Patents by Inventor Sylvia Antje Hayashi

Sylvia Antje Hayashi 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).

  • Cross version and cross product user interface
    Patent number: 7886290
    Abstract: When a user interface of a parent software application is modified such that user interface components of an add-in application are not compatible with the parent application user interface, user interface components associated with functionalities of the add-in application are added to the modified parent application user interface. A prior user interface of the parent application to which the add-in application user interface components are added is run in a background of the parent application and is not visible to users. User interface components in the parent application user interface are linked to corresponding add-in application user interface components in the prior user interface. Selection of a user interface component from the present user interface that is associated with an add-in application functionality causes selection of a corresponding user interface component in the background user interface, and the associated add-in functionality is executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Savraj Singh Dhanjal, Sylvia Antje Hayashi, David Andrew Morton, Preethi Ramani, Angela Wai Ga So, Andy Chung-An Chang