Nicholas A Lowe

US Patent:

7917555, Mar 29, 2011

Filed:

Nov 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/287547

Inventors:

Josh W. Honeyman - Bellevue WA, US
Madan Gopal Natu - Redmond WA, US
Michael V. Ehrenberg - Seattle WA, US
Nicholas Justin Lowe - Mercer Island WA, US
Thomas Emil Jensen - Copenhagen, DK
Cary Rohwer - Duvall WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707953, 707956

Abstract:

The location of a drawing of an activity, a property of an element in the drawing and the structural relationship of elements in the drawing are stored in a database. The database is accessed to form a user interface that provides a hierarchical representation of activities and the elements within activities.

US Patent:

20060200489, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Feb 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/345965

Inventors:

Nicholas Lowe - Mercer Island WA, US
Kathlyn Gallines - North Hampton NH, US
Peter Johannsen - Frederiksberg, DK
Samantha Britney - Seattle WA, US
Finn Rode - Gedved, DK
Thomas Jensen - Lyngby, DK
Jakob Nielsen - Redmond WA, US
Cary Rohwer - Duvall WA, US
Robert Edmiston - Kirkland WA, US
James Utzschneider - Mercer Island WA, US
Susan Bohn - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707102000

Abstract:

A company is compared to a generic company model to identify differences between the company and the generic company model. The generic company model includes a work model that describes sequences of tasks that form processes performed within a generic company and a persona model that describes generic personas in the generic company and tasks that each generic persona performs. The differences between the generic company model and the company are used to modify the generic company model to form a company-specific model.

US Patent:

20060200771, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Sep 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/233881

Inventors:

Jakob Nielsen - Redmond WA, US
Nicholas Lowe - Mercer Island WA, US
Kevin Honeyman - Fargo ND, US
Cary Rohwer - Duvall WA, US
Brian Glaeske - Fargo ND, US
Hans Mark - Farum, DK
Morten Holm-Petersen - Copenhagen K, DK
Arne de Booij - Kobenhavn O, DK

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

715738000, 715765000, 715764000, 715866000

Abstract:

An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine if it is an active task that needs to be performed in one or more processes. For each active task, an element is added to the user interface.

US Patent:

20110113358, May 12, 2011

Filed:

Jan 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/009706

Inventors:

Jakob Nielsen - Redmond WA, US
Nicholas Justin Lowe - Mercer Island WA, US
Kevin Honeyman - Fargo ND, US
Cary Lane Rohwer - Duvall WA, US
Brian Glaeske - Fargo ND, US
Hans Roed Mark - Farum, DK
Morten Holm-Peterson - Copenhagen K, DK
Arne de Booij - Kobenhavn O, DK

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715765

Abstract:

An adaptable user interface is formed based on a role assumed by a user and the identification of tasks in a process that need to be performed. For each role assumed by the user, a set of tasks assigned to the role is identified. Each task is evaluated to determine if it is an active task that needs to be performed in one or more processes. For each active task, an element is added to the user interface.