Daniel J Robbins

US Patent:

7868786, Jan 11, 2011

Filed:

Oct 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/968861

Inventors:

Kentaro Toyama - Miami FL, US
Ramaswamy Hariharan - Irvine CA, US
Ross G. Cutler - Duvall WA, US
John R. Douceur - Bellevue WA, US
Nuria M. Oliver - Seattle WA, US
Eric K. Ringger - Issaquah WA, US
Daniel C. Robbins - Seattle WA, US
Matthew T. Uyttendaele - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G08G 1/123

US Classification:

340988, 340992, 701200

Abstract:

A location history is a collection of locations over time for an object. A stay is a single instance of an object spending some time in one place, and a destination is any place where one or more objects have experienced a stay. Location histories are parsed using stays and destinations. In a described implementation, each location of a location history is recorded as a spatial position and a corresponding time at which the spatial position is acquired. Stays are extracted from a location history by analyzing locations thereof with regard to a temporal threshold and a spatial threshold. Specifically, two or more locations are considered a stay if they exceed a minimum stay duration and are within a maximum roaming distance. Each stay includes a location, a starting time, and an ending time. Destinations are produced from the extracted stays using a clustering operation and a predetermined scaling factor.

US Patent:

8244757, Aug 14, 2012

Filed:

Mar 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/395896

Inventors:

Amy K. Karlson - Ellicott City MD, US
George Robertson - Seattle WA, US
Daniel C. Robbins - Seattle WA, US
Mary Czerwinski - Woodinville WA, US
Greg Smith - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707778, 707797, 707829, 707956, 715385, 715840, 715841

Abstract:

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve data searching on mobile devices. A facet-based search application is provided that has a filter region, a results region, a facet navigation region, and a menu region. A user applies a facet-based filter to a set of data by selecting a number on a keypad or other area that correlates spatially to a filter option in the facet navigation region. A set of data in the results region is updated based on the applied facet-based filter. The user can also apply a freeform text filter to the data by selecting one or more characters for which to search. The data displayed in the results region is updated based on the applied freeform text filter. When input is received from the user to save the applied filter, an attribute label is displayed as a query term in the filter region.

US Patent:

7263667, Aug 28, 2007

Filed:

Jun 9, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/329140

Inventors:

Tobias Hans Hoellerer - New York NY, US
George G. Robertson - Seattle WA, US
David D. Thiel - Redmond WA, US
Daniel C. Robbins - Seattle WA, US
Maarten R. van Dantzich - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715782, 715804, 715805, 715738, 715745

Abstract:

A user interface for facilitating a decision making process, such as planning a trip. A unified view of various types of information related to an event may be provided. The unified view may be presented in a simulated three-dimensional environment having different types of information depicted on different windows. Different types of information related to a common event may be visually linked. A window showing a particular type of information may be brought into a focus view for closer inspection by a user. Alternative decisions may be depicted to permit vagueness or uncertainty, particularly at early iterations in the decision making process.

US Patent:

20060174211, Aug 3, 2006

Filed:

Mar 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/395805

Inventors:

Tobias Hoellerer - New York NY, US
George Robertson - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Robbins - Seattle WA, US
David Thiel - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715782000

Abstract:

A user interface for facilitating a decision making process, such as planning a trip. A unified view of various types of information related to an event may be provided. The unified view may be presented in a simulated three-dimensional environment having different types of information depicted on different windows. Different types of information related to a common event may be visually linked. A window showing a articular type of information may be brought into a focus view for closer inspection by a user. Alternative decisions may be depicted to permit vagueness or uncertainty, particularly at early iterations in the decision making process.

US Patent:

59409142, Aug 24, 1999

Filed:

Aug 14, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/911541

Inventors:

Daniel J. Robbins - Miami Beach FL

Assignee:

Magic fingers of America, Inc. - Miami Beach FL

International Classification:

A47C 2700

US Classification:

5694

Abstract:

An assembly for vibrating a bed system, such as a box spring mattress. The assembly includes a clip system, a vibrating device with a housing that has several slots to engaging a lattice wire inside a box spring mattress as well as the clip system. The clip system is used to secure the vibrating device to the box spring mattress. The clip system includes a tension portion that has a mounting portion to engage the slots of the vibrating device and an indentation portion, extending from the mounting portion, to engage the other slots of the vibrating device. The clip system is secured to the box spring mattress with locking ties. Alternatively, the clip assembly includes a support clip for engaging the lattice wire and the slots of the vibrating device, instead of the slots directly engaging the lattice wire.