Patents by Inventor David Kirk Grotjohn

David Kirk Grotjohn 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: 8291338
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for improved management of object properties in an integrated development environment (IDE). A cursor mode allows the underlying properties of one or more predetermined objects in a graphical editor to be dynamically viewed and modified by a user. One or more object's properties are displayed in an object properties pop-up viewer/editor window adjacent to the cursor when a user “mouses-over” target objects in a graphical editor and are editable upon explicit user gesture. The properties pop-up viewer/editor window is implementable to move with the cursor, i.e., cursor-attached, and to remain open to dynamically display, without additional user gestures, the respective properties of each predetermined object a user mouses-over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael T. Stokes, David Kirk Grotjohn, Lucinio Santos
  • Patent number: 7735006
    Abstract: A system for setting data list parameters for displaying a data list in pages. An application program receives a first and second user input, wherein the first user input defines a number of items displayed within a page, and wherein the second user input defines a page size tolerance. In response to receiving the first and second user input, the application program sets the number of items displayed within the page and the page size tolerance. Then the application program displays the data list in a graphical user interface according to the set number of items displayed within the page and the set page size tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey David Alexander, David Kirk Grotjohn, Jeremy Gray Perry, Lucinio Santos-Gomez
  • Patent number: 7664755
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for transmitting a computer resource to a computing device, wherein the computer resource includes at least one audio content. A visual display is presented, on the computing device, that offers options to accept and receive the computer resource with or without the at least one audio content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Kirk Grotjohn, Steven Michael Miller, Laura Lee Girolami-Rose
  • Publication number: 20090040240
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for displaying header information in a table. One or more cells of a table are selected and their associated header information is determined and replicated. Display attributes are then applied to the replicated header information resulting in the generation of a table header that overlays adjacent table cells. In one embodiment, the resulting table header is dynamically invoked through a user gesture. In another embodiment, the resulting table header is persistently displayed and comprises a viewing window that displays information contained in the selected table cells. The persistent table header moves with the cursor as it is positioned over other table cells and displays the information they contain. Display attributes such as ghosting are applied to other table cells to generate a visually distinguished table header that facilitates visual correlation between selected table cells and their corresponding header information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: David Kirk Grotjohn, Michael T. Stokes
  • Publication number: 20080086701
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for improved management of object properties in an integrated development environment (IDE). A cursor mode allows the underlying properties of one or more predetermined objects in a graphical editor to be dynamically viewed and modified by a user. One or more object's properties are displayed in an object properties pop-up viewer/editor window adjacent to the cursor when a user “mouses-over” target objects in a graphical editor and are editable upon explicit user gesture. The properties pop-up viewer/editor window is implementable to move with the cursor, i.e., cursor-attached, and to remain open to dynamically display, without additional user gestures, the respective properties of each predetermined object a user mouses-over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Michael T. Stokes, David Kirk Grotjohn, Lucinio Santos