Patents by Inventor Steven P. Benario

Steven P. Benario 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).

  • Application launching animation for connecting a tile and surface
    Patent number: 10169902
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an application presentation system may allow a user to visually track a change between states of an application by having a marker visual that becomes an application visual. The application presentation system may present a predecessor visual 402 representing a predecessor operational state of an application. The application presentation system may change the application into a successor operational state with a successor visual 404. The application presentation system may present a transition animation tracking a transition between the predecessor operational state and the successor operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steven P. Benario, Maverick Velasco, Bonny Lau
  • APPLICATION LAUNCHING ANIMATION FOR CONNECTING A TILE AND SURFACE
    Publication number: 20180122121
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an application presentation system may allow a user to visually track a change between states of an application by having a marker visual that becomes an application visual. The application presentation system may present a predecessor visual 402 representing a predecessor operational state of an application. The application presentation system may change the application into a successor operational state with a successor visual 404. The application presentation system may present a transition animation tracking a transition between the predecessor operational state and the successor operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven P. Benario, Maverick Velasco, Bonny Lau
  • Application launching animation for connecting a tile and surface
    Patent number: 9870635
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an application presentation system may allow a user to visually track a change between states of an application by having a marker visual that becomes an application visual. The application presentation system may present a predecessor visual 402 representing a predecessor operational state of an application. The application presentation system may change the application into a successor operational state with a successor visual 404. The application presentation system may present a transition animation tracking a transition between the predecessor operational state and the successor operational state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Steven P. Benario, Maverick Velasco, Bonny Lau
  • Application Launching Animation for Connecting a Tile and Surface
    Publication number: 20130176340
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an application presentation system may allow a user to visually track a change between states of an application by having a marker visual that becomes an application visual. The application presentation system may present a predecessor visual 402 representing a predecessor operational state of an application. The application presentation system may change the application into a successor operational state with a successor visual 404. The application presentation system may present a transition animation tracking a transition between the predecessor operational state and the successor operational state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Steven P. Benario, Maverick Velasco, Bonny Lau
  • DISPLAYING BATTERY LIFE RESULTING FROM SETTING CHANGES
    Publication number: 20120102407
    Abstract: An indication of a remaining battery life currently available based on a current resource setting for a resource of a computing device is displayed. A user input to change the resource to a new resource setting is received, and in response to the user input an indication of the remaining battery life currently available based on the new resource setting is identified and an indication of the remaining battery life currently available based on the new resource setting is displayed. In situations where the resource is a screen of the computing device, the new resource setting can be a new screen brightness setting, and the screen brightness can be changed concurrently with displaying the remaining battery life currently available based on the new screen brightness setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven P. Benario, Ryan A. Haveson, Saurabh Wagh, Gaurav S. Anand, Ryan M. Hurst