Bret Anderson

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Kirkland, WA, US

People

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...
- Patent number 12,175,062
- Issue date Dec 24, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Window arrangements using tabbed user interface elements
- Patent number 12,147,650
- Issue date Nov 19, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Leo Tian Yue
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Automated on-screen windows arrangements
- Patent number 12,099,688
- Issue date Sep 24, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric Alexander Papamarcos
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Just-in-time snap layouts
- Patent number 11,868,160
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric Papamarcos
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Auto-grouping of application windows
- Patent number 11,762,544
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Management of user interface elements based on historical configura...
- Patent number 11,726,801
- Issue date Aug 15, 2023
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Anna Marion Pfoertsch
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...
- Patent number 11,698,721
- Issue date Jul 11, 2023
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Customizable compact overlay window
- Patent number 11,295,706
- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Nils Sundelin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Auto-grouping of application windows
- Patent number 11,003,347
- Issue date May 11, 2021
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Transitioning between interface modes based on stored state informa...
- Patent number 10,776,136
- Issue date Sep 15, 2020
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Shawn Michael Brown
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Containing an application in an immersive non-windowed environment
- Patent number 10,565,026
- Issue date Feb 18, 2020
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Auto-grouping of application windows
- Patent number 10,528,242
- Issue date Jan 7, 2020
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Surfacing and management of window-specific controls
- Patent number 10,394,417
- Issue date Aug 27, 2019
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Chaitanya Dev Sareen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Multi-application environment
- Patent number 10,303,325
- Issue date May 28, 2019
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Robert J. Jarrett
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Closing applications
- Patent number 10,191,633
- Issue date Jan 29, 2019
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Brian S. LeVee
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across dif...
- Patent number 9,703,893
- Issue date Jul 11, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- David A. Matthews
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Dynamic management of edge inputs by users on a touch device
- Patent number 9,626,100
- Issue date Apr 18, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Steven Frederickson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Shared edge for a display environment
- Patent number 9,588,604
- Issue date Mar 7, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Qixing Zheng
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Auto-grouping of application windows
- Patent number 9,575,643
- Issue date Feb 21, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation
- Patent number 9,563,352
- Issue date Feb 7, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- David A Matthews
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...
- Patent number 9,535,597
- Issue date Jan 3, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Smart insertion of applications into layouts
- Patent number 9,535,565
- Issue date Jan 3, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Switching back to a previously-interacted-with application
- Patent number 9,329,774
- Issue date May 3, 2016
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Chaitanya Dev Sareen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across dif...
- Patent number 9,323,867
- Issue date Apr 26, 2016
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- David A. Matthews
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Auto-grouping of application windows
- Patent number 9,250,761
- Issue date Feb 2, 2016
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Closing applications
- Patent number 9,223,472
- Issue date Dec 29, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Brian S. LeVee
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...
- Patent number 9,158,445
- Issue date Oct 13, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Thumbnail-image selection of applications
- Patent number 9,128,605
- Issue date Sep 8, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Jennifer Nan
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Multi-application environment
- Patent number 9,104,307
- Issue date Aug 11, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Robert J. Jarrett
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Multi-application environment
- Patent number 9,104,440
- Issue date Aug 11, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Robert J. Jarrett
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
AUTOMATED ON-SCREEN WINDOWS ARRANGEMENTS
- Publication number 20240411418
- Publication date Dec 12, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric Alexander PAPAMARCOS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS
- Publication number 20240036722
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric PAPAMARCOS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL CONFIGURA...
- Publication number 20240028351
- Publication date Jan 25, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Anna Marion PFOERTSCH
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
WINDOW ARRANGEMENTS USING TABBED USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS
- Publication number 20240004524
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Leo Tian Yue
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS
- Publication number 20230305692
- Publication date Sep 28, 2023
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric PAPAMARCOS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Managing An Immersive Interface in a Multi-Application Immersive En...
- Publication number 20230289048
- Publication date Sep 14, 2023
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CUSTOMIZABLE COMPACT OVERLAY WINDOW
- Publication number 20220398996
- Publication date Dec 15, 2022
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Nils Sundelin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL CONFIGURA...
- Publication number 20220318033
- Publication date Oct 6, 2022
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Anna Marion PFOERTSCH
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTOMATED ON-SCREEN WINDOWS ARRANGEMENTS
- Publication number 20220187958
- Publication date Jun 16, 2022
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Eric Alexander PAPAMARCOS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS
- Publication number 20210232305
- Publication date Jul 29, 2021
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS
- Publication number 20200117355
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Transitioning Between Interface Modes Based on Stored State Informa...
- Publication number 20190370025
- Publication date Dec 5, 2019
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Shawn Michael BROWN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CUSTOMIZABLE COMPACT OVERLAY WINDOW
- Publication number 20180005602
- Publication date Jan 4, 2018
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Nils Sundelin
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS
- Publication number 20170371530
- Publication date Dec 28, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Accessing A Menu Utilizing A Drag-Operation
- Publication number 20170147196
- Publication date May 25, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- DAVID A. MATTHEWS
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Managing An Immersive Interface in a Multi-Application Immersive En...
- Publication number 20170068428
- Publication date Mar 9, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Tsz Yan Wong
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CONTAINING AN APPLICATION IN AN IMMERSIVE NON-WINDOWED ENVIRONMENT
- Publication number 20170031533
- Publication date Feb 2, 2017
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Closing Applications
- Publication number 20160210027
- Publication date Jul 21, 2016
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Brian S. LeVee
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS
- Publication number 20160103600
- Publication date Apr 14, 2016
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Region-Based Sizing and Positioning of Application Windows
- Publication number 20160034157
- Publication date Feb 4, 2016
- Microsoft Corporation
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Multi-Application Environment
- Publication number 20150317062
- Publication date Nov 5, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Robert J. Jarrett
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Search Tool Using Multiple Different Search Engine Types Across Dif...
- Publication number 20150317397
- Publication date Nov 5, 2015
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- David A. Matthews
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SMART INSERTION OF APPLICATIONS INTO LAYOUTS
- Publication number 20140337794
- Publication date Nov 13, 2014
- Microsoft Corporation
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS
- Publication number 20140325431
- Publication date Oct 30, 2014
- Miron Vranjes
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF EDGE INPUTS BY USERS ON A TOUCH DEVICE
- Publication number 20140310661
- Publication date Oct 16, 2014
- Microsoft Corporation
- Steven Frederickson
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT OF WINDOW-SPECIFIC CONTROLS
- Publication number 20130311932
- Publication date Nov 21, 2013
- Microsoft Corporation
- Chaitanya Dev Sareen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PAINTING USER CONTROLS
- Publication number 20130298056
- Publication date Nov 7, 2013
- Chaitanya SAREEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
START MENU OPERATION FOR COMPUTER USER INTERFACE
- Publication number 20130290903
- Publication date Oct 31, 2013
- Pasquale DeMaio
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
THUMBNAIL-IMAGE SELECTION OF APPLICATIONS
- Publication number 20130219343
- Publication date Aug 22, 2013
- Microsoft Corporation
- Jennifer Nan
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
CLOSING APPLICATIONS
- Publication number 20130167058
- Publication date Jun 27, 2013
- Microsoft Corporation
- Brian S. LeVee
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Bret Anderson

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...

Window arrangements using tabbed user interface elements

Automated on-screen windows arrangements

Just-in-time snap layouts

Auto-grouping of application windows

Management of user interface elements based on historical configura...

Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...

Customizable compact overlay window

Auto-grouping of application windows

Transitioning between interface modes based on stored state informa...

Containing an application in an immersive non-windowed environment

Auto-grouping of application windows

Surfacing and management of window-specific controls

Multi-application environment

Closing applications

Search tool using multiple different search engine types across dif...

Dynamic management of edge inputs by users on a touch device

Shared edge for a display environment

Auto-grouping of application windows

Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation

Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...

Smart insertion of applications into layouts

Switching back to a previously-interacted-with application

Search tool using multiple different search engine types across dif...

Auto-grouping of application windows

Closing applications

Managing an immersive interface in a multi-application immersive en...

Thumbnail-image selection of applications

Multi-application environment

Multi-application environment

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

AUTOMATED ON-SCREEN WINDOWS ARRANGEMENTS

JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS

MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL CONFIGURA...

WINDOW ARRANGEMENTS USING TABBED USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS

JUST-IN-TIME SNAP LAYOUTS

Managing An Immersive Interface in a Multi-Application Immersive En...

CUSTOMIZABLE COMPACT OVERLAY WINDOW

MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL CONFIGURA...

AUTOMATED ON-SCREEN WINDOWS ARRANGEMENTS

AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS

AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS

Transitioning Between Interface Modes Based on Stored State Informa...

CUSTOMIZABLE COMPACT OVERLAY WINDOW

AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS

Accessing A Menu Utilizing A Drag-Operation

Managing An Immersive Interface in a Multi-Application Immersive En...

CONTAINING AN APPLICATION IN AN IMMERSIVE NON-WINDOWED ENVIRONMENT

Closing Applications

AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS

Region-Based Sizing and Positioning of Application Windows

Multi-Application Environment

Search Tool Using Multiple Different Search Engine Types Across Dif...

SMART INSERTION OF APPLICATIONS INTO LAYOUTS

AUTO-GROUPING OF APPLICATION WINDOWS

DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT OF EDGE INPUTS BY USERS ON A TOUCH DEVICE

SURFACING AND MANAGEMENT OF WINDOW-SPECIFIC CONTROLS

PAINTING USER CONTROLS

START MENU OPERATION FOR COMPUTER USER INTERFACE

THUMBNAIL-IMAGE SELECTION OF APPLICATIONS

CLOSING APPLICATIONS