Patents by Inventor Bruce B. Gaya

Bruce B. Gaya 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).

  • Method and apparatus or manipulating data from a suspended application program on a computer-controlled display system
    Patent number: 5621878
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selecting data in an application which is not a currently active context. The method comprises a user selecting information within a window under control of a first application program and moving the information to a second window under control of an active application program. This operation is performed providing a simple select, drag-and-drop operation. The active application program can arbitrate and communicate with a handler installed for the first application program to cause data from the first application program to be provided without activating the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Owens, Herman J. Camarena, Stephen Fisher, Bruce B. Gaya