Debora E Everett

US Patent:

8347215, Jan 1, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/616667

Inventors:

Curt Carpenter - Redmond WA, US
Debora Everett - Sultan WA, US
Doug Kramer - Bothell WA, US
Derek E Sunday - Renton WA, US
Chris Whytock - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715754, 715757, 715758, 715782

Abstract:

One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.

US Patent:

20070226636, Sep 27, 2007

Filed:

Mar 21, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/384510

Inventors:

Curt Carpenter - Redmond WA, US
Debora Everett - Sultan WA, US
Doug Kramer - Bothell WA, US
Derek Sunday - Renton WA, US
Chris Whytock - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715751000

Abstract:

One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.

US Patent:

20090273569, Nov 5, 2009

Filed:

May 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/113934

Inventors:

Bodgan Popp - Sammamish WA, US
Debora Everett - Sultan WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/041

US Classification:

345173

Abstract:

A multiple touch input simulation for a virtual interactive display system using single input peripherals is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a method for simulating a multiple touch input for a virtual interactive display system that receives a first input from a first input device, receives a second input from a second input device, associates the first input with a first data object and the second input with a second a data object to simulate a multiple touch input, and provides the data object to a multiple touch client application.

US Patent:

20130097561, Apr 18, 2013

Filed:

Dec 3, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/692110

Inventors:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA, US
Debora Everett - Sultan WA, US
Doug Kramer - Bothell WA, US
Derek E. Sunday - Renton WA, US
Chris Whytock - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/0482

US Classification:

715835

Abstract:

One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input.