Patents by Inventor David Lee Todd

David Lee Todd 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).

  • Notifying blind users of live region updates
    Patent number: 8166400
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for generating audio cues. New content is requested for a live region in a number of live regions displayed on a display device from a server. In response to receiving the new content for the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage, the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage is updated to form an updated live region displayed on the display device. An audio cue is generated on a sound generation device. The audio cue identifies the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage for which the new content has been received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: David Lee Todd
  • NOTIFYING BLIND USERS OF LIVE REGION UPDATES
    Publication number: 20100262914
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product are present for generating audio cues. New content is requested for a live region in a number of live regions displayed on a display device from a server. In response to receiving the new content for the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage, the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage is updated to form an updated live region displayed on the display device. An audio cue is generated on a sound generation device. The audio cue identifies the live region in the number of live regions in the webpage for which the new content has been received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: David Lee Todd