Patents by Inventor Sophia VENNIX

Sophia VENNIX 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).

  • Scrollable annotations associated with a subset of content in an electronic document
    Patent number: 11010040
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying annotations associated with an electronic document. One system includes an electronic computing device with an electronic processor configured to display a user interface on a display device. The user interface includes a canvas displaying a first subset of content included in the electronic document and a region scrollable independent from the canvas. The electronic processor is also configured to display a first plurality of annotations in the region. Each of the first plurality of annotations are associated with an anchor within the first subset of the content and displayed spaced within the region in at least one dimension based on spacing of the associated anchors. The electronic processor is further configured to change the region to display a second plurality of annotations in the region in response to changing the canvas to display a second subset of the content included in the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Apurv Suman, Benjamin Bunker, Allison Hirt, Elaine Law, Lee Chang, Robin Emily Wakefield, Sophia Vennix, Victor Kozyrev, Yu-Hsuan Wang, Brian Rhoades
  • SCROLLABLE ANNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBSET OF CONTENT IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20200278788
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying annotations associated with an electronic document. One system includes an electronic computing device with an electronic processor configured to display a user interface on a display device. The user interface includes a canvas displaying a first subset of content included in the electronic document and a region scrollable independent from the canvas. The electronic processor is also configured to display a first plurality of annotations in the region. Each of the first plurality of annotations are associated with an anchor within the first subset of the content and displayed spaced within the region in at least one dimension based on spacing of the associated anchors. The electronic processor is further configured to change the region to display a second plurality of annotations in the region in response to changing the canvas to display a second subset of the content included in the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Apurv SUMAN, Benjamin BUNKER, Allison HIRT, Elaine LAW, Lee CHANG, Robin Emily WAKEFIELD, Sophia VENNIX, Victor KOZYREV, Yu-Hsuan WANG, Brian RHOADES