Patents by Inventor Barbee Eve Teasley

Barbee Eve Teasley 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).

  • Systems and methods for interfacing with computer devices
    Patent number: 7469386
    Abstract: The present invention provides a systems, methods, and products for enhanced user navigation to compliment (but not necessarily replace) a computer keyboard and mouse by providing a robust navigation interface. The present invention may comprise: a minimally necessary group of commands; combining the functionality a set of at least two command calls into a single logical button; for a single button, prioritizing a set of command calls from first to last and then calling each until one is accepted; logically remapping commands to buttons for a navigational device coupled to a physically rotate-able display device; and mapping a substitute command to a logical button for when the button is engaged in a predetermined manner other than the primary manner in which the logical button is engaged (e.g., double-clicking, flicking, press-and-hold, etc.) so that a substitute command can in fact be issued, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, William Hong Vong, Leroy Bertrand Keely, Barbee Eve Teasley, Adam John Richardson, Michael H. Tsang
  • Systems and methods for interfacing with computer devices
    Publication number: 20040257341
    Abstract: The present invention provides a systems, methods, and products for enhanced user navigation to compliment (but not necessarily replace) a computer keyboard and mouse by providing a robust navigation interface. The present invention may comprise: a minimally necessary group of commands; combining the functionality a set of at least two command calls into a single logical button; for a single button, prioritizing a set of command calls from first to last and then calling each until one is accepted; logically remapping commands to buttons for a navigational device coupled to a physically rotate-able display device; and mapping a substitute command to a logical button for when the button is engaged in a predetermined manner other than the primary manner in which the logical button is engaged (e.g., double-clicking, flicking, press-and-hold, etc.) so that a substitute command can in fact be issued, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, William Hong Vong, Leroy Bertrand Keely, Barbee Eve Teasley, Adam John Richardson, Michael H. Tsang, Richard Greene, Michael David Fogarty
  • Systems and methods for interfacing with computer devices
    Publication number: 20040227731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a systems, methods, and products for enhanced user navigation to compliment (but not necessarily replace) a computer keyboard and mouse by providing a robust navigation interface. The present invention may comprise: a minimally necessary group of commands; combining the functionality a set of at least two command calls into a single logical button; for a single button, prioritizing a set of command calls from first to last and then calling each until one is accepted; logically remapping commands to buttons for a navigational device coupled to a physically rotate-able display device; and mapping a substitute command to a logical button for when the button is engaged in a predetermined manner other than the primary manner in which the logical button is engaged (e.g., double-clicking, flicking, press-and-hold, etc.) so that a substitute command can in fact be issued, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, William Hong Vong, Leroy Bertrand Keely, Barbee Eve Teasley, Adam John Richardson, Michael H. Tsang
  • Systems and methods for interfacing with computer devices
    Publication number: 20040220723
    Abstract: The present invention provides a systems, methods, and products for enhanced user navigation to compliment (but not necessarily replace) a computer keyboard and mouse by providing a robust navigation interface. The present invention may comprise: a minimally necessary group of commands; combining the functionality a set of at least two command calls into a single logical button; for a single button, prioritizing a set of command calls from first to last and then calling each until one is accepted; logically remapping commands to buttons for a navigational device coupled to a physically rotate-able display device; and mapping a substitute command to a logical button for when the button is engaged in a predetermined manner other than the primary manner in which the logical button is engaged (e.g., double-clicking, flicking, press-and-hold, etc.) so that a substitute command can in fact be issued, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong, Adam John Richardson
  • Systems and methods for interfacing with computer devices
    Publication number: 20040217988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a systems, methods, and products for enhanced user navigation to compliment (but not necessarily replace) a computer keyboard and mouse by providing a robust navigation interface. The present invention may comprise: a minimally necessary group of commands; combining the functionality a set of at least two command calls into a single logical button; for a single button, prioritizing a set of command calls from first to last and then calling each until one is accepted; logically remapping commands to buttons for a navigational device coupled to a physically rotate-able display device; and mapping a substitute command to a logical button for when the button is engaged in a predetermined manner other than the primary manner in which the logical button is engaged (e.g., double-clicking, flicking, press-and-hold, etc.) so that a substitute command can in fact be issued, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, William Hong Vong, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, Adam John Richardson, Michael H. Tsang, Michael David Fogarty, Kenneth Paul Hinckley
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D505952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D505953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong, Jonathan Alden Hayes
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D505954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D506197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D506467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D506468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D506747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D506757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D507572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D508048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D508049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D508050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D508492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D517070
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong, Jonathan Alden Hayes
  • Ergonomic and functionally-efficient one-hand user input interface
    Patent number: D524294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Justin Gould Bear, Barbee Eve Teasley, Leroy Bertrand Keely, William Hong Vong