Patents by Inventor Allison De Fren

Allison De Fren 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).

  • Printable interfaces and digital linkmarks
    Patent number: 6587859
    Abstract: The present invention improves the human/computer interface by providing printable interfaces that enable a user to invoke and control computer processes. The present invention teaches an encoded physical medium suitable for use in interfacing a computer user and a computer system such that the user can control and/or access a plurality of computer implemented processes such computer applications and web pages. The encoded physical medium has a Linkmark and an instruction mark. Encoded within the Linkmark is machine readable linking information directing to a computer implemented process. Encoded within the instruction mark is a machine readable operating instruction that, when decoded, may be executed by the computer implemented process. The present invention also teaches that the marks can present human readable information related to the nature of the machine readable information stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dougherty, S. Joy Mountford, Daniel Cummings, Allison De Fren
  • Printable interfaces and digital linkmarks
    Publication number: 20010014901
    Abstract: The present invention improves the human/computer interface by providing printable interfaces that enable a user to invoke and control computer processes. The present invention teaches an encoded physical medium suitable for use in interfacing a computer user and a computer system such that the user can control and/or access a plurality of computer implemented processes such computer applications and web pages. The encoded physical medium has a Linkmark and an instruction mark. Encoded within the Linkmark is machine readable linking information directing to a computer implemented process. Encoded within the instruction mark is a machine readable operating instruction that, when decoded, may be executed by the computer implemented process. The present invention also teaches that the marks can present human readable information related to the nature of the machine readable information stored therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dougherty, S. Joy Mountford, Daniel Cummings, Allison De Fren
  • Printable interfaces and digital linkmarks
    Patent number: 6256638
    Abstract: The present invention improves the human/computer interface by providing printable interfaces that enable a user to invoke and control computer processes. The present invention teaches an encoded physical medium suitable for use in interfacing a computer user and a computer system such that the user can control and/or access a plurality of computer implemented processes such computer applications and web pages. The encoded physical medium has a Linkmark and an instruction mark. Encoded within the Linkmark is machine readable linking information directing to a computer implemented process. Encoded within the instruction mark is a machine readable operating instruction that, when decoded, may be executed by the computer implemented process. The present invention also teaches that the marks can present human readable information related to the nature of the machine readable information stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Interval Research Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Dougherty, S. Joy Mountford, Daniel Cummings, Allison De Fren