Patents by Inventor Bastien Nocera

Bastien Nocera has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8881065
    Abstract: A method and program for preventing an interrupting action in a computer resource for a full-screen mode or presentation mode of a user application are disclosed. Such a method includes: detecting, for example by a window manager, that a user application is entering into full-screen mode in a display space of the computer resource; transmitting to a target module, for example via a message bus, a mode message indicating that the full-screen mode is being entered; and preventing the interrupting action by the target module. The interrupting action may be a display action in a display space associated with the computer resource. The target module may be an instant messaging application, a screen saver application, a calendar application, a power management application, or a voice communication application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Nickell, Bryan Clark, Bastien Nocera
  • Publication number: 20130321468
    Abstract: A computing device detects an orientation of a computing device and selects a corner of the computing device based on the orientation of the computing device. The computing device determines a height and width for each digital media item in a plurality of digital media items. The computing device displays a first digital media item of the plurality of digital media items in a portrait orientation when the height of the first digital media item is greater than the width of the first digital media item and displays a second digital media item of the plurality of digital media items in a landscape orientation when the width of the second digital media item is greater than the height of the second digital media item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RED HAT, INC.
    Inventor: Bastien Nocera
  • Publication number: 20070016867
    Abstract: A method and program for preventing an interrupting action in a computer resource for a full-screen mode or presentation mode of a user application are disclosed. Such a method includes: detecting, for example by a window manager, that a user application is entering into full-screen mode in a display space of the computer resource; transmitting to a target module, for example via a message bus, a mode message indicating that the full-screen mode is being entered; and preventing the interrupting action by the target module. The interrupting action may be a display action in a display space associated with the computer resource. The target module may be an instant messaging application, a screen saver application, a calendar application, a power management application, or a voice communication application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: RED HAT, INC.
    Inventors: Seth Nickell, Bryan Clarke, Bastien Nocera