Patents by Inventor Shane Gregory Stephens

Shane Gregory Stephens 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).

  • Animated user interface control elements
    Patent number: 8612872
    Abstract: A method for providing an animated transition effect between a first display state associated with a first control state of a control element rendered on a graphical user interface of a computer system, and a second display state associated with a second control state of said control element is provided. The method renders the control element in said first state and then receives at the graphic user interface, a user input event to invoke the second control state of the control element. The method evaluates a graph associated with the control element, the graph having entries each corresponding to a state of the control element, each entry comprising an event, an associated transition and a destination state, to identify a graph entry specifying a transition invoked by the input event from a current displayed first state to the destination state, being the second control state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Albert Chang, Shane Gregory Stephens
  • ANIMATED USER INTERFACE CONTROL ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20090150813
    Abstract: A method for providing an animated transition effect between a first display state associated with a first control state of a control element rendered on a graphical user interface of a computer system, and a second display state associated with a second control state of said control element is provided. The method renders the control element in said first state and then receives at the graphic user interface, a user input event to invoke the second control state of the control element. The method evaluates a graph associated with the control element, the graph having entries each corresponding to a state of the control element, each entry comprising an event, an associated transition and a destination state, to identify a graph entry specifying a transition invoked by the input event from a current displayed first state to the destination state, being the second control state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Albert Chang, Shane Gregory Stephens