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Matias Duarte is a Chilean-American computer interface designer

User interface design

User interface design or user interface engineering is the design of computers, appliances, machines, mobile communication devices, software applications, and websites with the focus on the user's experience and interaction...

, and currently the Director of Android operating system User Experience at Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

where Android 3.0, ("Honeycomb") was the first release with a major element of his design influence.

Prior to moving to Google to work on Android, Duarte had similar roles in Palm’s webOS, the Helio Ocean

Helio Ocean

The Helio Ocean is a dual slider Internet-enabled multimedia wireless mobile device sold by mobile virtual network operator wireless carrier Helio, and manufactured by Pantech Curitel. A distinctive design feature of the Ocean is its dual sliding mechanism — when slid down in the vertical...

and the Danger Hiptop

Danger Hiptop

The Danger Hiptop, also re-branded as the T-Mobile Sidekick, Mobiflip and Sharp Jump is a GPRS/EDGE/UMTS smartphone produced by Danger Incorporated from 2002 to 2010....

(T-Mobile Sidekick).

Duarte's list of patents includes 28 US Patents and 30 pending US Patent applications.

Career

May 2010 — Present, Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

, as Director, Android User Experience - reporting to Andrew Rubin whom 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." As the lead designer for Android's push into Touchscreen

Touchscreen

A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...

tablet computing

Tablet computer

A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...

, Duarte has stated three goals: larger devices, evolving Android, and a better User Interface

Graphical user interface

In computing, a graphical user interface is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices with images rather than text commands. GUIs can be used in computers, hand-held devices such as MP3 players, portable media players or gaming devices, household appliances and...

September 2007 — May 2010, Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...

, as VP, Human Interface and User Experience.

Duarte was hired as the Vice President at Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...

in September, 2007 to lead development of Palm’s webOS Human Interface and User Experience and introduced the design of webOS at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show

Consumer Electronics Show

The International Consumer Electronics Show is a major technology-related trade show held each January in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Not open to the public, the Consumer Electronics Association-sponsored show typically hosts previews of products and new...

. Duarte described the Palm Pre

Palm Pre

The Palm Pre is a multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS...

as "a stone at the bottom of a riverbed, rubbed smooth over thousands of years." 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.

August 2005 — September 2007, Helio, as Vice President Experience Design

Duarte is named as an inventor on all of Helio's US Patents and applications. Duarte left Helio shortly before it was acquired by Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...

March 2000 — August 2005, Danger
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....

, as Director of Design where his team won the 2002 Wired 'Industrial Designer' Rave Award 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

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

1997–1999, MagicArts, San Francisco game studio as Vice President, Design.
1996–1997, Hyper Image Productions, Lead Designer on Phase Zero hovercraft simulator produced by Atari.

Awards

2002 Wired Rave Award, Industrial Designer of the Year "to Matias Duarte, Joe Palmer, and Andy Johnston for their work in designing Danger's hiptop communications device."
28 Patents and 30 Patent Applications, See Duarte's list of patents below.

Education

Duarte earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park (1992–1996) where he managed the Student Art Gallery from 1993-1996 with additional concentration of study in Fine Art and Art History. Recognitions include: Dean's Award for Academic Achievement, Outstanding Graduating Senior, Golden Key International Honour Society

Golden Key International Honour Society

The Golden Key International Honour Society is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognise academic achievement among college and university students in all disciplines....

, and Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Kappa Phi

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study and to promote the "unity and democracy of education"...

Personal life

Little is known of Duarte's personal life except that he has stated on his website on 2008 August 23, that he had a "new daughter."

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:

- Handheld Communication Device - 2008 Mar 25 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
- Adjustable display for a data processing apparatus - 2007 Aug 8 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- Symmetric Softkeys On A Mobile Electronic Device - 2007 May 10 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
- Earbud For A Stereo Headset - 2007 Jan 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Y-Connector For A Stereo Headset - 2007 Jan 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Keypad - 2006 Dec 22 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
- Handheld Communication Device - 2006 Dec 22 - Assignee: Virgin Mobile USA, L.P.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a brand used by many mobile phone service providers across the globe; its headquarters are based in the United Kingdom. Virgin Mobile has local operations in Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Greece, United Kingdom and the United States. It briefly also had operations...
- Mobile Communication Device - 2006 Dec 1 - Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- User Interface For A Mobile Electronic Device - 2006 Sep 12 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Support And Adjustment Apparatus For A Data Processing Device Display - 2006 Jan 3 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- Scroll Disc Input Apparatus For A Data Processing Device - 2006 Jan 3 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- Multipurpose Bumper System For A Data Processing Apparatus - 2004 Aug 18 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- User Interface For Detecting A Data Entry Mode - 2004 Apr 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Adjustable Data Processing Device - 2004 Mar 9 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Adjustable Display For A Data Processing Apparatus - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Display Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
- Data Processing Device Having Multiple Adjustable Display And Keyboard - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Directional Pad Having Integrated Acoustic System And Lighting System - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- User Input Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Handheld Display And Keyboard - 2003 Oct 1 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Adjustable Data Processing Display - 2002 Oct 1 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Adjustable Data Processing Device - 2002 Sep 19 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Loop Menu Navigation Apparatus And Method - 2001 Sep 6 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Method Of Scrolling A Display Window - 2001 Sep 6 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Method Of Dynamically Lighting Keyboard Glyphs - 2001 Aug 17 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- System And Method Of Displaying Multiple Pending Notifications In A Single Window - 2001 Aug 10 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Handheld Display And Keyboard - 2001 Aug 9 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Adjustable Data Processing Display - 2000 Nov 15 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....

Patent applications

- User Interface For Initiating Activities In An Electronic Device - 2009 Jul 20 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Access And Management Of Cross-Platform Calendars - 2009 May 27 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Secondary Key Group Layout For Keyboard - 2009 May 8 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- System And Method For Providing Content To A Mobile Device - 2009 Apr 13 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Preventing Unintentional Activation And/Or Input In An Electronic Device - 2009 Apr 3 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Card Metaphor For Activities In A Computing Device - 2009 Apr 1 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- History Based Search Service Operable With Multiple Applications And Services - 2009 Mar 16 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- System And Method For Providing Content To A Mobile Device - 2009 Mar 11 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Multi-Function Status Indicator For Content Receipt By A Mobile Computing Device - 2009 Mar 3 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Integrated Mixed Transport Messaging System - 2008 Dec 31 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Computing Device And Method For Selecting Display Regions... - 2008 Dec 31 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Enhanced Visual Feedback For Touch-Sensitive Input Device - 2008 Dec 22 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Touch-Sensitive Display Screen With Absolute And Relative Input Modes - 2008 Dec 22 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- System And Method For Providing Advertisement Data Or Other Content - 2008 Nov 26 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- System And Method For Providing Advertisement Data To A Mobile Computing Device - 2008 Nov 26 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Notifying A User Of Events In A Computing Device - 2008 Aug 28 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Structured Displaying Of Visual Elements - 2008 May 28 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Navigating Among Activities In A Computing Device - 2008 May 23 - Assignee: Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
- Extended Touch-Sensitive Control Area For Electronic Device - 2008 May 6 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Rapid Content Association Methods - 2008 Mar 26 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Modeless Electronic Systems, Methods, And Devices - 2007 Oct 23 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Integrated Messaging, Contacts, And Mail Interface, Systems And Methods - 2007 Oct 22 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Multipurpose Data Input/Output And Display Configurations For A Data ... - 2007 Sep 24 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Shared Symbol And Emoticon Key And Methods - 2007 Apr 27 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- System And Method For Navigating Displayed Content - 2007 Mar 16 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Systems And Methods For A Graceful Push Handling User Interface - 2007 Feb 6 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- Softkey Access To Network Connections - 2006 Sep 13 - Assignee: Helio, LLC
- User Input Configurations For A Data Processing Device - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Multipurpose Data Input/Output And Display Configurations For A Data... - 2003 Nov 21 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....
- Sliding Display Apparatus - 2002 Aug 29 - Assignee: Danger, Inc.
Danger (company)
Danger, Inc. was a company specializing in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices. Its most notable product was the T-Mobile Sidekick ....

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