Patents by Inventor David Samuel Drayton

David Samuel Drayton 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).

  • Method of providing a graphical user interface using a concentric menu
    Patent number: 8375329
    Abstract: In a graphical user interface a display is animated by activation with an input device with a first concentric menu comprising a first grouping of menu items having a subset of one or more items from a set of menu items. Then, after selecting one menu item out of the first grouping of menu items, the display is animated with at least one additional grouping of menu items that are each concentrically in a pie sliced shape. The graphical user interface can be activated by a user at any position on the display area via the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Maxon Computer GmbH
    Inventors: David Samuel Drayton, Bernd Franz Lutz, Marco Tillmann
  • METHOD OF PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING A CONCENTRIC MENU
    Publication number: 20110055760
    Abstract: In a graphical user interface a display is animated by activation with an input device with a first concentric menu comprising a first grouping of menu items having a subset of one or more items from a set of menu items. Then, after selecting one menu item out of the first grouping of menu items, the display is animated with at least one additional grouping of menu items that are each concentrically in a pie sliced shape. The graphical user interface can be activated by a user at any position on the display area via the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: David Samuel DRAYTON, Bernd Franz Lutz, Marco Tillmann