Patents by Inventor William H. Linzbach

William H. Linzbach 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).

  • Presentation of user interface content via media player
    Patent number: 8775938
    Abstract: The presentation of user interface content via a media player is disclosed. In one embodiment, a media player detects a triggering event, and, upon detecting the triggering event, requests and receives a user interface content slide deck comprising one or more user interface content slides. The media player then retrieves user interface content for a slide in the slide deck, and displays the user interface content for the slide in the slide deck to a user along with media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter D Rosser, William H Linzbach, Mark Schwesinger, Suzan Marashi
  • PRESENTATION OF USER INTERFACE CONTENT VIA MEDIA PLAYER
    Publication number: 20090106659
    Abstract: The presentation of user interface content via a media player is disclosed. In one embodiment, a media player detects a triggering event, and, upon detecting the triggering event, requests and receives a user interface content slide deck comprising one or more user interface content slides. The media player then retrieves user interface content for a slide in the slide deck, and displays the user interface content for the slide in the slide deck to a user along with media content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter D. Rosser, William H. Linzbach, Mark Schwesinger, Suzan Marashi
  • Providing dynamic content in a user interface in an application
    Publication number: 20080178125
    Abstract: Providing dynamic content in a user interface page in an application is disclosed. The user interface page is rendered in the application, in which the user interface page includes at lease one menu items. Responsive to a selection of a menu item, at least one tile corresponding to the selected menu item is rendered. Responsive to an interaction with a tile, dynamic content is rendered within the tile in the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Elsbree, William H. Linzbach, David E. Fleishman, Marc S. Oshiro