Patents by Inventor Justin Chickles

Justin Chickles 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).

  • Graphical user interface including palette windows with an improved navigation interface
    Patent number: 7765493
    Abstract: A system and method for navigating among hierarchies of palette windows displayed on a display. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current palette window. Palette windows may include one or more items for navigating in the hierarchy. The navigation items may include back navigation items, forward navigation items, and up navigation items. The navigation items may be used in navigating to previously displayed palette windows and/or to higher palette windows in the hierarchy. A search mechanism for locating palette windows and/or palette window content may be provided. From the search mechanism, the user may locate and open palette windows in one or more hierarchies. The current palette window is closed when a new palette window is opened. Thus, at most one palette window in a hierarchy is displayed at one time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Chickles, Raghavendra Gururaj
  • Graphical user interface including palette windows with an improved search function
    Patent number: 7017123
    Abstract: A system and method for searching for items in a hierarchy of palette windows and for incorporating located items into programs. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current palette window. Palette windows may include one or more items for navigating in the hierarchy. A search mechanism for locating palette windows and/or palette window content may be provided. From the search mechanism, the user may locate and open palette windows in one or more hierarchies. The user may also incorporate palette window content into something, for example, a program being edited in a graphical programming environment. In one embodiment, the user may drag-and-drop palette window content onto a window being edited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Chickles, Raghavendra Gururaj
  • Search window for adding program elements to a program
    Publication number: 20060036995
    Abstract: A system and method for searching for items in a hierarchy of palette windows and for incorporating located items into programs. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current palette window. Palette windows may include one or more items for navigating in the hierarchy. A search mechanism for locating palette windows and/or palette window content may be provided. From the search mechanism, the user may locate and open palette windows in one or more hierarchies. The user may also incorporate palette window content into something, for example, a program being edited in a graphical programming environment. In one embodiment, the user may drag-and-drop palette window content onto a window being edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Justin Chickles, Raghavendra Gururaj
  • Graphical user interface including palette windows with an improved navigation interface
    Publication number: 20040221245
    Abstract: A system and method for navigating among hierarchies of palette windows displayed on a display. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current palette window. Palette windows may include one or more items for navigating in the hierarchy. The navigation items may include back navigation items, forward navigation items, and up navigation items. The navigation items may be used in navigating to previously displayed palette windows and/or to higher palette windows in the hierarchy. A search mechanism for locating palette windows and/or palette window content may be provided. From the search mechanism, the user may locate and open palette windows in one or more hierarchies. The current palette window is closed when a new palette window is opened. Thus, at most one palette window in a hierarchy is displayed at one time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Justin Chickles, Raghavendra Gururaj
  • Graphical user interface including palette windows with an improved search function
    Publication number: 20020080157
    Abstract: A system and method for searching for items in a hierarchy of palette windows and for incorporating located items into programs. Palette windows may include one or more palette window selection items that, when selected, open child palette windows of the current palette window. Palette windows may include one or more items for navigating in the hierarchy. A search mechanism for locating palette windows and/or palette window content may be provided. From the search mechanism, the user may locate and open palette windows in one or more hierarchies. The user may also incorporate palette window content into something, for example, a program being edited in a graphical programming environment. In one embodiment, the user may drag-and-drop palette window content onto a window being edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Chickles, Raghavendra Gururaj