Patents by Inventor Derek V. Carroll

Derek V. Carroll 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).

  • Interactive system for authoring hypertext document collections
    Patent number: 5802299
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call
  • Supervised satellite kiosk management system with combined local and remote data storage
    Patent number: 5781909
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call
  • Techniques for changing the behavior of a link in a hypertext document
    Patent number: 5761683
    Abstract: A network based hypertext display system employing a supervisory computer interconnected with one or more information display units and one or more remote document servers via a network, such as the Internet. The supervisory computer controls the content displayed by the display units by transferring to each unit a control information file as well as hypertext document files which are locally stored in the display units. The control file determines the extent to which the display unit can access remotely stored information and provides additional information which is used to alter the presentation to the user. Stored control information is used to rewrite hypertext document such that certain links are disabled, and to suppress the appearance of visual cues associated with the displayed anchor which identifies selected links in the referencing document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Microtouch Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Logan, Derek V. Carroll, Charles G. Call