Patents by Inventor Simon Peter Goodchild

Simon Peter Goodchild 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).

  • Presentation of help information via a computer system user interface in response to user interaction
    Patent number: 6300950
    Abstract: Provided is a framework supporting presentation of help information via a computer system user interface in response to the proximity of an input device pointer to an interface area associated with a user interface component. The framework provides generic methods which remove from user interface components much of the task of managing the presentation of help information. The framework supports presentation of help information for a platform-independent component programming environment and supports presentations in a plurality of different styles (such as text, audio, animating graphics, etc) by means of selectable presentation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David J Clark, Adam Alexander Dobson, Simon Peter Goodchild, Andrew John Smith, Raymond Trainer