Patents by Inventor Shawna Swanson
Shawna Swanson 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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Patent number: 7810042Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly locate text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Patent number: 7797639Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly locate text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Patent number: 7284200Abstract: A system and method for associating an ink title with a note is described. A user may hand write a title for a document or note and have the handwritten ink title be displayed when interacting with the system when, for example, viewing the contents of a directory, reviewing the results of a search, viewing a list of most recently used documents, viewing a history of which documents were used, and the like. The use of a handwritten ink title speeds a user's recall of the content of the note over textual titles.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Michael S. Bernstein, Vikram Madan, Gregory H. Manto, Gerhard A. Schobbe, Shawna Swanson, Kurt A. Geisel, Steve E. Weil
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Patent number: 7251786Abstract: Electronic note taking is enhanced by automatically modifying an electronic document corresponding to a user's meeting notes to include at least some data from an electronic calendar or scheduling system in which the user's meeting is scheduled. For example, when an electronic note is created for a specific meeting, information about the meeting from the user's electronic calendar or scheduling system can automatically be included in the new electronic note. This information may be provided in the note in a form that allows it to be electronically searched and shared with others.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
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Publication number: 20060294473Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly locate text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Leroy Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Publication number: 20060277471Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly locate text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2006Publication date: December 7, 2006Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Leroy Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Patent number: 7100119Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly located text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2002Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Publication number: 20040196306Abstract: Various techniques and tools are described for allowing a user to flag desired content within a data file. More particularly, a user can select content within a file, such as an image or a group of electronic ink strokes. The user can then flag that selected content so that it may later be easily retrieved. The flag may simply mark the position of selected content, or the flag may be associated with the selected content such that, if the content is moved to another location or even to another file, the flag will remain associated with the selected content, and can continue to be used to easily retrieve the selected content.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Gregory H. Manto, Steve E. Weil, Michael Williams, Shawna Swanson, Vikram Madan, Michael S. Bernstein, Kevin P. Paulson, Roger Wynn
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Publication number: 20040196313Abstract: Pen-based computing systems enable users to create, save, edit, modify, and manipulate electronic ink in various ways. To make such systems more useful, the electronic ink may be “repurposed” for use in other application programs. For example, pen-based computing systems may be programmed to: receive electronic ink data in a first application program and introduce a data set relating to at least a portion of the electronic ink data into a second, different application program. The data set introduced into the second application program may include electronic ink data or machine-generated text based on the electronic ink data. Users may freely select the electronic ink data to be transferred to the second application program and the application program to which the ink data will be transferred. The first application program, which serves as the source for the ink data to be transferred, may in some examples receive strokes as user input and generate electronic ink data from this user input (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: October 7, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
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Publication number: 20040168133Abstract: Electronic note taking is enhanced by automatically modifying an electronic document corresponding to a user's meeting notes to include at least some data from an electronic calendar or scheduling system in which the user's meeting is scheduled. For example, when an electronic note is created for a specific meeting, information about the meeting from the user's electronic calendar or scheduling system can automatically be included in the new electronic note. This information may be provided in the note in a form that allows it to be electronically searched and shared with others.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2003Publication date: August 26, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
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Publication number: 20040093565Abstract: A system and method for associating an ink title with a note is described. A user may hand write a title for a document or note and have the handwritten ink title be displayed when interacting with the system when, for example, viewing the contents of a directory, reviewing the results of a search, viewing a list of most recently used documents, viewing a history of which documents were used, and the like. The use of a handwritten ink title speeds a user's recall of the content of the note over textual titles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2002Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Michael S. Bernstein, Vikram Madan, Gregory H. Manto, Gerhard A. Schobbe, Shawna Swanson, Kurt A. Geisel, Steve E. Weil
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Publication number: 20040085364Abstract: Graphical user interfaces for computer display devices include a page bar control element that allows a user to easily and quickly navigate among the pages of a multiple page electronic document and/or among the pages of a plurality of electronic documents. In some examples, the page bar control element displayed on the computer system provides a visual representation of a multiple pages of the document(s), wherein the visual representation includes several tabs or markers, each marker representing one or more pages of the document(s). In some examples, the markers are rendered in colors that enable quick identification of the current page and/or the page being viewed as well as pages viewed in a riffling action. The page bar control element also may include a visual “flag” that helps users quickly located text that they have previously flagged or that the system has automatically flagged for them.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
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Patent number: D554145Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa, Marieke Iwema Watson, Shawna Swanson
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Patent number: D653262Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen
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Patent number: D657797Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen
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Patent number: D659161Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Michael A. LaJoie, Martijn van Tilburg, Luciana Misura, Robert Kenneth Stein, Bryan Pieratt, Robert Ward Massa, Jenny Lam, Benjamin N. Truelove, Michael Anthony Martinez, Tjeerd Hoek, Marieke Iwema Watson, Michael Curato, Michael Gilmore, Greg S. Melander, Paul Gusmorino, Shawna Swanson, Mark R. Ligameri, Talos Shu-Ming Tsui, Aaron Wesley Cunningham, Patrice Lynn Miner, Christina Szi-Gia Chen