Patents by Inventor Barbara Elaine Ballard

Barbara Elaine Ballard 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-panel user interface
    Patent number: 9064281
    Abstract: A multi-panel user interface includes one-tap access of a shopping-related function from a collapsed panel in an expandable panel user shopping interface without requiring expanding the collapsed panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MasterCard Mobile Transactions Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara Elaine Ballard, Raghu Bharathur, Nehal Maniar
  • MULTI-PANEL USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20130268400
    Abstract: A multi-panel user interface includes one-tap access of a shopping-related function from a collapsed panel in an expandable panel user shopping interface without requiring expanding the collapsed panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Barbara Elaine Ballard, Raghu Bharathur, Nehal Maniar
  • Adaptive rendering for mobile media sharing
    Patent number: 8312079
    Abstract: A page to be delivered to a user device is stored as page components. Based on characteristics of the user device, a page profile, an ad-banner profile and a thumbnail profile are selected. The page components are rendered based on the selected profiles. Further customization may be provided from information stored in a registration profile of a sending user and/or a registration profile of a receiving user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Thwapr, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Leigh Newsome, Chiamu May Lin, Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Gutta, Eric Hoffert, Barbara Elaine Ballard
  • ADAPTIVE RENDERING FOR MOBILE MEDIA SHARING
    Publication number: 20110072086
    Abstract: A page to be delivered to a user device is stored as page components. Based on characteristics of the user device, a page profile, an ad-banner profile and a thumbnail profile are selected. The page components are rendered based on the selected profiles. Further customization may be provided from information stored in a registration profile of a sending user and/or a registration profile of a receiving user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Thwapr, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Leigh Newsome, Chiamu May Lin, Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Gutta, Eric Hoffert, Barbara Elaine Ballard
  • Display screen with multi-panel active content graphical user interface
    Patent number: D728609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: C-SAM, Inc.
    Inventor: Barbara Elaine Ballard