Kurt B Jacob, Age 509704 174Th Ct NE, Redmond, WA 98052

7477254, Jan 13, 2009

Jul 13, 2005

11/181197

Elizabeth K. Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Kurt B. Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Matt Calkins - Seattle WA, US
Michael J. Hillberg - Beaux Arts WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06T 13/00
G09G 5/00

345473, 345661

Smooth transitions between rich media (e. g. , animations of visual elements of a UI) are provided when a “second” animation is started on a property of a visual element for which a “first” animation is already running. When the second animation is started, an animation system causes a current value of the property that resulted from the running of the “first” animation (i. e. , snapshot) to be stored, terminates or releases the first animation, and then causes the second animation to run using the snapshot as the “from” value of the property. Because the second animation “begins” at exactly the point at which the first animation ended, the transition between the first and second animation is smooth. An animation storage object can be created for a property for which an animation has been triggered to store base values and snapshots of the property while being animated.

7598956, Oct 6, 2009

Apr 15, 2004

10/825035

Devon L. Strawn - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth Lawrence Young - Sammamish WA, US
Kurt B. Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Patrick G. Mullen - Bellevue WA, US
Peter Faraday - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06T 13/00

345473

Combined object level and property level key framing systems, methods, and user interfaces are provided in which a user can enter a mode where any change to a property is recorded as a key framing action (e. g. , creation or edit) at the current time as indicated by a timeline. When a key frame is created in this mode, the surrounding object level key frames are inspected to ensure that the functionality that users expect from object level key frames is maintained. If a user explicitly creates an animation of an attribute that spans an object level key frame, then that span for the animation is maintained as the user edits.

7890523, Feb 15, 2011

Jun 28, 2007

11/770719

Kurt B. Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Peter W. Blois - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

707759, 707771, 707779

Technologies for search-based filtering of a property grid. Such filtering allows a user to enter a search term into an easily recognized search text box, or apply a user or pre-defined term to a property grid, thus reducing the set of properties visible so that the user has a smaller list to search to find the one on which they desire to operate. The search term is typically applied to all properties shown in the property grid. Elements that match the search term are made visible in an updated property grid while those that do not match are not presented. Also, the search term may be applied to more than just the name of the property. It may be applied to a category within which the property appears, the type of the property, or any of a number of attributes or tags that may be applied to the property.

2004005, Mar 25, 2004

Sep 19, 2002

10/252068

Igor Zaika - Kirkland WA, US
Kurt Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Matthew Labarge - Kirkland WA, US
Michael Crider - Redmond WA, US
Steven Geffner - Bothell WA, US

G09G005/00

345/762000

A “UI producer” is used to automatically instantiate extensible user interface (UI) windows. The automatically instantiated UI windows are based on dynamic definitions of those UI's. These UI definitions, which include descriptions of controls or other elements used to populate one or more UI windows, are read and interpreted by the UI producer prior to rendering the UI windows. In addition, these UI definitions may also define or reference one or more event handlers or “listeners” that are to be associated with particular controls, groups of controls, or entire UI windows so that the controls or UI windows are capable of interacting with an associated application. After reading the UI definitions, the UI descriptions are acted upon to automatically instantiate each UI window using at least one database of predefined controls and custom elements, with automatic layout rules being used to organize controls and elements within each UI window.

2005004, Mar 3, 2005

Aug 29, 2003

10/651896

Kurt Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Peter Faraday - Seattle WA, US
Sujal Parikh - Seattle WA, US
Leonardo Blanco - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth Young - Sammamish WA, US
Matthew Calkins - Seattle WA, US

G06T015/70

345475000, 345474000, 345473000

An transition information is created and stored for layout animations. This transition information is then applied to layout changes at runtime when a trigger event occurs to animate a change in a layout. In one embodiment, transition information is provided in a script. The script details how a layout transition will occur in a layout during runtime. When the transition does occur, the transition information specified is applied to the transition, thereby allowing the user experience to be enhanced. In this way, animation is integrated in providing a graphical display.

2006010, May 18, 2006

Nov 18, 2004

10/992462

Elizabeth Nelson - Seattle WA, US
Greg Schechter - Seattle WA, US
Leonardo Blanco - Redmond WA, US
Matthew Calkins - Seattle WA, US
Michael Hillberg - Beaux Arts WA, US
Namita Gupta - Seattle WA, US
Sriram Subramanian - Kirkland WA, US
Kurt Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Kenneth Young - Sammamish WA, US
Patrick Mullen - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06T 13/00
G06T 15/70

345473000

Described is a method and system in which storyboard objects coordinate the animation of multiple elements and/or media displayed on a computer graphics display. Storyboards relate properties of elements in an element tree to a timeline, such that the properties associated with a storyboard are animated/play together as a group by starting, stopping, seeking or pausing the storyboard. Triggers, such as controlled by user interaction with the displayed information, including property triggers that change values in response to a state change, and event triggers that fire events, may cause the storyboard to start, stop, pause and seek. Storyboards may be used in XAML-based programs, and may be directly associated with elements, or indirectly associated with elements via styles. Complex properties and changeables are supported. Media playback may be controlled via storyboards, and thereby coordinated with other media playback and/or animations.

2007004, Mar 1, 2007

Sep 1, 2005

11/217810

Henry Sowizral - Redmond WA, US
Kurt Jacob - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G 5/00

345661000

A three dimensional adorner may be displayed with a corresponding three dimensional object when the object is created or inserted into a display and also at any subsequent time that the object is selected. Additionally, if any portions of the adorner are obscured, the adorner may be reoriented such that the obscured portions are made accessible. Distortion of the adorner in a perspective view may be reduced by removing the adorner from the perspective view, regenerating the adorner in an orthographic view, and then merging the orthographic view of the regenerated adorner with the perspective view of the corresponding object.

2010023, Sep 16, 2010

Mar 16, 2009

12/405213

Kenneth L. Young - Sammamish WA, US
Steven C. White - Redmond WA, US
Kurt B. Jacob - Redmond WA, US
Christian Schormann - Seattle WA, US

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048

715764

A layout animation system is described herein that performs smooth transitions for properties of a layout, regardless of whether the layout properties are discrete or automatically calculated. Before a transition is executed, the layout animation system extracts and stores the positioning, sizing, and visibility of participating elements across the layout hierarchy. The system places the affected elements in the same position, size, and visibility as the outgoing state requests and animates the elements to an incoming state. For each element, the system calculates a smooth animation that transforms the element from the outgoing position, size, and visibility to the incoming position, size, and visibility. The system then animates the elements over a desired transition time. Thus, the layout animation system provides the ability to create smooth layout transitions in the presence of automatic layout management for properties of various types.