Patents by Inventor Alan Page

Alan Page 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 INTERFACE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED WITH COMPONENT ARCHITECTURES
    Publication number: 20020167543
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a graphical user interface for application programs implemented with component architectures such as COM (Component Object Model), DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model), CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) and the like. The invention allows a graphical user interface to be implemented with a renderer such as a DHTML browser and allows new components to be added to an application program without requiring rewriting of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 1999
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: JEFFREY A. SMITH, ALAN PAGE, S. PRASSAD MARUVADA, SCOTT A. NORTHMORE
  • Non-timeline, non-linear digital multimedia composition method and system
    Patent number: 6204840
    Abstract: A method for digital multimedia composition including selecting multimedia data segments, arranging the selected multimedia data segments on a single storyline strip, inserting transitions between adjacent multimedia data segments on the storyline strip, and combining the selected multimedia data segments based on their arrangement on the storyline strip and based on the inserted transitions, to produce a multimedia output file from the storyline strip. A system is also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: MGI Software Corporation
    Inventors: Ihor Petelycky, Michael Harris, Scott Northmore, Graeme Elliot, Daniel Staheli, Jeff Smith, Alan Page, Prasad Maruvada, Yongjian Zhai
  • Bracket support with floating bearing for fractional horsepower motor
    Patent number: 5825110
    Abstract: An electrical motor has bearing support structures which self adjust to axially align bearings. The bearings may tip--but not rotate--within supporting sockets so that the bearings may self align to accommodate a shaft passing through them. The bearings are somewhat barrel shaped to fit into somewhat spherical shaped sockets on plastic bridges. The bearings have longitudinal grooves and the sockets have tabs that fit into the grooves to restrain bearing rotation while allowing a tipping which produces the self alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventor: Alan Page