Andrew P Fuller, Age 494600 29Th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55406

D562827, Feb 26, 2008

Oct 24, 2005

29/241097

Niels Van Dongen - Seattle WA, US
Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Daniel J. Polivy - Seattle WA, US
Richard J. Swaney - Sammamish WA, US
Sriram Viji - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

1402

D14439

7450084, Nov 11, 2008

Dec 17, 2004

11/017198

Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Matthew P. Rhoten - Kirkland WA, US
Michael Milirud - Bellevue WA, US
Kurt A. Geisel - Redmond WA, US
Roger H. Wynn - Redmond WA, US
Kevin P. Paulson - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G 5/00

345 11, 345 31, 345 5, 345213, 713100, 713104

Described is a method and system a system and method for dynamically and intelligently configuring a computer system's video-related settings upon connection of a monitor, and/or reconfiguring upon disconnection. A monitor configuration may include one or more display mechanisms, their video settings, relative positioning, and may include power scheme data. When a monitor is plugged into or unplugged from a computer system, a monitor manager component is notified and determines the current configuration, such as based on monitor identifiers. The current configuration is searched against persisted monitor configurations seeking a match. If previous monitor configuration data is found, the previous monitor configuration is applied. If not an exact match, configuration data is constructed based on similar configuration data that is persisted, or by querying for capabilities and iterating as necessary to find a video mode that the video card and monitor can use.

7502221, Mar 10, 2009

Mar 2, 2006

11/366760

Andrew J Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Niels van Dongen - Seattle WA, US
Michael George Lenahan - Walnut Creek CA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1/16

361683

Described is a technology by which an auxiliary computing device comprising a display and/or actuator set coupled to a host computer system may be interacted with (e. g. , viewed) independent of whether a main display of the host computer system is visible, e. g. , whether a laptop lid or tablet lid is open or closed. In one example implementation, the auxiliary device is located above the keyboard and the main display slightly elevated on one or more pivoting supports. This effectively provides an opening in the lid through which the auxiliary device may be viewed.

7511682, Mar 31, 2009

May 3, 2004

10/837894

Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Matthew P. Rhoten - Seattle WA, US
Juan Perez - Seattle WA, US
Christopher A. Schoppa - Redmond WA, US
Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Niels van Dongen - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G 5/00

345 11

Described is a mechanism by which application programs (or plug-ins) and an auxiliary service adjust the output and/or data available for output on an auxiliary device based on changes detected in the current context of the auxiliary display. Context sensors detect and report changes in context, whereby some action is taken with respect to what information is displayed or can be displayed on the auxiliary display device. Examples of context data that can change include the physical location of the display, detected movement or motion data, presence of a particular user or others, power state, network connectivity status, privacy status and so forth. The auxiliary device can have context as to its position relative to the main display. Information sensitivity levels may be used to specify whether an application program's data can be displayed, based on the perceived sensitivity of the information and the user's current context.

7523226, Apr 21, 2009

Mar 9, 2006

11/371660

Jason M. Anderson - Snoqualmie WA, US
Andrew Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Daniel Makoski - Redmond WA, US
William J. Westerinen - Sammamish WA, US
Matthew P. Rhoten - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00

710 15, 710 3, 710 4, 710 5, 710 8, 710 11, 710 16, 710 33

An auxiliary computing device normally used for remotely controlling a primary device may change its functionality and extend its usefulness based on a usage context. An auxiliary device may change its usage context by connecting differently to a primary device depending on any number of parameters including distance from the device, battery life, connection method, and proximity to other devices. The device may change its usage context by interfacing with a primary device service that communicates with various applications to feed the auxiliary device different information in different usage contexts. Further, the device may control different functions of the primary device based on the usage context.

7549154, Jun 16, 2009

Nov 23, 2004

10/996634

Matthew P. Rhoten - Kirkland WA, US
Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Roger H. Wynn - Redmond WA, US
Michael S. Bernstein - Bothell WA, US
Daniel J. Polivy - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00
G06F 9/44
G06F 9/46
G06F 13/00

719321, 719313, 719322, 719323, 719327, 719328, 710 8

Described is a system and method by which an auxiliary computing device having an auxiliary display platform that displays information corresponding to data that originated on the main computer system may be extended by a device manufacturer. Extended hardware is added to the device, such as a radio receiver and/or an audio decoder. The auxiliary display platform is layered and extensible at each layer, and includes an extensible hardware abstraction layer that is extensible to support extended hardware if needed, and a driver layer that is extensible by adding driver code for the extended hardware. A runtime layer is also extensible to support the extended hardware as needed, as are libraries, the auxiliary shell program and other managed code. The client API is also extensible to allow applications on the main computer system to communicate with extended hardware via the device runtime layer.

7558884, Jul 7, 2009

May 3, 2004

10/837895

Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Matthew P. Rhoten - Seattle WA, US
Christopher A. Schoppa - Redmond WA, US
Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Juan Perez - Seattle WA, US
Seiya Ohta - Issaquah WA, US
Niels van Dongen - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16

709248, 709209, 709224, 713324, 345 13, 711113

Described is a mechanism for receiving new data at an auxiliary device associated with a main computer system, and processing that new data within the auxiliary device firmware to take some action. The receipt and processing of the data is independent of whether the main computer system is in a powered-up state (online) or powered-down state (offline). A cache that maintains the user application data for offline navigation may be updated with new data, either to change existing data in the cache or add a new navigation path. The received data can be processed to perform other actions, depending on the context of that data as determined by auxiliary processing.

7577771, Aug 18, 2009

May 3, 2004

10/837900

Curt A. Steeb - Redmond WA, US
Andrew J. Fuller - Redmond WA, US
Matthew P. Rhoten - Seattle WA, US
Juan Perez - Seattle WA, US
Stephen R. Drake - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00

710 20, 715234

Described is a system and system by which application programs provide data to auxiliary display device (that is associated with a main computer system) for display, including at times when the main computer system is powered down. The cache maintains the user data in association with structured navigational information, to allow navigation within the data via the structure. When online, the main computer system prepares the data cache from program data in combination with navigational information, and transfers the cache to an offline medium such as auxiliary storage in firmware. The cache may be arranged as a tree structure, such that navigation commands result in output according to data in the tree. Other events such as time-based events can change the auxiliary device output.