Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

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Microsoft Corporation

Manolito E Adan

Steven T Kaneko

Michael W Van Flandern

Terry M Lipscomb

William Hong Vong

Todd E Holmdahl

Kenneth V Fry

Kenneth R Robertson

Robert Scott Plank

Hajime Suzuki

Michael R Hooning

Mark K Svancarek

Nigel Stuart Keam

Duncan

Timothy R Osborne

Dana Lu Silverstein

Robert Brigham

Carl J Ledbetter

Steven W Fisher

Gregory G Jones

William Jefferson Westerinen

Pasquale DeMaio

Russell Irvin Sanchez

Mark William Casebolt

Thomas G Phillips

Chad Magendanz

Jeffrey Alan Davis

Lawrence David Azzano

Bin An

Robert E McCaslin

John Graham Pierce

Corey M Ladas

Mohamed Belali

Tetsuji Aoyagi

Daniel T Phillips

Suresh Venkat

Takeshi Miura

Steven F Meadows

Richard Bruce Kash

Kenneth J Redding

Erik G Von Fuchs

James Michael Craig

Hidenori Shiroto

Daniel Dean

Doug Edward Coppenbarger

In a computer system having a display and a keyboard, a computer readable medium includes instructions for invoking a message hook procedure based on a mouse message indicative of a mouse event. Instructions also provide for identifying at least one focus application that has a current keyboard focus and of converting the mouse message into a command for the focus application. The command is then sent to the focus application and the mouse message is prevented from being routed to any other applications. In one embodiment, the commands include the command to page forward or backward through pages of Internet documents. In other embodiments, instead of converting the mouse message into a command, the message hook procedure displays a graphical user interface based on the focus application and the mouse message. The graphical user interface includes one or more commands that the user may select. Based on the selection made by the user, the message hook procedure sends a corresponding command to the focus application.

Input device with forward/backward control

Systems and methods for brewing coffee and producing other hot beverages are included herein. An automated coffee vending kiosk configured in accordance with one embodiment includes a coffee brewing unit for brewing coffee and a cup dispensing portion. The cup dispensing portion can include a motor and a door operably coupled to the motor. The door can be moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to a cup storage area having a plurality of cups. A coffee dispensing portion can be positioned to dispense the coffee into an individual cup.

Automated coffee vending kiosk and associated systems

A host computer is provided with a main display unit and an auxiliary display unit. The host computer can free up screen space on the main display screen by routing certain types of display information to the auxiliary display unit for display. Display information can range from notification of events such as receipt of email, appointments, system messages, and information from separate applications. The auxiliary display panel may function as a user interface for audio, video, 'push information', MP3 player or become the hardware equivalent of a multimedia player. The auxiliary display panel may be integrated together with the host computer in the same physical structure or may be part of a standalone display unit that is wired or wirelessly coupled to the host computer.

Auxiliary display unit for a computer system

A method of interacting with a computing device via one or more inking instruments to generate digital ink may include the steps of emitting light from a light emitting device to an inking instrument, receiving first user inputs from the inking instrument, and identifying the inking instrument based on sensed light reflected from the inking instrument. Another method may include the steps of simultaneously detecting first user inputs from a first inking instrument and second user inputs from a second inking instrument by receiving first light emitted from the first inking instrument and second light emitted from a second inking instrument that each have one or more identifying characteristics, identifying the inking instrument based on their identifying characteristics, and generating corresponding digital ink. These methods may be implemented via computer-executable instructions and may be used with a horizontally-placed display, tablet-based laptop computers, and passive or active digital inking instruments.

Uniquely identifiable inking instruments

A computing system is equipped with one or more ports, each of which includes a plurality of coupler lines configured to engage connectors that may be associated with different types of external services and/or devices, including public switched telephone networks, Ethernet networks, ISDN networks, and/or telephone devices. Upon detecting a connection to a port, a controller evaluates at least one electrical property of the lines of the port. Based on the evaluation, the controller determines if the port is engaged with a known type of service or device. When the type of service or device is known, the controller selectively switches a plurality of port lines to appropriate communications subsystems to enable the computing system to communicate with the device or service. For example, a conventional telephone device can then be used as an audio input/output device for communication over the Internet rather than over a public switched telephone network.

System and method for providing a universal communications port with computer-telephony interface

A computer telephony interface adapter (CTIA) for interfacing a computing device, a telephone, and a telephone network. The CTIA communicates with the telephone network using a telephone network protocol, such as a PSTN or a PBX protocol. Also, the CTIA communicates with a POTS telephone or a PBX telephone according to the telephone network protocol and with the computing device according to a data communication protocol, such as a USB or wireless protocol. The CTIA includes a controller in communication with the telephone network, the telephone, and the computing device. The controller converts communications between the telephone network protocol and the data communication protocol. In addition, the controller selectively couples the telephone into communication with the telephone network and the computing device at the same time. Thus, the CTIA enables local control over real-time shared communication among the telephone, telephone network, and computing device.

Computer telephony integration adapter

A user activates switches comprising a keypad of a telephone to produce a dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) signal that controls the characteristics of a wireless control signal that is transmitted to control another device. The DTMF tones produced by the keypad are scanned by a microcontroller or by the processor of a personal computer that is coupled to the telephone. In response to detecting predefined DTMF tones from the keypad, an infrared or radio frequency wireless control signal is transmitted to the other device to affect a corresponding control function. For example, when a telephone call is received, the '*' key followed by another predefined key on the keypad can be activated to produce a wireless control signal that causes an audio/video component to be muted. The remote control functionality of the telephone keypad can also be used for other purposes, such as controlling a cursor on a display or making a selection.

Telephony remote control

A computer system is provided including a host computer such as a PC and one or more remote peripheral devices controlled by the host computer for providing status/notification information, applications, system messages, and the like. Software can track the activities/commands of a user. The sequence of activities/commands can be saved and translated into a format that the host computer understands. Responsive to actuation of a button by a user on the remote peripheral device, the host computer can launch directly into the context currently being presented to the user at the remote peripheral device.

Method for activating an application in context on a remote input/output device

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Woodinville, WA, United States of America

Manolito E Adan