Patents by Inventor Christof Helfrich

Christof Helfrich 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: 20160299672
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to initiating an electronic group conversation or “poll.” According to certain aspects, the group conversation or poll may have an associated topic, a set of choices for the topic, and a set of participants, which may be specified by a user or dynamically determined based on various contextual factors. An electronic device may display the group conversation by indicating the topic and the set of participants, and displaying the set of choices as a set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects. The set of participants may view the group conversation to make selections and input messages, among other functionalities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED ONLINE APPS, INC.
    Inventors: Michel Lindenberg, Dorian Karnbaum, Christof Helfrich, Jonathan Weihs
  • Publication number: 20160299636
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to facilitating an electronic group conversation or “poll.” According to certain aspects, an electronic device may display the group conversation or poll by indicating a topic and a set of participants. The electronic device may also display a set of choices for the topic as a set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects. A participant may use the electronic device to make selections and input messages, among other functionalities. The electronic device may reflect these selections and messages by modifying the set of graphical, interactive user-interface objects according to various techniques and parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED ONLINE APPS, INC.
    Inventors: Michel Lindenberg, Dorian Karnbaum, Christof Helfrich, Jonathan Weihs
  • Patent number: 7181698
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to detach and reattach tabs presenting accessed objects in a multi-tab interface for a software application. In general, in one implementation, the system includes a windowed environment, and an application using the windowed environment and employing an application navigation structure. The application navigation structure includes a multi-tab user interface to objects handled by the application. The multi-tab user interface includes a tab-strip presenting opened objects in tabs including a detach interface element that causes a tab presenting an opened object to be transferred from the multi-tab user interface to a window in a multi-window user interface. The window includes an attach interface element that causes the window presenting the opened object to be transferred from the multi-window user interface to the multi-tab user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Khatoun Shahrbabaki, Christof Helfrich
  • Publication number: 20040113948
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to detach and reattach tabs presenting accessed objects in a multi-tab interface for a software application. In general, in one implementation, the system includes a windowed environment, and an application using the windowed environment and employing an application navigation structure. The application navigation structure includes a multi-tab user interface to objects handled by the application. The multi-tab user interface includes a tab-strip presenting opened objects in tabs including a detach interface element that causes a tab presenting an opened object to be transferred from the multi-tab user interface to a window in a multi-window user interface. The window includes an attach interface element that causes the window presenting the opened object to be transferred from the multi-window user interface to the multi-tab user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Khatoun Shahrbabaki, Christof Helfrich