Patents by Inventor Thomas E. LaStrange

Thomas E. LaStrange 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).

  • User-controllable persistent browser display pages
    Patent number: 5933142
    Abstract: The present invention provides a user control mechanism for selectively retaining for display a document obtained from a network. The user control is located as an icon or symbol in the browser interface for ease of use. Subsequent documents which are downloaded from the network are displayed in a separate window of the display in the computing system, and these subsequent windows are also provided with the same user control mechanism. In particular, the user can selectively create a second browser display page by following a link contained in the first browser display page, without overwriting the contents of the first browser display page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. LaStrange, Monty L. Hammontree
  • User-controllable persistent browser display pages
    Patent number: 5784058
    Abstract: The present invention provides a user control mechanism for selectively retaining for display a document obtained from a network. The user control is located as an icon or symbol in the browser interface for ease of use. Subsequent documents which are downloaded from the network are displayed in a separate window of the display in the computing system, and these subsequent windows are also provided with the same user control mechanism. In particular, the user can selectively create a second browser display page by following a link contained in the first browser display page, without overwriting the contents of the first browser display page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. LaStrange, Monty L. Hammontree