Chee H Chew

US Patent:

6525748, Feb 25, 2003

Filed:

Mar 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/516425

Inventors:

Joseph D. Belfiore - Redmond WA
Ian M. Ellison-Taylor - Seattle WA
Sankaranarayanan Ramasubramanian - Redmond WA
Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA
Scott E. Berkun - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 100

US Classification:

345855, 345739, 345808, 707102, 709218

Abstract:

Sitemaps are utilized to hold content-related information about hypertext documents stored at a server site. The hypertext documents may be web pages for the World Wide Web portion of the Internet. Each sitemap file may hold a hierarchical index of the web pages that are accessible at the server site. Each sitemap may also hold search results that identify web pages that comply with the search criteria and/or ratings information regarding the content of the web pages at the server site. The sitemaps may also be utilized by web crawler programs to build an index of web pages available at the server site. The sitemap files may be located at a default location of the server site or, alternatively, may be located at a site designated by information held in a specified hypertext document at the server site.

US Patent:

6557004, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

May 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/562689

Inventors:

Ido Ben-Shachar - Redmond WA
Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA
Kevin T. Shields - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707102, 707 3, 707 7

Abstract:

The present invention provides a quick searching method for filtering a contact list in a hand-held device. Under the method, upon receiving a search string from a user, a database object is opened that is sorted alphabetically on the first name of each contact. A search is then performed on the sorted list to retrieve the IDs of the first record in the sorted list and the last record in the sorted list that have a first name that matches the search string. A second database object is then opened that is sorted alphabetically on a âfiled asâ field. The âfiled asâ list is then searched to find the first and last records that match the search string. The first name search results and the âfiled asâ search results are then combined. The records in the combination are then displayed to the user.

US Patent:

6559869, May 6, 2003

Filed:

May 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/565045

Inventors:

Charlton E. Lui - Redmond WA
Chee Chew - Redmond WA
Dan W. Altman - Kirkland WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

345785, 345169

Abstract:

An adaptive auto-scrolling merge operation automatically accepts pen-based input data into a hand-held or palm sized computer and places the input data onto a line of a window in which a user intended the input data to be placed. Computing systems that accept input from users typically accept data items to be inserted into a scrollable window that is displayed by the computer. When a user is inserting data items at the end of the window, computing systems may automatically scroll the displayed portion of the window when data has been added to the last line of the window. Because pen based systems do not use a cursor located at an insertion point to know where a user wants new data items to be inserted, the new data items are inserted into the document at the location corresponding to the place within the window in which the user drew the pen strokes used to create the data item. When a user intends to add one or more data items onto the last line of a window after a data item was previously inserted onto the last line of a window, the user may place the pen strokes on the current last line of window to created these new data items whether or not the auto-scroll operation has occurred. The adaptive auto-scroll and merge detects the insertion of a data item onto the last line of a window following an auto-scroll operation and automatically moves the data item to its intended location.

US Patent:

6593949, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

May 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/564515

Inventors:

Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA
Elizabeth A. Bastiaanse - Cambridge MA
Ido Ben-Shachar - Sammamish WA
Jeffrey R. Blum - Seattle WA
Mark H. Enomoto - Seattle WA
Greg A. Keyser - Sammamish WA
Kathryn L. Parker - Fall City WA
Kevin T. Shields - Redmond WA
Sarah E. Zuberec - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

345841, 345157

Abstract:

The UI of the present invention increases the number of contacts initially shown to the user of a hand-held device to aid the user in finding information in a Contacts database. While displaying a list of Contacts database entries, the UI displays a column which contains single letters indicating the type of information displayed for the names represented in the list of entries. A tap on a letter in that column causes a sub-list of other most commonly needed information to be deployed for the corresponding entry, potentially eliminating the need for the user to open the entire record for that entry.

US Patent:

6664991, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Apr 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/559694

Inventors:

Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA
Elizabeth A. Bastiaanse - Cambridge MA
Jeffrey R. Blum - Seattle WA
Greg A. Keyser - Sammamish WA
Charlton E. Lui - Redmond WA
Kathryn L. Parker - Fall City WA
Timothy D. Sharpe - Redmond WA
Sarah E. Zuberec - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345863, 345812, 345817, 345825

Abstract:

The present invention provides a user interface for a pen-based device that allows users to activate the full âcardâ for an entry using a single tap while also giving the user the ability to reach a menu of context dependent commands using a simple gesture. In particular, the present invention recognizes certain stylus and/or button inputs as context menu gestures. When these gestures are made, a context menu appears. The user is then able to select a command in the context menu that is to be performed. The present invention also allows a user to open context menus while only using one hand to operate and hold the device.

US Patent:

6678724, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Jul 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/208228

Inventors:

Satoshi Nakajima - Redmond WA
Joseph D. Belfiore - Redmond WA
Christopher J. Guzak - Kirkland WA
Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709219

Abstract:

The present invention provides a common namespace for Internet and local filesystem objects. In a preferred embodiment, the common namespaces constructed by first accessing a namespace definition table. The namespace definition table contains entries referencing both a filesystem namespace subtree definition module and an Internet namespace subtree definition module. The entry referencing the filesystem namespace subtree definition module is used to access the filesystem namespace subtree definition module in order to define a filesystem namespace subtree that encompasses filesystem addresses. Similarly, the entry referencing the Internet namespace subtree definition module is used to access the Internet namespace subtree definition module to define an Internet namespace subtree that encompasses Internet addresses. The defined filesystem and Internet namespace subtrees are then combined in order to assemble a namespace encompassing both filesystem addresses and Internet addresses.

US Patent:

6727917, Apr 27, 2004

Filed:

May 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/564928

Inventors:

Chee H. Chew - Redmond WA
Elizabeth A. Bastiaanse - Cambridge MA
Jeffrey R. Blum - Seattle WA
Christen E. Coomer - Seattle WA
Mark H. Enomoto - Seattle WA
Greg A. Keyser - Sammamish WA
Kathryn L. Parker - Fall City WA
William H. Vong - Redmond WA
Sarah E. Zuberec - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

345765, 345179

Abstract:

The hand-held computing device user interface (UI) of the present invention displays information for an active application program in a middle portion of the screen, and displays a shell program controlled navigation bar at a top portion of the screen. The navigation bar includes a navigation icon which when tapped by the stylus aids the user in navigating to other application programs. The navigation bar also includes a title for the active application program, thus saving vertical real estate on the screen. The UI of the present invention also displays an application menu bar at a bottom portion of the screen so that the user of the hand-held device can manipulate data from the active application by tapping menu items with a stylus without blocking view of the middle portion of the display.

US Patent:

6826758, Nov 30, 2004

Filed:

Dec 13, 1994

Appl. No.:

08/354491

Inventors:

Chee Heng Chew - Redmond WA
Neil W. Konzen - Bellevue WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond MA

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

719328, 345700

Abstract:

An operating system includes APIs developed in part to support recent innovations in computer hardware and in part to provide enhanced services to application programs. Among their other features, these APIs provide access to operating system functionality in a manner that is comprehensive, efficient, usable, extendible and, in some cases, reusable.