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).

  • Patent number: 7810042
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Patent number: 7797639
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Patent number: 7284200
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Bernstein, Vikram Madan, Gregory H. Manto, Gerhard A. Schobbe, Shawna Swanson, Kurt A. Geisel, Steve E. Weil
  • Patent number: 7251786
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
  • Publication number: 20060294473
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leroy Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Publication number: 20060277471
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Leroy Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Patent number: 7100119
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Publication number: 20040196306
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory H. Manto, Steve E. Weil, Michael Williams, Shawna Swanson, Vikram Madan, Michael S. Bernstein, Kevin P. Paulson, Roger Wynn
  • Publication number: 20040196313
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
  • Publication number: 20040168133
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Wynn, Kevin P. Paulson, Marieke Iwema, Shawna Swanson, Greg Manto
  • Publication number: 20040093565
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Michael S. Bernstein, Vikram Madan, Gregory H. Manto, Gerhard A. Schobbe, Shawna Swanson, Kurt A. Geisel, Steve E. Weil
  • Publication number: 20040085364
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Leroy B. Keely, David Switzer, Shawna Swanson, Kevin P. Paulson, Tamara Stephas
  • Patent number: D554145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrienne E. O'Donnell, Robert Ward Massa, Marieke Iwema Watson, Shawna Swanson
  • Patent number: D653262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: D657797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: D659161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: 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