Patents by Inventor Curtis Glen Hawthorne

Curtis Glen Hawthorne 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).

  • Undoing an action in a media player
    Patent number: 9477663
    Abstract: A method for automatically undoing an action in a music player application is provided. A method includes storing a first state in a media application. The first state may include at least one of: a list of one or more media items listed in a first order, and a first time position in a first media item of the one or more media items. An action changing the first state to a second state may be received. Next, a request to undo the action changing the first state to the second state may be received, and the first state may be restored based on the stored first state. The method may also include presenting a list of one or more prior actions and each prior action may change the media application to a corresponding state different from a preceding state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Curtis Glen Hawthorne
  • Undoing an Action in a Media Player
    Publication number: 20150074059
    Abstract: A method for automatically undoing an action in a music player application is provided. A method includes storing a first state in a media application. The first state may include at least one of: a list of one or more media items listed in a first order, and a first time position in a first media item of the one or more media items. An action changing the first state to a second state may be received. Next, a request to undo the action changing the first state to the second state may be received, and the first state may be restored based on the stored first state. The method may also include presenting a list of one or more prior actions and each prior action may change the media application to a corresponding state different from a preceding state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Bilinski, Curtis Glen Hawthorne