Patents by Inventor Thomas Brent Canfield

Thomas Brent Canfield 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).

  • Visually distinguishing menu items
    Patent number: 7454714
    Abstract: A graphical toolbar user interface is rendered and has one or more menu items. Each menu item has one or more visual identifier to distinguish the menu item from other of the menu items. At least one menu item has one or more submenu items. The submenu item has one or more visual identifiers of the corresponding menu item to distinguish the submenu item from submenu items corresponding to other of the menu items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: AOL LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Scott V. Totman, Jeffrey David Kimball, Steve Clark, James Andrew Canfield, Elisa Nader, Thomas Brent Canfield, Keith R. Deaven
  • Visually distinguishing menu items
    Publication number: 20030011641
    Abstract: A graphical toolbar user interface is rendered and has one or more menu items. Each menu item has one or more visual identifier to distinguish the menu item from other of the menu items. At least one menu item has one or more submenu items. The submenu item has one or more visual identifiers of the corresponding menu item to distinguish the submenu item from submenu items corresponding to other of the menu items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Scott V. Totman, Jeffrey David Kimball, Steve Clark, James Andrew Canfield, Elisa Nader, Thomas Brent Canfield, Keith R. Deaven