Inventor
MATTHEWS DAVID A
US44 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
24 patentsUS7890886B2Feb 15, 2011
Operating system program launch menu search
MICROSOFT CORP58 citations98
US7543244B2Jun 2, 2009
Determining and displaying a list of most commonly used items
MICROSOFT CORP69 citations98
US7340686B2Mar 4, 2008
Operating system program launch menu search
MICROSOFT CORP75 citations98
US9052820B2Jun 9, 2015
Multi-application environment
MICROSOFT CORP103 citations97
US8627227B2Jan 7, 2014
Allocation of space in an immersive environment
MICROSOFT CORP51 citations97
US7669140B2Feb 23, 2010
System and method for providing rich minimized applications
MICROSOFT CORP72 citations97
US7343567B2Mar 11, 2008
System and method for providing dynamic user information in an interactive display
MICROSOFT CORP76 citations97
US8356258B2Jan 15, 2013
Arranging display areas utilizing enhanced window states
MICROSOFT CORP65 citations96
US7665031B2Feb 16, 2010
Method and system of taskbar button interfaces
MICROSOFT CORP45 citations95
US7134094B2Nov 7, 2006
Automatic assigning of shortcut keys
MICROSOFT CORP55 citations95
US7657842B2Feb 2, 2010
Sidebar tile free-arrangement
MICROSOFT CORP47 citations94
US8375336B2Feb 12, 2013
Panning content utilizing a drag operation
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations92
US7966572B2Jun 21, 2011
User interface transition
MICROSOFT CORP27 citations92
US7577922B2Aug 18, 2009
System and method for providing dynamic user information in an interactive display
MICROSOFT CORP33 citations92
US7512904B2Mar 31, 2009
Operating system launch menu program listing
MICROSOFT CORP44 citations92
US7600194B2Oct 6, 2009
Start menu operation for computer user interface
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations83
USD548237SAug 7, 2007
Image for a portion of a display screen
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations74
US7127719B2Oct 24, 2006
Methods and arrangements for providing multiple concurrent desktops and workspaces in a shared computing environment
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations74
US7334193B2Feb 19, 2008
Start menu user tiles
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations63
US9329768B2May 3, 2016
Panning content utilizing a drag operation
MICROSOFT CORP2 citations62
US7823071B2Oct 26, 2010
User interface start page
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations62
US9563352B2Feb 7, 2017
Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations51
US8378989B2Feb 19, 2013
Interpreting ambiguous inputs on a touch-screen
MICROSOFT CORP0 citations50
US7630975B2Dec 8, 2009
Unified searching and running of files
MICROSOFT CORP1 citations49
MATTHEWS DAVID A
7 patentsUS8296670B2Oct 23, 2012
Accessing a menu utilizing a drag-operation
MATTHEWS DAVID A24 citations91
US8656300B2Feb 18, 2014
Method and system of taskbar button interfaces
MATTHEWS DAVID A7 citations82
US8214760B2Jul 3, 2012
Window minimization trigger
MATTHEWS DAVID A15 citations81
US9323867B2Apr 26, 2016
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets
MATTHEWS DAVID A2 citations62
US9465516B2Oct 11, 2016
Operating system program launch menu search
MATTHEWS DAVID A0 citations51
US8719727B2May 6, 2014
Managing an immersive environment
MATTHEWS DAVID A0 citations51
US8954881B2Feb 10, 2015
Window minimization trigger
MATTHEWS DAVID A0 citations49
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
6 patentsUS10303325B2May 28, 2019
Multi-application environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC14 citations94
US9430130B2Aug 30, 2016
Customization of an immersive environment
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC11 citations84
US9329774B2May 3, 2016
Switching back to a previously-interacted-with application
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC15 citations84
US9710133B2Jul 18, 2017
Method and system of taskbar button interfaces
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC4 citations72
US9239667B2Jan 19, 2016
Arranging display areas utilizing enhanced window states
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC3 citations72
US9703893B2Jul 11, 2017
Search tool using multiple different search engine types across different data sets
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC0 citations52