Patents by Inventor Chip Alexander

Chip Alexander 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: 20240100950
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system for presenting content can comprise at least one sensor; a display configured to present a graphical user interface (GUI); at least one processor in communication with the at least one sensor, the display, and memory containing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: determining whether an accessory is detected by the at least one sensor; and in response to determining that the accessory is not detected, presenting first content on the display; or in response to determining that the accessory is detected, presenting second content on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chip Alexander, Todd Omotani, Wyatt Coe
  • Patent number: 5986654
    Abstract: A display button for a web page integrating both a graphic pictorial image with character based textual information (with link) into a single iconic button. By providing a graphic image within a display button, the present invention provides the advantages of a graphic icon, e.g., speed of location and user recognition as well as increased meaning. By providing a character based dynamic textual link, the present invention provides an iconic button whose information can be readily translated between various languages (e.g., Italian, English, French, German, etc.) without requiring the image to be redrawn using complex and time consuming means; e.g., using an artist and a drawing tool. Instead, translation can be accomplished using automatic word and/or phrase conversion. Preferably, the display button of the present invention is represented in a table structure within HTML.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Chip Alexander, Robert Hoexter