Patents by Inventor Tracy Schultz
Tracy Schultz 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).
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Patent number: 10079789Abstract: When an outgoing communication sent to one or more recipients contains a supported attachment type, a shared workspace that contains a shared version of the original attachment is provisioned. A modified version of the original outgoing communication is delivered to internal recipients including both a link to the shared document and the original attachment.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
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Publication number: 20160043976Abstract: When an outgoing communication sent to one or more recipients contains a supported attachment type, a shared workspace that contains a shared version of the original attachment is provisioned. A modified version of the original outgoing communication is delivered to internal recipients including both a link to the shared document and the original attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
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Patent number: 9165285Abstract: When an outgoing communication sent to one or more recipients contains a supported attachment type, a shared workspace that contains a shared version of the original attachment is provisioned. A modified version of the original outgoing communication is delivered to internal recipients including both a link to the shared document and the original attachment.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
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Patent number: 8826148Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the simultaneous (e.g., side-by-side or via a “sliding” animation) displaying and viewing of email messages and any attachments to such email messages are disclosed. Such systems, methods and computer program products allow a user of a computing system to simultaneously view the textual portion of an email along with the contents of any attachments within one application, and without the need to switch between at least two software applications—the email reader application and the native (productivity) application used to create such attachment (e.g., a word processing software application, a spreadsheet application, a presentation application, a database application, a portable document format reader, a Web browser and/or the like).Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nino Yuniardi, Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Steve Geffner, Doug Herman, Gary Caldwell
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Publication number: 20120284639Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating the simultaneous (e.g., side-by-side or via a “sliding” animation) displaying and viewing of email messages and any attachments to such email messages are disclosed. Such systems, methods and computer program products allow a user of a computing system to simultaneously view the textual portion of an email along with the contents of any attachments within one application, and without the need to switch between at least two software applications—the email reader application and the native (productivity) application used to create such attachment (e.g., a word processing software application, a spreadsheet application, a presentation application, a database application, a portable document format reader, a Web browser and/or the like).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Nino Yuniardi, Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Steve Geffner, Doug Herman, Gary Caldwell
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Publication number: 20120151377Abstract: A collaborative project management system is provided to create a project workspace linking together various work-product items including e-mails, documents and tasks based on the identification and association of related information contained in such items. A new project workspace may contain groups of documents, correspondence such as emails, instant message and web chatting, tasks, and other data types linked together by common content topics. The system may initiate a new project workspace based on information contained in an initial correspondence, such as an email conversation, by identifying items that are related to the email conversation such as tasks or documents that a user creates or shares subsequent to receipt of an email or message, and automatically inferring an association based on their contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Nina Shih, Nino Yuniardi, Eli Tamanaha, Isaac Jacobsen, Steven Geffner, Peter Leonard, Gary Caldwell
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Publication number: 20120151379Abstract: When an outgoing communication sent to one or more recipients contains a supported attachment type, a shared workspace that contains a shared version of the original attachment is provisioned. A modified version of the original outgoing communication is delivered to internal recipients including both a link to the shared document and the original attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
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Patent number: 7689700Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for configuring computing devices to join a peer group. A peer group may be created on a subnetwork by a computing device. When a new computing device enters the subnetwork, it may join the peer group and be given access to the shared resources on the peer group and associated computing devices, using a communications layer and an authorization layer. Allowing a new computing device to join a peer group includes inviting the new device to join and then challenging the device for a passkey of the peer group. After joining the peer group, the computing device will be able to access and share resources with the peer group and other computing devices associated with the peer group.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian McNeil, Steve Seixeiro, Jerry K. Koh, Andrew V. Davidson, Anshul Rawat, Daniel Oliver, Michael G. Sheldon, Michael McCormack, Ram Ramasubramanian, Tracy Schultz, Giles van der Bogert
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Publication number: 20090177790Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for configuring computing devices to join a peer group. A peer group may be created on a subnetwork by a computing device. When a new computing device enters the subnetwork, it may join the peer group and be given access to the shared resources on the peer group and associated computing devices, using a communications layer and an authorization layer. Allowing a new computing device to join a peer group includes inviting the new device to join and then challenging the device for a passkey of the peer group. After joining the peer group, the computing device will be able to access and share resources with the peer group and other computing devices associated with the peer group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Brian McNeil, Steve Seixeiro, Jerry K. Koh, Andrew V. Davidson, Anshul Rawat, Daniel Oliver, Michael G. Sheldon, Michael McCormack, Ram Ramasubramanian, Tracy Schultz, Giles van der Bogert
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Patent number: 7551779Abstract: Described is a computer-implemented system and method that detects and differentiates scratch-out gestures from other electronic ink, e.g., entered via a pen. The system and method compare boundary-based criteria to differentiate, which eliminates the need to have a specially-shaped scratch-out pattern, instead allowing a wide variety of scratch-out styles to be detected. Criteria includes boundary-based evaluations such as whether the potential scratch-out gesture intersects previously recognized words or characters, whether the scratch-out gesture has a width that is at least a threshold percentage of the width of a word or character bounding box, whether the electronic ink extends beyond the midpoint of the bounding box, and whether at least some portion of the scratch-out gesture is above a baseline of the word or character. Scratch-out gestures entered in freeform input writing areas and boxed input writing areas are supported.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2005Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrian J. Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz, Daphne Guericke, Ernest L. Pennington, Shou-Ching Schilling
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Publication number: 20070061750Abstract: In an embodiment, a software keyboard includes a software key with a first label and a second label, where both the first and the second label are visible. The first label may be displayed on the software key so as to indicate that the first label is active. In an embodiment, the user may provide an input so as to make the second label active and the change may be indicated on the software key. In an embodiment, the arrangement of the first and second labels may be adjusted in response to a resizing of the software keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: March 15, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tracy Schultz, Lindsey Noll, Judy Tandog, Michael Hone
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Publication number: 20060282575Abstract: A process and system for using handwritten input in an auto-suggest list input is described. Handwritten input is recognized as text and forwarded to an auto-suggest list provider that provides a list of suggested results based on the recognized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Leroy Keely, Judy Tandog, Tobiasz Zielinski, Jeffrey Pettiross, Joshua Clow, Shawna Davis
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Publication number: 20060242608Abstract: A system and method for redistributing space in ink-to-text conversions is described. In stylus-based computing systems, users often desire to convert ink from ink into text. Sometimes the conversion is made such that an interaction region is made too small for effective recognition correction or interaction. A system and procedure is described that adjusts the spacing of text to allow easier interaction with the recognition results.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2005Publication date: October 26, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrian Garside, Alice Dai, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz
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Publication number: 20060209040Abstract: User interfaces, methods, systems, and computer-readable media for activating and/or displaying text input systems on display devices may include: (a) displaying a text input system activation target at a user changeable location on a display device; (b) receiving user input directed to the activation target; and (c) activating a text input system in response to the user input. Such user interfaces, methods, and systems further may include (d) displaying a pre-interaction condition of the activation target; (e) receiving user input directed to the activation target in this pre-interaction condition; and (f) changing an appearance of the activation target from the pre-interaction condition to a larger size and/or a different visual appearance in response to this user input. Additional aspects of this invention relate to computer-readable media for providing user interfaces, systems, and methods as described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrian Garside, F. Jones, Josh Clow, Judy Tandog, Leroy Keely, Tracy Schultz
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Publication number: 20060210163Abstract: Described is a computer-implemented system and method that detects and differentiates scratch-out gestures from other electronic ink, e.g., entered via a pen. The system and method compare boundary-based criteria to differentiate, which eliminates the need to have a specially-shaped scratch-out pattern, instead allowing a wide variety of scratch-out styles to be detected. Criteria includes boundary-based evaluations such as whether the potential scratch-out gesture intersects previously recognized words or characters, whether the scratch-out gesture has a width that is at least a threshold percentage of the width of a word or character bounding box, whether the electronic ink extends beyond the midpoint of the bounding box, and whether at least some portion of the scratch-out gesture is above a baseline of the word or character. Scratch-out gestures entered in freeform input writing areas and boxed input writing areas are supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz, Daphne Guericke, Ernest Pennington, Shou-Ching Schilling
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Patent number: D563973Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2006Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Judy C. Tandog, Michael Hone, Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside