Patents by Inventor William Joseph Devereux

William Joseph Devereux 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: 12118187
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to simultaneously displaying proxy windows for application windows and/or tabs included in such application windows via a graphical user interface of an operating system. For instance, an application programming interface (API) associated with an application that supports a tabbed document interface (TDI) provides information associated with each tab opened within an application window associated with the application. An API of the operating system receives and utilizes such information to generate and display a proxy window for each tab. The proxy windows for the tabs may be displayed alongside proxy windows of application windows for other applications. The proxy windows may be generated and displayed in response to user invocation of various features of the operating system graphical user interface, including, but not limited to, a task switcher feature, a taskbar feature, or a window snap feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mattox, Jr., Ross Nathaniel Luengen, Rose Elizabeth Higgins, William Joseph Devereux, Jessica Mary Hallett-Hook, Laurent Etienne Gilbert Mouton, Kyle Thomas Brady, Kenneth Martin Tubbs, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240281119
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to simultaneously displaying proxy windows for application windows and/or tabs included in such application windows via a graphical user interface of an operating system. For instance, an application programming interface (API) associated with an application that supports a tabbed document interface (TDI) provides information associated with each tab opened within an application window associated with the application. An API of the operating system receives and utilizes such information to generate and display a proxy window for each tab. The proxy windows for the tabs may be displayed alongside proxy windows of application windows for other applications. The proxy windows may be generated and displayed in response to user invocation of various features of the operating system graphical user interface, including, but not limited to, a task switcher feature, a taskbar feature, or a window snap feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mattox, JR., Ross Nathaniel Luengen, Rose Elizabeth Higgins, William Joseph Devereux, Jessica Mary Hallett-Hook, Laurent Etienne Gilbert Mouton, Kyle Thomas Brady, Kenneth Martin Tubbs, JR.
  • Patent number: 11620034
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to simultaneously displaying proxy windows for application windows and/or tabs included in such application windows via a graphical user interface of an operating system. For instance, an application programming interface (API) associated with an application that supports a tabbed document interface (TDI) provides information associated with each tab opened within an application window associated with the application. An API of the operating system receives and utilizes such information to generate and display a proxy window for each tab. The proxy windows for the tabs may be displayed alongside proxy windows of application windows for other applications. The proxy windows may be generated and displayed in response to user invocation of various features of the operating system graphical user interface, including, but not limited to, a task switcher feature, a taskbar feature, or a window snap feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mattox, Jr., Ross Nathaniel Luengen, Rose Elizabeth Higgins, William Joseph Devereux, Jessica Mary Hallett-Hook, Laurent Etienne Gilbert Mouton, Kyle Thomas Brady, Kenneth Martin Tubbs, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11341353
    Abstract: Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes and displaying the ink strokes on a canvas interface, each ink stroke comprising ink parameters such as pressure, ink color, and ink effect. In response to receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text, the method can further include identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text; and displaying the text on the canvas interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ana Ruth Resendez Rodriguez, Abhinav Gupta, Gilles Louis Peron, Carine Ramses Iskander, Justin Leigh Schnarr, William Joseph Devereux, Ian Mikutel
  • Publication number: 20220107712
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to simultaneously displaying proxy windows for application windows and/or tabs included in such application windows via a graphical user interface of an operating system. For instance, an application programming interface (API) associated with an application that supports a tabbed document interface (TDI) provides information associated with each tab opened within an application window associated with the application. An API of the operating system receives and utilizes such information to generate and display a proxy window for each tab. The proxy windows for the tabs may be displayed alongside proxy windows of application windows for other applications. The proxy windows may be generated and displayed in response to user invocation of various features of the operating system graphical user interface, including, but not limited to, a task switcher feature, a taskbar feature, or a window snap feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Mattox, JR., Ross Nathaniel Luengen, Rose Elizabeth Higgins, William Joseph Devereux, Jessica Mary Hallett-Hook, Laurent Etienne Gilbert Mouton, Kyle Thomas Brady, Kenneth Martin Tubbs, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200242346
    Abstract: Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes and displaying the ink strokes on a canvas interface, each ink stroke comprising ink parameters such as pressure, ink color, and ink effect. In response to receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text, the method can further include identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text; and displaying the text on the canvas interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Ana Ruth Resendez Rodriguez, Abhinav Gupta, Gilles Louis Peron, Carine Ramses Iskander, Justin Leigh Schnarr, William Joseph Devereux, Ian Mikutel
  • Patent number: 10679048
    Abstract: Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes, each ink stroke having associated ink parameters; receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text; identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; and applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Ana Ruth Resendez Rodriguez, Abhinav Gupta, Gilles Louis Peron, Carine Ramses Iskander, Justin Leigh Schnarr, William Joseph Devereux, Ian Mikutel
  • Publication number: 20190087653
    Abstract: Preserving ink effects in ink-to-text are described. A method of preserving styles and ink effects in ink-to-text can include receiving ink strokes, each ink stroke having associated ink parameters; receiving a command to convert one or more ink strokes to text; identifying text comprising characters and words from the one or more ink strokes; generating an appropriate coloring or style for each character or word based on the ink parameters associated with corresponding ink strokes, the appropriate coloring or style being generated based on a mapping between ink parameters and text parameters; and applying the appropriate coloring or style to the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ana Ruth Resendez Rodriguez, Abhinav Gupta, Gilles Louis Peron, Carine Ramses Iskander, Justin Leigh Schnarr, William Joseph Devereux, Ian Mikutel