Patents by Inventor Stuart Kent Card
Stuart Kent Card 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).
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Patent number: 7640513Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A degree of interest (DOI) function is provided for allocating available space on the display system. A page selection function may provide a user-selectable scale along a long axis of the virtual book for selecting virtual pages. Virtual chapter tabs may also be provided for navigating within the virtual book. The display system may also include a page flipping function with several different page flipping speeds and several different page flipping animations for moving between virtual pages in the virtual book. Moreover, a scroll bar function provided to facilitate page navigation wherein space on the scroll bar is allocated using a DOI function.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay
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Patent number: 7493572Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A degree of interest (DOI) function is provided for allocating available space on the display system. A page selection function may provide a user-selectable scale along a long axis of the virtual book for selecting virtual pages. Virtual chapter tabs may also be provided for navigating within the virtual book. The display system may also include a page flipping function with several different page flipping speeds and several different page flipping animations for moving between virtual pages in the virtual book. Moreover, a scroll bar function provided to facilitate page navigation wherein space on the scroll bar is allocated using a DOI function.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Patent number: 7248269Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a magnification function producing a virtual magnifier moveable over the virtual pages. The display system may also include a the “stretchy page” display method wherein one section of the page is directly magnified, while other adjacent sections may be directly magnified in a horizontal or vertical direction, but not both directions. Moreover, a virtual page may also be tilted about a central axis of the virtual page to accommodate viewing of a desired section on the display system. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Patent number: 7240291Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having a plurality of virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. Information relating to the virtual three-dimensional book may be displayed on an edge of the virtual three-dimensional book. This information may comprise a table image, meta-data about references in the book, information about the organizational structure of the book, or graphical data. Additionally, several columns or rows of information may be displayed on the virtual book edge, each column or row being selectively expandable and contractible. Moreover, a virtual three-dimensional book may be displayed in a way that bears a metaphorical relationship to the contents of the virtual three-dimensional book.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay
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Patent number: 7139982Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A degree of interest (DOI) function is provided for allocating available space on the display system. A page selection function may provide a user-selectable scale along a long axis of the virtual book for selecting virtual pages. Virtual chapter tabs may also be provided for navigating within the virtual book. The display system may also include a page flipping function with several different page flipping speeds and several different page flipping animations for moving between virtual pages in the virtual book. Moreover, a scroll bar function provided to facilitate page navigation wherein space on the scroll bar is allocated using a DOI function.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Patent number: 7069518Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a folding function, whereby a segment of a virtual page is displayed as at least partially folding backward form a surface of the display system. Additionally, based on one or more search terms, the display system may include an indexing function for creating a customized index and/or a table of contents function for creating a customized table of contents. Moreover, a dynamic bookmark function may be provided for displaying one or more dynamic bookmarks to a virtual three-dimensional book. Also disclosed is a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay, Ed H. Chi, Lichan Hong
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Patent number: 7015910Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A slide-out operation for sliding a virtual page out from the virtual three-dimensional book may be provided. The display system may also include a “rocker book” feature, wherein a book shifts between a first view and a second view. Moreover, the display system may display the virtual pages in a plurality of size formats, wherein a selection function may be provided for selecting among the plurality of size formats. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Patent number: 6952806Abstract: An electronic medium is a new form of publication for a source material, such as a book. The medium includes information about features of the source material and features of secondary information related to the source material. The medium can be used with a visualization system. With the system, a user is provided with tools that respond to the user's needs and requests at a level of the collection, rather than just with a single work.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Tobias Hans Höllerer, James Edward Pitkow, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III
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Patent number: 6924822Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a magnification function producing a virtual magnifier moveable over the virtual pages. The display system may also include a the “stretchy page” display method wherein one section of the page is directly magnified, while other adjacent sections may be directly magnified in a horizontal or vertical direction, but not both directions. Moreover, a virtual page may also be tilted about a central axis of the virtual page to accommodate viewing of a desired section on the display system. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, III, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay
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Publication number: 20030052900Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a magnification function producing a virtual magnifier moveable over the virtual pages. The display system may also include a the “stretchy page” display method wherein one section of the page is directly magnified, while other adjacent sections may be directly magnified in a horizontal or vertical direction, but not both directions. Moreover, a virtual page may also be tilted about a central axis of the virtual page to accommodate viewing of a desired section on the display system. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay
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Publication number: 20020118230Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having a plurality of virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. Information relating to the virtual three-dimensional book may be displayed on an edge of the virtual three-dimensional book. This information may comprise a table image, meta-data about references in the book, information about the organizational structure of the book, or graphical data. Additionally, several columns or rows of information may be displayed on the virtual book edge, each column or row being selectively expandable and contractible. Moreover, a virtual three-dimensional book may be displayed in a way that bears a metaphorical relationship to the contents of the virtual three-dimensional book.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: August 29, 2002Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay
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Publication number: 20020113823Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A degree of interest (DOI) function is provided for allocating available space on the display system. A page selection function may provide a user-selectable scale along a long axis of the virtual book for selecting virtual pages. Virtual chapter tabs may also be provided for navigating within the virtual book. The display system may also include a page flipping function with several different page flipping speeds and several different page flipping animations for moving between virtual pages in the virtual book. Moreover, a scroll bar function provided to facilitate page navigation wherein space on the scroll bar is allocated using a DOI function.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Publication number: 20020113802Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. A slide-out operation for sliding a virtual page out from the virtual three-dimensional book may be provided. The display system may also include a “rocker book” feature, wherein a book shifts between a first view and a second view. Moreover, the display system may display the virtual pages in a plurality of size formats, wherein a selection function may be provided for selecting among the plurality of size formats. Finally, a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: August 22, 2002Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas Mackinlay
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Publication number: 20020083101Abstract: A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a folding function, whereby a segment of a virtual page is displayed as at least partially folding backward form a surface of the display system. Additionally, based on one or more search terms, the display system may include an indexing function for creating a customized index and/or a table of contents function for creating a customized table of contents. Moreover, a dynamic bookmark function may be provided for displaying one or more dynamic bookmarks to a virtual three-dimensional book. Also disclosed is a computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Stuart Kent Card, Richard Carl Gossweiler, Allison Gyle Woodruff, Jock Douglas MacKinlay