Patents by Inventor Charles Russell McNeill

Charles Russell McNeill 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: 20210072881
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling configuration of multiple source entities and destination entities for purposes of signal routing, options selections, and variably-mixed combinations of options. Source entities may be signals such as audio, video, timing sources, voltages or other non-binary sources. Destinations may be any signal input port or channel, connection node, or a form of result of combinations of options, such as in vending or manufacturing. Icons representing one or more source entities, and one or more destination entities are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the association to be executed. Embodiments described include those suited to both cursor-controlled devices and touchscreen-controlled devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill
  • Patent number: 10819669
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. Methods are presented for handling of content that is non-compliant with destination requirement or limits in order to achieve compliance. The interface also enables launching of applications accessible from the device that are represented by the target destination icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill
  • Publication number: 20190394149
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. Methods are presented for handling of content that is non-compliant with destination requirement or limits in order to achieve compliance. The interface also enables launching of applications accessible from the device that are represented by the target destination icons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill
  • Patent number: 10454858
    Abstract: Presented are a method, a system, and a computer program product for a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. The interface also enables launching of applications installed on the device that are represented by the target destination icons. Embodiments described include those suited to both cursor-controlled devices and touchscreen-controlled devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill
  • Publication number: 20190173814
    Abstract: Presented are a method, a system, and a computer program product for a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. The interface also enables launching of applications installed on the device that are represented by the target destination icons. Embodiments described include those suited to both cursor-controlled devices and touchscreen-controlled devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill
  • Patent number: 10019133
    Abstract: Presented are a method, a system, and a computer program product for a unified graphical user interface for computing devices, enabling assembly of digital content for transmission to a plurality of network-based target destinations. The process may be initiated using content newly created or stored on the device, or using content accessible to the device by network connection. Destinations may be any communications services or upload destinations to which the device has access, and for some types of communication may be customized for singular recipients or groups of recipients. Icons representing content and one or more destinations are associated by user actions in the interface to establish the transmission to be executed. The interface also enables launching of applications installed on the device that are represented by the target destination icons. Embodiments described include those suited to both cursor-controlled devices and touchscreen-controlled devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Russell McNeill