Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John Smart
  • Patent number: 6417874
    Abstract: A portable computing device or “information appliance” having terse user input (e.g., limit set of keys) is provided with a user interface for navigating user data. Application programs, which are provided for user operation of the device, are implemented as separate modules controlled by a module selector. The module selector serves as a user interface or shell representing the top-level or “home” display presented to a user. The module selector presents the user with selection icons for navigating to different applications or modules of functionality. The user interface implements a “single-click” style of button operation, so that users can associate each button with a particular task for a given program context. In addition to the single-click style, “click consistency” is imposed for each button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Starfish Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric O. Bodnar
  • Patent number: D480401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Starfish Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Richard Kahn, Eric O. Bodnar