Patents by Inventor Steven A. Isaac
Steven A. Isaac 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: 9758274Abstract: A protective case in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a backing shaped to securely attach to a back side of a personal electronic device, a cover hingedly connected to the backing, and a joint operably positioned between the backing and the cover. The backing includes a first magnetic region. The cover includes a screen protector and a tab hingedly connected to the screen protector. The tab includes a second and third magnetic regions hingedly connected to one another. The joint is bendable along a bending axis to allow the cover to move between a closed configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are detached from one another and an open configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are releasably attached to one another. The first, second, and third magnetic regions have advantageous respective distributions of magnetic polarities.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: 9540134Abstract: A protective case for use with a personal electronic device includes a backing shaped to securely attach to a back side of the device and an articulated cover configured to extend over a front side of the device. The backing includes end portions configured to secure opposite edges of the device, and a first coupling component spaced apart from the end portions of the backing. The cover includes a plurality of panels and a second coupling component releasably securable to the first coupling component. The cover is movable into a configuration in which the first and second coupling components are attached to one another and the plurality of panels form a support structure that supports the device at an angle relative to a horizontal support surface. The support structure is adjustable to change the angle without detaching the first and second coupling components from one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: 9317202Abstract: A keyboard overlay for use with a virtual touch screen keyboard, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present technology, a keyboard is overlaid over a plurality of virtual keys that have virtual key centers laterally spaced apart from each other. The keyboard can have a base configured to be coupled to the virtual touch screen keyboard and a plurality of overlay key structures corresponding to the virtual keys. The overlay key centers of the individual overlay key structures have overlay key centers, and at least a subset of the overlay key structures can be arranged such that the overlay key centers of the subset are offset relative to the virtual key centers of the corresponding virtual keys.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac, Ralph Levy
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Publication number: 20150266610Abstract: A protective case in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a backing shaped to securely attach to a back side of a personal electronic device, a cover hingedly connected to the backing, and a joint operably positioned between the backing and the cover. The backing includes a first magnetic region. The cover includes a screen protector and a tab hingedly connected to the screen protector. The tab includes a second and third magnetic regions hingedly connected to one another. The joint is bendable along a bending axis to allow the cover to move between a closed configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are detached from one another and an open configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are releasably attached to one another. The first, second, and third magnetic regions have advantageous respective distributions of magnetic polarities.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Publication number: 20150191273Abstract: A protective case for use with a personal electronic device includes a backing shaped to securely attach to a back side of the device and an articulated cover configured to extend over a front side of the device. The backing includes end portions configured to secure opposite edges of the device, and a first coupling component spaced apart from the end portions of the backing. The cover includes a plurality of panels and a second coupling component releasably securable to the first coupling component. The cover is movable into a configuration in which the first and second coupling components are attached to one another and the plurality of panels form a support structure that supports the device at an angle relative to a horizontal support surface. The support structure is adjustable to change the angle without detaching the first and second coupling components from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Publication number: 20150070281Abstract: A keyboard overlay for use with a virtual touch screen keyboard, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present technology, a keyboard is overlaid over a plurality of virtual keys that have virtual key centers laterally spaced apart from each other. The keyboard can have a base configured to be coupled to the virtual touch screen keyboard and a plurality of overlay key structures corresponding to the virtual keys. The overlay key centers of the individual overlay key structures have overlay key centers, and at least a subset of the overlay key structures can be arranged such that the overlay key centers of the subset are offset relative to the virtual key centers of the corresponding virtual keys.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac, Ralph Levy
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Patent number: 7451352Abstract: Web control validation may be defined using one or more declarations that are included in an ASP+ file by the web page author. The declarations specify server-side objects that validate the input data received in the web page and provide error handling in the event of a validation failure error. Validation declaration parameters specify the validation criteria against which the input data is validated. Example validation operations involve regular expressions, required fields, data comparison, range comparison and custom validation. Validation parameters can also specify either server-side validation or client-side validation, depending on the client browser's capabilities. In a server-side scenario, a server-side validation object processes the input data received in an HTTP request from the client. In a client-side scenario, a server-side validation object renders the appropriate client-side code to validate the input data without a round trip between the client and the server.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anthony J. Moore, Susan M. Warren, Scott D. Guthrie, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: 6915454Abstract: Web control validation may be defined using one or more declarations that are included in an ASP+ file by the web page author. The declarations specify server-side objects that validate the input data received in the web page and provide error handling in the event of a validation failure error. Validation declaration parameters specify the validation criteria against which the input data is validated. Example validation operations involve regular expressions, required fields, data comparison, range comparison and custom validation. Validation parameters can also specify- either server-side validation or client-side validation, depending on the client browser's capabilities. In a server-side scenario, a server-side validation object processes the input data received in an HTTP request from the client. In a client-side scenario, a server-side validation object renders the appropriate client-side code to validate the input data without a round trip between the client and the server.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anthony J. Moore, Susan M. Warren, Scott D. Guthrie, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: 6647531Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Patent number: 6632248Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1996Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Publication number: 20020143853Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Patent number: 6424981Abstract: User-selected customization information for a network (e.g., HTML) document is stored at a server with reference to user identifying information that uniquely identifies the user. Whenever the user navigates back to the network address of the HTML document, the user is identified automatically and receives a customized HTML document formed in accordance with the customization information.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1999Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steven A. Isaac, Mark B. Grossman, Ron E. Critchfield, Michael H. Tuchen, James S. Gwertzman, Paul A. McDaniel
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Patent number: D727916Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: D727919Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: D749084Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac
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Patent number: D824391Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Touchfire, Inc.Inventors: Bradley S. Melmon, Steven A. Isaac