Daniel L Tripp

US Patent:

7725841, May 25, 2010

Filed:

Jun 14, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/153792

Inventors:

Eric H. Michelman - Bellevue WA, US
Patrick Moulhaud - Seattle WA, US
Daniel L. Tripp - Bellevue WA, US
Scott M. Isaacs - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715856, 715859, 715769, 715842

Abstract:

A moveable displayed user interface element can be used to select an item displayed on a user interface. Once the proper item or items are selected, an area of the moveable displayed user interface element can be activated to perform an operation on the selected item or items. The moveable displayed user interface element can additionally display information about a selected item, and, in some cases, the displayed information can be edited to modify the selected item. A versatile lightweight system can be used to determine when a moveable object is over any of a number of regions associated with specified targets. The lightweight system can be used to implement moveable displayed user interface elements.

US Patent:

20020075309, Jun 20, 2002

Filed:

Dec 14, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/737617

Inventors:

Eric Michelman - Bellevue WA, US
Patrick Moulhaud - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Tripp - Bellevue WA, US
Scott Isaacs - Issaquah WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corpration, - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F003/14

US Classification:

345/764000, 345/808000

Abstract:

A moveable displayed user interface element can be used to select an item displayed on a user interface. Once the proper item or items are selected, an area of the moveable displayed user interface element can be activated to perform an operation on the selected item or items. The moveable displayed user interface element can additionally display information about a selected item, and, in some cases, the displayed information can be edited to modify the selected item. A versatile lightweight system can be used to determine when a moveable object is over any of a number of regions associated with specified targets. The lightweight system can be used to implement moveable displayed user interface elements.