Patents by Inventor Wei-Yin Ma

Wei-Yin Ma 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).

  • Annotation management in a pen-based computing system
    Patent number: 7555705
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing annotations in pen-based computing systems. The systems and methods described herein provide ways to collect, manage, search and share personal information entered by way of handwritten annotations. Annotations are used to drive applications, serve as gestures, find related information and to further manage information. Context information is obtained when a user enters an annotation, and is used to assist in determining and locating relevant content in which the user may be interested, whether in the same document or a different document located on a local computer or on the Internet or other network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Zheng Chen, Barn-Wan Li, Jian Wang, Wei-Yin Ma
  • Annotation management in a pen-based computing system
    Publication number: 20050055628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for managing annotations in pen-based computing systems. The systems and methods described herein provide ways to collect, manage, search and share personal information entered by way of handwritten annotations. Annotations are used to drive applications, serve as gestures, find related information and to further manage information. Context information is obtained when a user enters an annotation, and is used to assist in determining and locating relevant content in which the user may be interested, whether in the same document or a different document located on a local computer or on the Internet or other network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Zheng Chen, Barn-Wan Li, Jian Wang, Wei-Yin Ma