Patents by Inventor Charles E. Ferguson

Charles E. Ferguson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240094889
    Abstract: Computerized systems and methods are provided for automatically generating an application overflow tool that is dynamically updated and arranged to provide improved access to popular or recently used applications. These systems and methods improve existing technologies by generating an overflow panel different from a task bar, such that the overflow panel provides access to most recently used applications that are not on the task bar. As such, ease of access to applications is improved to increase user efficiency. These systems also improve the way computers operate by leveraging existing GUI layouts to reduce computing resource consumption, such as memory, network latency, I/O, and the like, that would otherwise be required improve access to applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Edward TAYLOR, Jr., Peter E. HAMMERQUIST, Benjamin J. SCHOEPKE, Jessica Leigh DOUMA, Albert Peter YIH, Emilia Marie NOBREGA, Hadley Meryl GRIFFIN, Ashley Nicole FERGUSON, Robert Joseph DISANO
  • Patent number: D296165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Amdahl Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Ferguson, Carl W. Thomas
  • Patent number: D300031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Amdahl Corporation
    Inventors: Dwaine S. Katai, Brian G. Reeve, Charles E. Ferguson, Carl W. Thomas, Gary L. McDougall