Samuel S Wan

US Patent:

7739612, Jun 15, 2010

Filed:

Sep 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/224915

Inventors:

Samuel S. Wan - Seattle WA, US
Henry A. Sowizral - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth L. Young - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715763, 715762, 715801, 715967

Abstract:

An editing application may allow a user to change a literal property value of an object in a conventional manner. The functionality of the editing application may be expanded to allow a user to access non-literal values for property values, by allowing the user to define a calculation based on one or more sources. To indicate that an associated property value of an object is a non-literal value, a non-literal cue may be presented to the user, such as through the display of the object, the associated property indicator, and/or the associated property value. To reduce the learning curve of the expanded functionality, the user interface for literal values of a property may remain minimally impacted, while, alternative gestures associated with the object, property indicator, and/or property value may be used to allow access to the non-literal value controls or information.

US Patent:

8010910, Aug 30, 2011

Filed:

Sep 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/899020

Inventors:

Dawn Wright - Seattle WA, US
Shama Joshi - Bellevue WA, US
Samuel Wan - Seattle WA, US
Aaron Jasinski - Renton WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715854, 715853, 715855, 715738

Abstract:

A breadcrumb path for use in navigating a hierarchical data set may be supplemented with one or more supplemental breadcrumbs representing preferred locations within the hierarchical data set. The supplemental breadcrumb may represent a previously visited location within the hierarchical data set, and may be further limited to the previously visited locations that are subordinate to the currently selected location. The supplemental breadcrumb may also represent a frequently visited location within the hierarchical data set. For scoped hierarchical data sets, the preferred location may represent a previously visited location within the scope of the selected location, or a frequently visited location within the scope of the selected location. Several embodiments of user interface components featuring such supplemented breadcrumb lists and having various advantages are presented, as well as a few contexts for applying such supplemental breadcrumbs in a breadcrumb list.

US Patent:

8060831, Nov 15, 2011

Filed:

Jun 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/771902

Inventors:

Samuel S. Wan - Seattle WA, US
Charles W. Parker - Sammamish WA, US
Aaron P. Jasinski - Renton WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715762, 715763, 715765

Abstract:

A property value associated with a property of a graphical object is retrieved. A visual cue associated with the property value is displayed, wherein the visual cue indicates whether the property value is a literal value or a non-literal value.

US Patent:

20090063517, Mar 5, 2009

Filed:

Aug 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/897804

Inventors:

Dawn Wright - Seattle WA, US
Aaron Jasinski - Renton WA, US
Samuel Wan - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707100, 707E17001

Abstract:

One or more hierarchical scopes may be applied to various portions of a hierarchical data set to represent a logical grouping of various nodes in the hierarchy. Various user interfaces may be devised to navigate within such a scoped hierarchical data set, such as a scoped treeview that limits the viewed portion of the tree to the hierarchical scope and/or a scoped breadcrumb list containing an aggregated breadcrumb for the nodes sharing a scope to condense the breadcrumb list. Several embodiments of user interface components featuring such scoped treeviews and/or scoped breadcrumb lists and having various advantages are presented, as well as a few contexts for applying such scoped treeviews and/or scoped breadcrumb lists.

Author:

Samuel Wan

ISBN #:

0072131446

Author:

Samuel Wan

ISBN #:

0735711836