Patents by Inventor Charles E. Grindel

Charles E. Grindel 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).

  • Infocenter user interface for applets and components
    Patent number: 6469714
    Abstract: A mechanism for generating customized graphical user interfaces for applications in an object-oriented environment is disclosed. Such applications may comprise Java beans, applets or components. The graphic user interface comprises a visual user interface, e.g. an action bar which contain a set of buttons and menus as well as a set of widget and property/command panels, as well as a communication interface through which configuration and user responses are exchanged with the applications. The relationship between the graphic user interface and an applet is based on the applet communicating selection and user interface information to the graphic user interface, and the graphic user interface handling the user gestures by calling methods on specific interfaces of the applet. Communications between the graphic user interface and applets occur over an information bus architecture referred to as the InfoBus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey J. Buxton, Charles E. Grindel, Jennifer L. Pinkus, Jonathan P. Booth, Douglas J. Wilson
  • INFOCENTER USER INTERFACE FOR APPLETS AND COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20020089526
    Abstract: A mechanism for generating customized graphical user interfaces for applications in an object-oriented environment is disclosed. Such applications may comprise Java beans, applets or components. The graphic user interface comprises a visual user interface, e.g. an action bar which contain a set of buttons and menus as well as a set of widget and property/command panels, as well as a communication interface through which configuration and user responses are exchanged with the applications. The relationship between the graphic user interface and an applet is based on the applet communicating selection and user interface information to the graphic user interface, and the graphic user interface handling the user gestures by calling methods on specific interfaces of the applet. Communications between the graphic user interface and applets occur over an information bus architecture referred to as the InfoBus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: JEFFREY J. BUXTON, CHARLES E. GRINDEL, JENNIFER PINKUS, JONATHAN BOOTH, DOUGLASS J. WILSON