Patents by Inventor Dennis Alan Marshall

Dennis Alan Marshall 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 and system for displaying related information from a database
    Patent number: 6101493
    Abstract: A technique for displaying information from related tables of a database in different display windows on a display screen associated with a computer system is disclosed. The different display windows are interlinked such that a selection of one or more entries in one of the display windows causes the other of the display windows to distinguishably and orderly display those entries that are related to the selection. A graphical user interface (GUI) in which a main screen is produced having the interlinked display windows is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Alan Marshall, Barbara H. Laird, Timothy E. Hallbeck
  • Method and system for displaying related information from a database
    Patent number: 5926806
    Abstract: A technique for displaying information from related tables of a database in different display windows on a display screen associated with a computer system is disclosed. The different display windows are interlinked such that a selection of one or more entries in one of the display windows causes the other of the display windows to distinguishably and orderly display those entries that are related to the selection. A graphical user interface (GUI) in which a main screen is produced having the interlinked display windows is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Alan Marshall, Barbara H. Laird, Timothy E. Hallbeck
  • Method and system for displaying related information from a database
    Patent number: RE40645
    Abstract: A technique for displaying information from related tables of a database in different display windows on a display screen associated with a computer system is disclosed. The different display windows are interlinked such that a selection of one or more entries in one of the display windows causes the other of the display windows to distinguishably and orderly display those entries that are related to the selection. A graphical user interface (GUI) in which a main screen is produced having the interlinked display windows is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Alan Marshall, Barbara H. Laird, Timothy E. Hallbeck