Patents by Inventor Allen Wayne Lucas

Allen Wayne Lucas 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: 10650184
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to linking text boxes and features associated with linked text boxes. A user interface feature in a document authoring application program for creating text boxes may include a text box creation graphical menu item presented on a display of an electronic device. In response to receiving user input indicative of a selection of the text box graphical menu item, the application program is configured to cause the electronic device to render a text box that includes a bounding edge in the document on the display. Additionally, the user interface feature includes a selectable visual indicator displayed as an integral part of the text box. The selectable visual indicator is indicative of a thread of text boxes in which the text box is included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Frazer, Allen Wayne Lucas, Jonathan Cho, Michael Scott Lindsey, Kevin R. Smyth
  • Publication number: 20190384805
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to linking text boxes and features associated with linked text boxes. A user interface feature in a document authoring application program for creating text boxes may include a text box creation graphical menu item presented on a display of an electronic device. In response to receiving user input indicative of a selection of the text box graphical menu item, the application program is configured to cause the electronic device to render a text box that includes a bounding edge in the document on the display. Additionally, the user interface feature includes a selectable visual indicator displayed as an integral part of the text box. The selectable visual indicator is indicative of a thread of text boxes in which the text box is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Katherine Elizabeth Frazer, Allen Wayne Lucas, Jonathan Cho, Michael Scott Lindsey, Kevin R. Smyth