Joseph Dallas Milan

US Patent:

20130229429, Sep 5, 2013

Filed:

Mar 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/411677

Inventors:

Zheng Mi - Redmond WA, US
Nigel Christopher Wolters - Sammamish WA, US
Hua Wang - Redmond WA, US
Jennifer Lee Beckmann - Redmond WA, US
Joseph Dallas Milan - Mercer Island WA, US
Steven Merlin Twitchell - Renton WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/02

US Classification:

345593

Abstract:

A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context.

US Patent:

20130063495, Mar 14, 2013

Filed:

Sep 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/229719

Inventors:

Joseph Milan - Mercer Island WA, US
Wei Huang - Bellevue WA, US
John Hancock - Bellevue WA, US
Patrick Baumgartner - Kirkland WA, US
Drew Voegele - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 11/60

US Classification:

345666

Abstract:

File exploration is facilitated by enabling zoom with respect to a thumbnail as a function of an identified point of interest. More particularly, a scaled thumbnail of the same size as a thumbnail can be presented as a function of an identified point of interest. Furthermore, navigation, among other things, is enabled to allow panning with respect to a scaled thumbnail, for instance.

US Patent:

20170278216, Sep 28, 2017

Filed:

Jun 8, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/617847

Inventors:

Joseph Milan - Mercer Island WA, US
Wei Huang - Bellevue WA, US
John Hancock - Bellevue WA, US
Patrick Baumgartner - Kirkland WA, US
Drew Voegele - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 3/00

Abstract:

File exploration is facilitated by enabling zoom with respect to a thumbnail based on an identified point of interest. More particularly, a scaled thumbnail of the same size as a thumbnail can be generated and presented based on an identified point of interest. In one instance, a scaled thumbnail can be generated automatically by repositioning an image based on a point of interest and applying a scaling factor to the image behind a fixed clipping mask of the same size as the thumbnail. Furthermore, navigation, among other things, is enabled to allow panning with respect to a scaled thumbnail.

US Patent:

20150082245, Mar 19, 2015

Filed:

Nov 21, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/549869

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Nigel Christopher Wolters - Sammamish WA, US
Hua Wang - Redmond WA, US
Jennifer Lee Beckmann - Redmond WA, US
Joseph Dallas Milan - Mercer Island WA, US
Steven Merlin Twitchell - Renton WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484
G09G 5/06

US Classification:

715823

Abstract:

A VCI (visual context indicator) color is assigned deterministically and proactively at runtime to user data contexts, and is not stored in the database, spreadsheet, or other context. VCI colors can be high contrast friendly colors. The same color is assigned to a given context each time the application runs unless the context's identifying property has changed. Color assignments are not made by users or by the application's designer, but are done instead by hashing from a context's identifying property into a VCI color palette containing, e.g., eight to sixteen colors. Unlike text-selection coloring, VCI coloring is based on the user data context's identifying property. The color assignment visually indicates context by displaying the context's name in the VCI color, or by displaying a graphical element in the VCI color near the context name. VCI color assignment also shows the occurrence and result of changes in user data context.