Patents by Inventor Alan James ALPERT

Alan James ALPERT 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: 9442686
    Abstract: A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Alan James Alpert
  • Publication number: 20160147381
    Abstract: A method of controlling display of information includes arranging tiles in a plurality of columns, each tile having a width of about a column width or about one half the column width, receiving a selection of a first tile and receiving a selection of a second tile. In response to determining that a first tile width is generally equal to a second tile width, exchanging locations of the first tile with the second tile. In response to determining that the first tile width is not equal to the second tile width, the smaller of the tiles is grouped with an adjacent tile from the same column. The locations of the grouped tiles and the remaining one of the selected tiles are exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Alan James ALPERT
  • Publication number: 20160147495
    Abstract: A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Alan James ALPERT