Patents by Inventor Debbie McDaniel

Debbie McDaniel 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).

  • System and method for controlling the screen display appearance for a data processing system
    Patent number: 7761798
    Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling the screen display appearance for a digital processing system. In one exemplary embodiment, a data value, typically stored in a non-volatile memory, is retrieved; this data value represents an appearance of an enclosure of a digital processing system. An appearance of a display of this digital processing system is then set based upon the appearance of the enclosure. In one example, the appearance is the color of the enclosure which determines various colors and backgrounds of objects in a graphical user interface of the digital processing system. Other methods, apparatuses and computer readable media for causing methods to be performed are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nick King, David Wong, Peter Alexander, Cameron J. Esfahani, Debbie McDaniel