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).

  • Patent number: 10079789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
  • Publication number: 20160043976
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 9165285
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 8826148
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nino Yuniardi, Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Steve Geffner, Doug Herman, Gary Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20120284639
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nino Yuniardi, Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Steve Geffner, Doug Herman, Gary Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20120151377
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Jeffrey Kohler, Nina Shih, Nino Yuniardi, Eli Tamanaha, Isaac Jacobsen, Steven Geffner, Peter Leonard, Gary Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20120151379
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Bram Paperman, Sunil Swami, Nicole Steinbok, Steven Geffner, Jeffrey Kohler, Gary Caldwell, Nino Yuniardi, Peter Leonard, Eli Tamanaha, Nina Shih, Isaac Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 7689700
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20090177790
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 7551779
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian J. Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz, Daphne Guericke, Ernest L. Pennington, Shou-Ching Schilling
  • Publication number: 20070061750
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Lindsey Noll, Judy Tandog, Michael Hone
  • Publication number: 20060282575
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Leroy Keely, Judy Tandog, Tobiasz Zielinski, Jeffrey Pettiross, Joshua Clow, Shawna Davis
  • Publication number: 20060242608
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Garside, Alice Dai, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz
  • Publication number: 20060209040
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Garside, F. Jones, Josh Clow, Judy Tandog, Leroy Keely, Tracy Schultz
  • Publication number: 20060210163
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Garside, Takanobu Murayama, Tracy Schultz, Daphne Guericke, Ernest Pennington, Shou-Ching Schilling
  • Patent number: D563973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Judy C. Tandog, Michael Hone, Tracy Schultz, Adrian Garside