Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Boon

Sean Michael Boon 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).

  • Wizard for selecting visualization
    Patent number: 8522151
    Abstract: A visualization design system is provided. The system includes a metadata component to describe characteristics of data. An analyzer determines attributes of a peer group, where the attributes are related to prior visualization design experiences of the group. A wizard component determines a subset of potential visualization types based in part on the characteristics of data and the attributes of the peer group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Sean Michael Boon, Joshua W. Lee, William Guthrie Morein, Brian Scott Ruble
  • Grammar checker for visualization
    Patent number: 8229735
    Abstract: A visualization development system is provided. The system includes a visualization tool to develop one or more visualizations and a grammar engine that operates with the visualization tool to automatically detect visualization problems during the development of the visualizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Brian Scott Ruble, William G. Morein, Sean Michael Boon, Nathan Paul McCoy, Jakob Peter Nielsen, Michael Ehrenberg, Joshua Wyndham Lee, Jason Joseph Weber, Murali R. Krishnan, Stella Yick Chan
  • Visualization as input mechanism
    Patent number: 8065345
    Abstract: A visualization input system is provided. The system includes a visualization component that receives input gestures from a user (or users) and translates the gestures into one or more data manipulation commands. A distribution component receives the data manipulation commands and propagates data modifications across one or more databases in view of the commands. This includes a rights component that enables the data modifications to be implemented across the one or more databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Jason D. Carlson, Brian Scott Ruble, Sean Michael Boon, Jakob Peter Nielsen, David E. Heckerman, Joshua W. Lee, Christian Bernd Schormann, Barry James Givens
  • WIZARD FOR SELECTING VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20100199181
    Abstract: A visualization design system is provided. The system includes a metadata component to describe characteristics of data. An analyzer determines attributes of a peer group, where the attributes are related to prior visualization design experiences of the group. A wizard component determines a subset of potential visualization types based in part on the characteristics of data and the attributes of the peer group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Sean Michael Boon, Joshua W. Lee, William Guthrie Morein, Brian Scott Ruble
  • VISUALIZATION AS INPUT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20100198787
    Abstract: A visualization input system is provided. The system includes a visualization component that receives input gestures from a user (or users) and translates the gestures into one or more data manipulation commands. A distribution component receives the data manipulation commands and propagates data modifications across one or more databases in view of the commands. This includes a rights component that enables the data modifications to be implemented across the one or more databases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Jason D. Carlson, Brian Scott Ruble, Sean Michael Boon, Jakob Peter Nielsen, David E. Heckerman, Joshua W. Lee, Christian Bernd Schormann, Barry James Givens
  • GRAMMAR CHECKER FOR VISUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20090326921
    Abstract: A visualization development system is provided. The system includes a visualization tool to develop one or more visualizations and a grammar engine that operates with the visualization tool to automatically detect visualization problems during the development of the visualizations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: George G. Robertson, Brian Scott Ruble, William G. Morein, Sean Michael Boon, Nathan Paul McCoy, Jakob Peter Nielsen, Michael Ehrenberg, Joshua Wyndham Lee, Jason Joseph Weber, Murali R. Krishnan, Stella Yick Chan