Patents by Inventor Steven Frederickson

Steven Frederickson 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).

  • Contextual help
    Patent number: 9727201
    Abstract: Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification. The triggers may take into account various factors, such as the action currently being performed by the user, whether the tip has been presented to the user before, the user's past experience with the feature, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Brian D. Beck, Stephen D. Bader, Deana Fuller, Steven Frederickson, Gregory T. Mattox, Jr., Carmen Quan, Srinivas Chakravarthula, Ross N. Luengen, Akshatha Kommalapati, J Craig Hally, Song Zou
  • Dynamic management of edge inputs by users on a touch device
    Patent number: 9626100
    Abstract: Systems and methods of blocking, ignoring, suspending, or otherwise altering edge-related UI gestures on touch-sensitive computing devices or on non-touch sensitive computing devices having active edge I/O commands in certain situations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a second UI gesture coming from an outside edge may be altered after a first UI gesture from a user using an running application under certain conditions—e.g., if the second UI gesture is made within a certain time period after the first UI gesture, the second UI gesture is made within a certain proximity of the first UI gesture, etc. In another embodiment, a computing device is disclosed that comprises a controller, a display screen and an operating system that alters certain edge-related UI gestures that might be made by an operating system if, e.g., certain conditions are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Frederickson, Christopher Doan, Alan Stephenson, Bret Anderson, Michael Seibert, Robert Jarrett, Aleksandar Uzelac, Steven Welch
  • CONTEXTUAL HELP
    Publication number: 20160291802
    Abstract: Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: BRIAN D. BECK, STEPHEN D. BADER, DEANA FULLER, STEVEN FREDERICKSON, GREGORY T. MATTOX, JR., CARMEN QUAN, SRINIVAS CHAKRAVARTHULA, ROSS N. LUENGEN, AKSHATHA KOMMALAPATI, J CRAIG HALLY, SONG ZOU
  • DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF EDGE INPUTS BY USERS ON A TOUCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140310661
    Abstract: Systems and methods of blocking, ignoring, suspending, or otherwise altering edge-related UI gestures on touch-sensitive computing devices or on non-touch sensitive computing devices having active edge I/O commands in certain situations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a second UI gesture coming from an outside edge may be altered after a first UI gesture from a user using an running application under certain conditions—e.g., if the second UI gesture is made within a certain time period after the first UI gesture, the second UI gesture is made within a certain proximity of the first UI gesture, etc. In another embodiment, a computing device is disclosed that comprises a controller, a display screen and an operating system that alters certain edge-related UI gestures that might be made by an operating system if, e.g., certain conditions are present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Frederickson, Christopher Doan, Alan Stephenson, Bret Anderson, Michael Seibert, Robert Jarrett, Aleksandar Uzelac, Steven Welch