Patents by Inventor Darrell J. Loverin

Darrell J. Loverin 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).

  • Patent number: 9015603
    Abstract: A method for rendering an e-mail item listing within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application on a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input from an input device to select a first item of the e-mail item listing, applying a first selection highlighting to the first item, wherein the applied first selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail item listing, identifying a second item of the e-mail item listing based on a relation of the second item to the first item, and applying a second selection highlighting to the second item, wherein the applied second selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the first selection highlighting and the background color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell J. Loverin, Jodi L. Coppinger, Douglas M. Conmy, Eric M. Wilcox, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 8875030
    Abstract: A method for rendering an e-mail item listing within a graphical user interface of an e-mail application on a display device is disclosed. The method includes identifying a field of the e-mail item listing having a displayed value that matches a pre-determined value, applying a color coding to the identified field so that the color coding is visually distinguishable from a background color of the e-mail item listing, receiving an input from an input device to select either an item of the e-mail item listing that includes a color coded field or an item related to the item that includes the color coded field, and applying a selection highlighting to the item that includes the color coded field so that the applied selection highlighting is visually distinguishable from the color coded field and the background color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Darrell J. Loverin, Jodi L. Coppinger, Mary Elizabeth Raven, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 8171426
    Abstract: A method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A display of color coding and selection highlighting may be provided. A secondary highlighting color may be provided to indicate messages related to a selected message. One or more of the following may also be provided: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Loverin, Jodi L. Coppinger, Douglas M. Conmy, Eric M. Wilcox, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 8151214
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell J. Loverin, Jodi L. Coppinger, Mary Elizabeth Raven, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 7917867
    Abstract: A system is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin M. Wattenberg, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Darrell J. Loverin, Paul B. Moody
  • Publication number: 20080270935
    Abstract: A system is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Martin M. WATTENBERG, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Darrell J. Loverin, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 7421664
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin M. Wattenberg, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Darrell J. Loverin, Paul B. Moody