Patents by Inventor Patrick Rocco Guido

Patrick Rocco Guido 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).

  • Methods for displaying both hierarchical and non-hierarchical data using tree diagram graphical user interfaces having secondary expansion capabilities
    Patent number: 7647563
    Abstract: Methods for displaying a set of hierarchical data and a set of non-hierarchical data on an electronic display comprise displaying at least part of the set of hierarchical data in a tree diagram that has a plurality of levels with one or more nodes present at each level, and displaying the set of non-hierarchical data in a plurality of auxiliary nodes that are provided in between levels of the tree diagram. Expansion handles may also be displayed adjacent nodes in the tree diagram. These expansion handles may be configured to expand or collapse the tree diagram at the node they are adjacent to. The expansion handles may optionally be configured to display or hide selected of the auxiliary nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Rocco Guido, Robert Charles Leah, Paul Franklin McMahan
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing multi-dimensional tree diagram graphical user interfaces
    Patent number: 7337412
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for displaying a set of hierarchical data in a tree diagram are provided. One or more of the elements in the set of hierarchical data may include a set of embedded hierarchical data. The tree diagram includes at least two different parts, where the first part has a plurality of vertically oriented levels, and the second part has a plurality of horizontally oriented levels. The set of hierarchical data may be displayed in the first part of the tree diagram, and the set of embedded hierarchical data may be displayed in the second part of the tree diagram. One or more elements in the set of embedded hierarchical data may also include embedded hierarchical data. This doubly-embedded hierarchical data may be displayed in the first part of the tree diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Rocco Guido, Robert Charles Leah, Paul Franklin McMahan
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for providing tree diagram graphical user interfaces having secondary expansion capabilities
    Patent number: 7290222
    Abstract: Methods for displaying a set of hierarchical data and a set of non-hierarchical data on an electronic display comprise displaying at least part of the set of hierarchical data in a tree diagram that has a plurality of levels with one or more nodes present at each level, and displaying the set of non-hierarchical data in a plurality of auxiliary nodes that are provided in between levels of the tree diagram. Expansion handles may also be displayed adjacent nodes in the tree diagram. These expansion handles may be configured to expand or collapse the tree diagram at the node they are adjacent to. The expansion handles may optionally be configured to display or hide selected of the auxiliary nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Rocco Guido, Robert Charles Leah, Paul Franklin McMahan