Patents by Inventor Steven E. Hicks

Steven E. Hicks 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).

  • Patent number: 11188709
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Steven E. Hicks, Anders Westberg
  • Publication number: 20190370317
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: FLEMMING BOEGELUND, STEVEN E. HICKS, ANDERS WESTBERG
  • Patent number: 10437916
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Steven E Hicks, Anders Westberg
  • Patent number: 9350722
    Abstract: A method and system for authenticating an end user. A selected subset of root nodes of a set of root nodes in a server mask is received, the selected subset of root nodes having been selected by the end user. In response to the receiving of the selected subset of root nodes, the end user is authenticated by determining that a spatial location in the server mask of each root node of the selected subset of root nodes matches a spatial position of a corresponding root node of a server set of transparent root nodes in the server mask, wherein the server set of transparent root nodes are a result of a first random selection of root nodes from the set of root nodes in the server mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Flemming Boegelund, Steven E. Hicks, Gerard Marmigere
  • Publication number: 20150278170
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: FLEMMING BOEGELUND, STEVEN E. HICKS, ANDERS WESTBERG
  • Patent number: 9086781
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Steven E. Hicks, Anders Westberg
  • Publication number: 20150012983
    Abstract: A method and system for authenticating an end user. In response receiving from the end user a selected subset of root nodes of a set of root nodes in a server, the end user is authenticated by determining that a spatial location in the server mask of each root node of the selected subset of root nodes matches a spatial position of a corresponding root node of a server set of transparent root nodes in the server mask, wherein the server set of transparent root nodes are a result of a first random selection of root nodes from the set of root nodes in the server mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Frederic Bauchot, Flemming Boegelund, Steven E. Hicks, Gerard Marmigere
  • Patent number: 8646040
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing secure access to an application over an unsecure network. A transparent identification member can be physically placed by a user against a login interface, the transparent identification member possessing a filter for filtering and displaying a pattern unique to the login interface. Thereafter, the user can be automatically permitted to authenticate an unsecure network and securely access an application over the unsecure network, in response to placing the transparent identification member against the login interface and providing a user input at a physical location on the login interface corresponding to the pattern unique to the login interface, thereby providing a secure authentication for the user to perform secure transactions over the unsecure network and preventing phishing by others with respect to the user and the unsecure network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Frederic Bauchot, Gerard Marmigere, Steven E. Hicks
  • Publication number: 20100205547
    Abstract: A pop reader of a browser searches HTML code for a webpage with a plurality of links for a first link specified with a first target file name comprising a pop type element. The pop reader, responsive to detecting the first link specified with the first target file name comprising the pop type element, inserts a first command into the HTML code to disable the first link and set an event to pop up a first menu layer of a plurality of layers of a cascading menu and inserts a second command to specify the content of the first menu layer from a file accessed for the first target file name. The browser, responsive to detecting the event, displays the first menu layer with the specified content by the second command within the interface displaying the webpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: FLEMMING BOEGELUND, STEVEN E. HICKS, ANDERS WESTBERG
  • Publication number: 20100024004
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing secure access to an application over an unsecure network. A transparent identification member can be physically placed by a user against a login interface, the transparent identification member possessing a filter for filtering and displaying a pattern unique to the login interface. Thereafter, the user can be automatically permitted to authenticate an unsecure network and securely access an application over the unsecure network, in response to placing the transparent identification member against the login interface and providing a user input at a physical location on the login interface corresponding to the pattern unique to the login interface, thereby providing a secure authentication for the user to perform secure transactions over the unsecure network and preventing phishing by others with respect to the user and the unsecure network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Frederic Bauchot, Gerard Marmigare, Steven E. Hicks
  • Publication number: 20080213089
    Abstract: An inflator is disclosed having a housing and a motor assembly within the housing. A first output line is in fluid communication with a first end of the motor assembly to provide a cooling path of air and a high-volume flow of air. The first output line provides a guiding path for the egress of the high-volume flow of air from the housing. A second output line is in fluid communication with a second end of the motor assembly and to provide a high-pressure flow of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald C. McCurry, Steven E. Hicks, Douglas Kent Ritterling