Patents by Inventor Anna Forte

Anna Forte 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).

  • Multi-step progress indicator and method for indicating progress in a multi-step computer application
    Patent number: 8166413
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying and providing access to information on a display unit are provided for combining a plurality of logical progression steps into a plurality of predetermined groups. Each of the plurality of predetermined groups includes a subset of data. The system and method includes displaying the plurality of predetermined groups in a collapsed format; prompting a user to expand a first group of the plurality of predetermined groups; allowing the user to access and input data into the first group; and allowing the user to access a second group of the plurality of predetermined groups once all logical progression steps in the first group have been completed by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Ellen Arndt, Michael Kerrigan Hawes, Anna Forte
  • MULTI-STEP PROGRESS INDICATOR AND METHOD FOR INDICATING PROGRESS IN A MULTI-STEP COMPUTER APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20090235194
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying and providing access to information on a display unit are provided for combining a plurality of logical progression steps into a plurality of predetermined groups. Each of the plurality of predetermined groups includes a subset of data. The system and method includes displaying the plurality of predetermined groups in a collapsed format; prompting a user to expand a first group of the plurality of predetermined groups; allowing the user to access and input data into the first group; and allowing the user to access a second group of the plurality of predetermined groups once all logical progression steps in the first group have been completed by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Mary Ellen Arndt, Michael Kerrigan Hawes, Anna Forte