Patents by Inventor Syne Mitchell

Syne Mitchell 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).

  • Selective display of content
    Patent number: 7502867
    Abstract: A method and system for selectively fully displaying additional content in a browser window, without requiring scrolling in more than one direction, based on an available display area. For example, additional advertising content is thus selectively displayed in an otherwise unused area of the browsing window to the right of a primary content of a Web page. The size of the available display area is automatically detected, and a determination is automatically made as to whether the additional content and primary content can both be fully displayed in the available display area under the scrolling constraint. If so, both the additional content and the primary content are displayed. Otherwise, only the primary content is displayed. The additional content is downloaded only when it can thus be included within the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Syne Mitchell, G. Scott Tomlin, Lori Niva, Matthew J. Lindenburg
  • Selective display of content
    Publication number: 20060069808
    Abstract: A method and system for selectively fully displaying additional content in a browser window, without requiring scrolling in more than one direction, based on an available display area. For example, additional advertising content is thus selectively displayed in an otherwise unused area of the browsing window to the right of a primary content of a Web page. The size of the available display area is automatically detected, and a determination is automatically made as to whether the additional content and primary content can both be fully displayed in the available display area under the scrolling constraint. If so, both the additional content and the primary content are displayed. Otherwise, only the primary content is displayed. The additional content is downloaded only when it can thus be included within the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Syne Mitchell, G. Tomlin, Lori Niva, Matthew Lindenburg
  • Selective display of content
    Patent number: 6983331
    Abstract: A method and system for selectively fully displaying additional content in a browser window, without requiring scrolling in more than one direction, based on an available display area. For example, additional advertising content is thus selectively displayed in an otherwise unused area of the browsing window to the right of a primary content of a Web page. The size of the available display area is automatically detected, and a determination is automatically made as to whether the additional content and primary content can both be fully displayed in the available display area under the scrolling constraint. If so, both the additional content and the primary content are displayed. Otherwise, only the primary content is displayed. The additional content is downloaded only when it can thus be included within the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Syne Mitchell, G. Scott Tomlin, Lori Niva, Matthew J. Lindenburg