Patents by Inventor Becky Jean Gibson

Becky Jean Gibson 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).

  • Managing keyboard navigation in a table
    Patent number: 8832547
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for managing navigation in a table. The process identifies a first location of a current cell in a first dimension using a cell identifier associated with the current cell in response to receiving a keyboard input to the current cell. The process identifies a second location of the current cell in a second dimension using the cell identifier. The process also identifies a location of the current cell in the table using the first location and the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Becky Jean Gibson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING KEYBOARD NAVIGATION IN A TABLE
    Publication number: 20090055723
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for managing navigation in a table. The process identifies a first location of a current cell in a first dimension using a cell identifier associated with the current cell in response to receiving a keyboard input to the current cell. The process identifies a second location of the current cell in a second dimension using the cell identifier. The process also identifies a location of the current cell in the table using the first location and the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Becky Jean Gibson