Patents by Inventor Steven Douglas De Mar

Steven Douglas De Mar 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).

  • Creation, editing and navigation of diagrams
    Patent number: 9436437
    Abstract: Organizing data where the data has spatial significance. A method includes, at a user interface, displaying to a user a representation of spatially structured data. User input is received at a computer implemented user interface through one or more hardware user interface devices. The user input is domain agnostic, but has a spatial connotation. Based on pre-existing structured data displayed at the user interface, a domain is determined for the user input. Based on the determined domain, the user input is interpreted into a domain specific response. The domain specific response is consistent with the spatial connotation across a plurality of domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jens K. Jacobsen, Sadi Khan, Gareth Alun Jones, Tyler Edward Gibson, Steven Douglas De Mar, Andrew Jude Byrne
  • CREATION, EDITING AND NAVIGATION OF DIAGRAMS
    Publication number: 20120154283
    Abstract: Organizing data where the data has spatial significance. A method includes, at a user interface, displaying to a user a representation of spatially structured data. User input is received at a computer implemented user interface through one or more hardware user interface devices. The user input is domain agnostic, but has a spatial connotation. Based on pre-existing structured data displayed at the user interface, a domain is determined for the user input. Based on the determined domain, the user input is interpreted into a domain specific response. The domain specific response is consistent with the spatial connotation across a plurality of domains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jens K. Jacobsen, Sadi Khan, Gareth Alun Jones, Tyler Edward Gibson, Steven Douglas De Mar, Andrew Jude Byrne
  • Media browsing system displaying thumbnails images based on preferences of plurality of users and placing the thumbnails images at a scene change
    Patent number: 7251790
    Abstract: A system and method facilitating media browsing is provided. The invention includes a media delivery system adapted to provide media and thumbnail image(s) to a media display component. The invention further provides for a media delivery system to include a media analyzer, a thumbnail generator and a media player. The media analyzer can analyze content of media that the thumbnail generator can utilize in generating thumbnail image(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Drucker, Curtis G. Wong, Asta L. Glatzer, Steven Douglas De Mar