Patents by Inventor Bruce W. Mezei

Bruce W. Mezei 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 of efficiently increasing readability of framemaker graphical user interface
    Patent number: 6670967
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of enhancing the readability of FrameMaker® for a visually-impaired user by determining whether or not a file named “.maker.large” exists in the user's $HOME directory. If “.maker.large” exists in the user's $HOME directory then setting an environmental variable $EZRIDER to a pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large of a directory containing enlarged EASYRIDER API client files. If “.maker.large” is not in the user's $HOME directory then setting the environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps of a directory containing unenlarged EASYRIDER client files. If the second step was performed then setting X Window Large Display Resources to RESOURCE_MANAGER property of a root window of screen 0 and determining whether or not an X resource “maker.api.preferences.autoApply” is set to true in $HOME/.Xdefaults. If “maker.api.preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the National Security Agency
    Inventor: Bruce W. Mezei
  • Method of efficiently increasing readability of framemaker graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20020158901
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of enhancing the readability of FrameMaker® for a visually-impaired user by determining whether or not a file named “.maker.large” exists in the user's $HOME directory. If “.maker.large” exists in the user's $HOME directory then setting an environmental variable $EZRIDER to a pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large of a directory containing enlarged EASYRIDER API client files. If “.maker.large” is not in the user's $HOME directory then setting the environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps of a directory containing unenlarged EASYRIDER client files. If the second step was performed then setting X Window Large Display Resources to RESOURCE_MANAGER property of a root window of screen 0 and determining whether or not an X resource “maker.api.preferences.autoApply” is set to true in $HOME/.Xdefaults. If “maker.api.preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventor: Bruce W. Mezei