Antonio M Alwan

US Patent:

7711549, May 4, 2010

Filed:

Feb 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/779837

Inventors:

Yaniv Feinberg - Redmond WA, US
Antonio Alwan - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/20

US Classification:

704 8, 704 1, 704 2, 704 3, 704 9, 704 10, 715254, 715264, 707 2, 707 3, 707 6

Abstract:

A multi-language jump bar system and methods for use in connection with a multi-language contact management computer software program. The jump bar system includes a plurality of user-selectable buttons which may be associated with alphanumeric characters from different languages through use of a character set in which each alphanumeric character is identified by a single, unique, numeric character code. The buttons enable rapid updating of displayed contact information from a contacts information database simultaneously storing contact information in multiple languages so that a user of the contact management computer software may more quickly locate contact information for a particular contact. A jump bar method enables assignment of character codes to buttons according to weights associated with each character code. Such weights may be based at least partially on the usage frequency of the alphanumeric characters associated with the character codes in their respective languages.

US Patent:

20070244691, Oct 18, 2007

Filed:

Apr 17, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/406210

Inventors:

Antonio Alwan - Bothell WA, US
Gurinder Singh - Renton WA, US
Sachin Karnik - Sammamish WA, US
Soohad Khoury - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/20

US Classification:

704008000

Abstract:

Described are methods of translating text strings displayed by a user interface application in a source language into text strings in a target language. A translator application creates a dynamic database file containing a mapping of source language text strings to corresponding target language text strings. When a request to translate a source language text string is received, the translator application retrieves a corresponding target language text string from the dynamic database file and displays the target language text string, while the source language text string is also being displayed by the user interface application.

US Patent:

7349920, Mar 25, 2008

Filed:

Feb 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/778273

Inventors:

Yaniv Feinberg - Redmond WA, US
Antonio Alwan - Bothell WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707102

Abstract:

A calendar display, method and system are disclosed that can provide a calendar display showing a period of one or more days and simultaneously showing information for the days in the display period in more than one calendar system. The calendar system displays calendar data in calendar display based on a primary calendar system. The calendar system also calculates and displays information in a second calendar system so the user is simultaneously provided with information the primary and secondary calendar systems.