresponding to different messaging participants). Interaction with the page facilitates communication back to each endpoint. Bidirectional communication logic such as a messaging application provides the interactive page as a user interface. Content corresponding to each conversation is displayed in a separate area, which may include an interactive mechanism (e.g., a text input area and send mechanism) for sending a message to the messaging participant associated with that conversation. When content changes (e.g., following a page refresh), a change indication may be provided, such as by displaying a notification banner, and/or by changing the appearance (e.g., color) of changed message content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Adam Smuga, Andre Oliver Michael Mohr, Sandra G. Hirsh, Lu Ge, Christine Anderson, Zen Fan
  • Publication number: 20080059896
    Abstract: A mobile device user interface is described. Data tiles are arranged as a stack of wheels, where each wheel has one or more data tiles. One data tile from each wheel is simultaneously displayed. Up/down navigation is used to move from one wheel to another, while left/right navigation is used to spin a wheel to view the data tiles on the current wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christine Anderson, Darren A. Apfel, Sandra G. Hirsh, Andre Mohr, Cinthya R. Urasaki