Matías Duarte
Matias Duarte is an American computer interface designer, and currently the Director of Android User Experience at Google where Android 3.0, ("Honeycomb") was the first release with a major element of his design influence.[1]
Prior to moving to Google to work on Android, Duarte had similar roles in Palm’s webOS,[2] the Helio Ocean[3] and the Danger Hiptop (T-Mobile Sidekick).[4]
Duarte's list of patents includes 28 US Patents and 30 pending US Patent applications.[5][6]
Career
- May 2010 — Present, Google, as Director, Android User Experience - reporting to Andrew Rubin who he had previously worked for at Danger Inc..
- Duarte "is currently driving the interface and design for Android 3.0 (AKA Honeycomb), and it's clear that he's bringing his big, bold ideas to the Android platform."[1] As the lead designer for Android's push into Touchscreen tablet computing, Duarte has stated three goals: larger devices, evolving Android, and a better User Interface.[7]
- September 2007 — May 2010, Palm, Inc., as VP, Human Interface and User Experience.
- Duarte was hired as the Vice President at Palm, Inc. in September, 2007 to lead development of Palm’s webOS Human Interface and User Experience and introduced the the design of webOS at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show.[8] Duarte described the Palm PrePalm Pre as "a stone at the bottom of a riverbed, rubbed smooth over thousands of years."[9][10] Duarte is named as an inventor in 18 of Palm's pending US Patent applications. Duarte left Palm less than a month after Palm was acquired by HP.
- Duarte is named as an inventor on all of Helio's US Patents and applications.[12] Duarte left Helio shortly before it was acquired by Virgin Mobile.
- March 2000 — August 2005, Danger, as Director of Design[11] where his team won the 2002 Wired 'Industrial Designer' Rave Award[13] for their work in designing the Hiptop/SideKick.
- Duarte is named as an inventor in 19 of Danger's US Patents. Danger was later acquired by Microsoft.
Early life
Duarte earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park (1992-1996) where he managed the Student Art Gallery from 1993-1996.[11]
List of patents
Matias Duarte is named as an inventor in the following US Patents as Matias Gonzalo Duarte, Matias G. Duarte, or Matias Duarte:
- Vorlage:US patent - Handheld Communication Device - 2008 Mar 25 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable display for a data processing apparatus - 2007 Aug 8 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Vorlage:US patent - Symmetric Softkeys On A Mobile Electronic Device - 2007 May 10 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
- Vorlage:US patent - Earbud For A Stereo Headset - 2007 Jan 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Y-Connector For A Stereo Headset - 2007 Jan 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Keypad - 2006 Dec 22 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
- Vorlage:US patent - Handheld Communication Device - 2006 Dec 22 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
- Vorlage:US patent - Mobile Communication Device - 2006 Dec 1 - Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vorlage:US patent - User Interface For A Mobile Electronic Device - 2006 Sep 12 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Support And Adjustment Apparatus For A Data Processing Device Display - 2006 Jan 3 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Vorlage:US patent - Scroll Disc Input Apparatus For A Data Processing Device - 2006 Jan 3 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Vorlage:US patent - Multipurpose Bumper System For A Data Processing Apparatus - 2004 Aug 18 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - User Interface For Detecting A Data Entry Mode - 2004 Apr 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable Data Processing Device - 2004 Mar 9 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable Display For A Data Processing Apparatus - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Display Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Vorlage:US patent - Data Processing Device Having Multiple Adjustable Display And Keyboard - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Directional Pad Having Integrated Acoustic System And Lighting System - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - User Input Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Handheld Display And Keyboard - 2003 Oct 1 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable Data Processing Display - 2002 Oct 1 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable Data Processing Device - 2002 Sep 19 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Loop Menu Navigation Apparatus And Method - 2001 Sep 6 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Method Of Scrolling A Display Window - 2001 Sep 6 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Method Of Dynamically Lighting Keyboard Glyphs - 2001 Aug 17 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method Of Displaying Multiple Pending Notifications In A Single Window - 2001 Aug 10 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Handheld Display And Keyboard - 2001 Aug 9 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Adjustable Data Processing Display - 2000 Nov 15 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Patent applications
- Vorlage:US patent - User Interface For Initiating Activities In An Electronic Device - 2009 Jul 20 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Access And Management Of Cross-Platform Calendars - 2009 May 27 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Secondary Key Group Layout For Keyboard - 2009 May 8 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method For Providing Content To A Mobile Device - 2009 Apr 13 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Preventing Unintentional Activation And/Or Input In An Electronic Device - 2009 Apr 3 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Card Metaphor For Activities In A Computing Device - 2009 Apr 1 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - History Based Search Service Operable With Multiple Applications And Services - 2009 Mar 16 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method For Providing Content To A Mobile Device - 2009 Mar 11 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Multi-Function Status Indicator For Content Receipt By A Mobile Computing Device - 2009 Mar 3 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Integrated Mixed Transport Messaging System - 2008 Dec 31 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Computing Device And Method For Selecting Display Regions... - 2008 Dec 31 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Enhanced Visual Feedback For Touch-Sensitive Input Device - 2008 Dec 22 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Touch-Sensitive Display Screen With Absolute And Relative Input Modes - 2008 Dec 22 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method For Providing Advertisement Data Or Other Content - 2008 Nov 26 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method For Providing Advertisement Data To A Mobile Computing Device - 2008 Nov 26 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Notifying A User Of Events In A Computing Device - 2008 Aug 28 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Structured Displaying Of Visual Elements - 2008 May 28 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Navigating Among Activities In A Computing Device - 2008 May 23 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Extended Touch-Sensitive Control Area For Electronic Device - 2008 May 6 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Rapid Content Association Methods - 2008 Mar 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Modeless Electronic Systems, Methods, And Devices - 2007 Oct 23 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Integrated Messaging, Contacts, And Mail Interface, Systems And Methods - 2007 Oct 22 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Multipurpose Data Input/Output And Display Configurations For A Data ... - 2007 Sep 24 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Shared Symbol And Emoticon Key And Methods - 2007 Apr 27 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - System And Method For Navigating Displayed Content - 2007 Mar 16 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Systems And Methods For A Graceful Push Handling User Interface - 2007 Feb 6 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - Softkey Access To Network Connections - 2006 Sep 13 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Vorlage:US patent - User Input Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Multipurpose Data Input/Output And Display Configurations For A Data... - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
- Vorlage:US patent - Sliding Display Apparatus - 2002 Aug 29 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
References
External links
- Engadget Interview: Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android Video 2011/01/07
- Google’s Honeycomb Designer: Humans Shouldn’t Have to Do a Computer’s Work 2011/02/02
- Honeycomb designer Matias Duarte hates task killers 2011/02/02
- WSJ All Things Digital: Google’s Android Design Expert Outlines the Vision Behind Honeycomb 2011/02/01
- Matias Duarte Introduces Palm Pre and webOS @ CES 2009 Video 2009/01/14
- Matias Duarte, designer behind Sidekick and Helio, now developing Palm's next-gen UI
- Personal webpage
- Resume as of February, 2007
- Matias Duarte's Twitter page
- ↑ a b Engadget Interview January 7,2011
- ↑ WSJ AllThingsD May 27, 2010
- ↑ "The Helio Ocean 3 that could have been", MobileCrunch
- ↑ "Matias Duarte bringing Sidekick, Helio UI expertise to Palm’s new PalmOS Nova", intomobile.com
- ↑ Recent patents
- ↑ Previous patents
- ↑ Google’s Android Design Expert Outlines the Vision Behind Honeycomb
- ↑ Forbes How Palm Designed the Pre
- ↑ Forbes webOS June 2009
- ↑ a b c LinkedIn
- ↑ Helio US Patents and applications
- ↑ "...but lost to Matias Duarte, Joe Palmer, and Andy Johnston..."