Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Jacquot

Stephen A. Jacquot 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).

  • Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface to objects, the user interface exploiting spatial memory and visually indicating at least one object parameter
    Patent number: 9092112
    Abstract: A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms. The simulated location of the object thumbnails in a direction orthogonal to the surface is based on function, such as a linear, polynomial, or exponential function for example, of one or more object properties, such as number of mouse clicks since selected, age, size, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew J. Conway, Stephen A. Jacquot, Dennis R. Proffitt, George G. Robertson
  • METHODS, APPARATUS AND DATA STRUCTURES FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE TO OBJECTS, THE USER INTERFACE EXPLOITING SPATIAL MEMORY AND VISUALLY INDICATING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT PARAMETER
    Publication number: 20080072168
    Abstract: A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms. The simulated location of the object thumbnails in a direction orthogonal to the surface is based on function, such as a linear, polynomial, or exponential function for example, of one or more object properties, such as number of mouse clicks since selected, age, size, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Conway, Stephen Jacquot, Dennis Proffitt, George Robertson
  • Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a user interface to objects, the user interface exploiting spatial memory and visually indicating at least one object parameter
    Patent number: 7278115
    Abstract: A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms. The simulated location of the object thumbnails in a direction orthogonal to the surface is based on function, such as a linear, polynomial, or exponential function for example, of one or more object properties, such as number of mouse clicks since selected, age, size, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew J. Conway, Stephen A. Jacquot, Dennis R. Proffitt, George G. Robertson