Patents by Inventor Deanne S. Goard

Deanne S. Goard 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).

  • Data interpretation overlay mechanism
    Patent number: 9721366
    Abstract: In an approach to displaying data, one or more computer processors receive a plurality of coordinates of an overlay on a graphical data display, such that the plurality of coordinates indicate a position and a size of the overlay. The one or more computer processors retrieve one or more data points from the graphical data display. The one or more computer processors de-emphasize at least a portion of the one or more retrieved data points. The one or more computer processors display, in the overlay, one or more retrieved data points of the graphical data display that reside within the plurality of coordinates of the overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deanne S. Goard, Anthony E. Martinez, Hersh Sahai
  • DATA INTERPRETATION OVERLAY MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160275661
    Abstract: In an approach to displaying data, one or more computer processors receive a plurality of coordinates of an overlay on a graphical data display, such that the plurality of coordinates indicate a position and a size of the overlay. The one or more computer processors retrieve one or more data points from the graphical data display. The one or more computer processors de-emphasize at least a portion of the one or more retrieved data points. The one or more computer processors display, in the overlay, one or more retrieved data points of the graphical data display that reside within the plurality of coordinates of the overlay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Deanne S. Goard, Anthony E. Martinez, Hersh Sahai