Patents by Inventor Yanlin Hou

Yanlin Hou 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).

  • Localized layout and routing in an interactive diagramming system
    Patent number: 8363054
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to determining an appropriate neighborhood region for updating a node layout of an interactive diagramming system. A computer system receives an input indicating at least one change to various selected nodes displayed in the interactive diagramming system, where the changes to the selected nodes affect the positions of the other nodes on the node layout. The computer system traverses adjacent node edges to determine s minimal node neighborhood to which the node changes are to be applied. The computer system accesses diagram parameters that identify diagram and node characteristics and determines the minimal neighborhood region based on both the determined number of adjacent nodes and the accessed parameters. The computer system also updates the position of the selected node and the updated positions of those nodes and corresponding edges that are determined to be within the neighborhood region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Jude Byrne, Timothy Garry Dwyer, Durham Montgomery Goode, Yanlin Hou, Jens K. Jacobsen, Sadi Sufi Khan
  • LOCALIZED LAYOUT AND ROUTING IN AN INTERACTIVE DIAGRAMMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110310117
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to determining an appropriate neighborhood region for updating a node layout of an interactive diagramming system. A computer system receives an input indicating at least one change to various selected nodes displayed in the interactive diagramming system, where the changes to the selected nodes affect the positions of the other nodes on the node layout. The computer system traverses adjacent node edges to determine s minimal node neighborhood to which the node changes are to be applied. The computer system accesses diagram parameters that identify diagram and node characteristics and determines the minimal neighborhood region based on both the determined number of adjacent nodes and the accessed parameters. The computer system also updates the position of the selected node and the updated positions of those nodes and corresponding edges that are determined to be within the neighborhood region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Jude Byrne, Timothy Garry Dwyer, Durham Montgomery Goode, Yanlin Hou, Jens K. Jacobsen, Sadi Sufi Khan