Craig K Boobar

US Patent:

20090248715, Oct 1, 2009

Filed:

Mar 31, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/059714

Inventors:

Gregory Bernhardt - Boise ID, US
Craig Kenneth Boobar - Eagle ID, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707100, 707E17056

Abstract:

OLAP navigation is simplified by optimizing the displayed hierarchies. An OLAP navigation user interface displays the hierarchies that are navigable and can be drilled down into. In this way, a user is shown the items within the OLAP data that may be drilled down into instead of being shown every item. When determining the items to display for navigation, any hierarchies with a single level and/or any attributes that also are used as levels are not shown within the user interface. This helps the user choose the displayed item that will have be most capabilities for OLAP interaction. Navigation of the OLAP data is simplified for the user since the number of items displayed is reduced.

US Patent:

60701994, May 30, 2000

Filed:

Nov 13, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/748959

Inventors:

Daniel P. Axtman - Boise ID
Craig K. Boobar - Boise ID
Vanessa L. Hutchison - Boise ID
Charles M. Jopson - Kuna ID

Assignee:

Extended Systems, Inc. - Boise ID

International Classification:

G06F 300

US Classification:

710 1

Abstract:

A system ling client computers, particularly client notebook computers, to communicate with a computer local area network (LAN) using infrared or other transparent links. The system includes a pseudo nic driver, transparent communication hardware, and a transparent link in a network interface unit. The pseudo nic driver hides the technical details of the transparent communications by presenting itself as a traditional nic driver to the client networking software. The network interface unit bi-directionally communicates via the transparent link with an, for example, an infrared enabled client computer and performs the necessary bridging between the low level infrared signals and traditional LAN system such as Ethernet.