Patents by Inventor William Weili Liu

William Weili Liu 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).

  • Device influenced table formatting
    Patent number: 7966271
    Abstract: A server includes a logic subsystem and memory. The memory holds instructions that, when executed by the logic subsystem, cause the logic subsystem to determine if a table is wider than a viewing size of a screen of a requesting device, determine if the table is a data table or a layout table, and format an instance of the table prior to sending that instance of the table to the requesting device. The instance of the table sent to the requesting device is formatted in accordance with a determined viewing size of the screen of the requesting device and in accordance with a determined table type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: William Weili Liu, Shengcan Xu, Frank Zen Fan
  • DEVICE-INFLUENCED TABLE FORMATTING
    Publication number: 20090281976
    Abstract: A server includes a logic subsystem and memory. The memory holds instructions that, when executed by the logic subsystem, cause the logic subsystem to determine if a table is wider than a viewing size of a screen of a requesting device, determine if the table is a data table or a layout table, and format an instance of the table prior to sending that instance of the table to the requesting device. The instance of the table sent to the requesting device is formatted in accordance with a determined viewing size of the screen of the requesting device and in accordance with a determined table type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: William Weili Liu, Shengcan Xu, Frank Zen Fan