Patents by Inventor Cai Ming

Cai Ming 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-mode user interface
    Patent number: 10387025
    Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: James Anthony Hunt, Xu Haisheng, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Cai Ming, Michael Terrell Vanover, Yao Yuan
  • Multi-mode user interface
    Patent number: 9471214
    Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: James Anthony Hunt, Xu Haisheng, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Cai Ming, Michael Terrell Vanover, Yao Yuan
  • MULTI-MODE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140310644
    Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: James Anthony Hunt, Xu Haisheng, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Cai Ming, Michael Terrell Vanover, Yao Yuan
  • MULTI-MODE USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140310645
    Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: James Anthony Hunt, Xu Haisheng, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Cai Ming, Michael Terrell Vanover, Yao Yuan
  • Multi-Mode User Interface
    Publication number: 20110113363
    Abstract: An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: James Anthony Hunt, Xu Haisheng, Karen Ruth Kluttz, Cai Ming, Michael Terrell Vanover, Yao Yuan