Patents by Inventor Chris S Jaffe

Chris S Jaffe 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).

  • Application navigation
    Patent number: 8171429
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface for switching between computer applications is provided. The method may include displaying first, second and third navigation controls. The first navigation control may include entity selectors, the second navigation control may include application selectors, and the third navigation control may include sub-application selectors. The application selectors may be associated with the entities in the first navigation control and the sub-application selectors may be associated with the application selectors. An application associated with sub-application selector may be launched upon selecting the sub-application selector. The state of an application may be stored and retrieved upon switching between applications so as to enable fast switching between applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Bollman, Heather McIntosh Cassano, Chris S Jaffe, Nina F Shih, Lin Su
  • APPLICATION NAVIGATION
    Publication number: 20090300552
    Abstract: A method for operating a user interface for switching between computer applications is provided. The method may include displaying first, second and third navigation controls. The first navigation control may include entity selectors, the second navigation control may include application selectors, and the third navigation control may include sub-application selectors. The application selectors may be associated with the entities in the first navigation control and the sub-application selectors may be associated with the application selectors. An application associated with sub-application selector may be launched upon selecting the sub-application selector. The state of an application may be stored and retrieved upon switching between applications so as to enable fast switching between applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Eric Bollman, Heather McIntosh Cassano, Chris S. Jaffe, Nina F. Shih, Lin Su