Stephen A Jacquot

US Patent:

20080072168, Mar 20, 2008

Filed:

Oct 1, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/865724

Inventors:

Matthew Conway - Seattle WA, US
Stephen Jacquot - Charlottesville VA, US
Dennis Proffitt - Earlysville VA, US
George Robertson - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715764000

Abstract:

A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms. The simulated location of the object thumbnails in a direction orthogonal to the surface is based on function, such as a linear, polynomial, or exponential function for example, of one or more object properties, such as number of mouse clicks since selected, age, size, etc.

US Patent:

7278115, Oct 2, 2007

Filed:

Jun 18, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/335640

Inventors:

Matthew J. Conway - Seattle WA, US
Stephen A. Jacquot - Charlottesville VA, US
Dennis R. Proffitt - Earlysville VA, US
George G. Robertson - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

715838, 715854, 715764, 345427, 345418

Abstract:

A graphical user interface in which object thumbnails are rendered in a three-dimensional environment and which exploits spatial memory. The objects may be moved, continuously, with a two-dimensional input device. Pop-up title bars may be rendered over active objects. Intelligent help may be provided to the user, as visual indicators, based on proximity clustering or based on matching algorithms. The simulated location of the object thumbnails in a direction orthogonal to the surface is based on function, such as a linear, polynomial, or exponential function for example, of one or more object properties, such as number of mouse clicks since selected, age, size, etc.