Patents by Inventor Didier D. Bardon

Didier D. Bardon 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).

  • Patent number: 8112723
    Abstract: A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e.g., holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e.g., releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e.g., move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Didier D. Bardon, Richard E. Berry, Scott A. Morgan, Anthony C. Temple
  • Publication number: 20080209362
    Abstract: A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e.g., holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e.g., releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e.g., move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Didier D. Bardon, Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Anthony Morgan, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple
  • Patent number: 7383515
    Abstract: A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e.g., holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e.g., releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e.g., move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Didier D. Bardon, Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Anthony Morgan, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple
  • Patent number: 6691230
    Abstract: A Java applet sandbox, provided by restrictions originally set by the manufacturer of a Java enabled Internet browser, may be securely extended by introducing the notion of public and private client storage. In addition to the sandbox, users are given means of declaring a portion of the user machine's disk space as Public. The public disk space is accessible to executing applets and is installed in addition to the standard sandbox. The modality of access may be defined with various levels of restriction by the user within the security manager. Restriction levels of the Public space may range from clearing (from the Public space) any data left after the applet has terminated, to allowing an executable applet to be moved into the private area on the user's disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Didier D. Bardon
  • Publication number: 20040017402
    Abstract: A method, program and system for displaying the consequence of an input in a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided. The invention comprises displaying a GUI including a plurality of interaction control mechanisms (controls) having a selected or a deselected state. An input to a first control may cause a change in state to at least one other of the plurality of controls. Responsive to a first input at the first control (e.g., holding down a mouse button with the pointer on the first control), the invention displays a preview of the change in state of the plurality of controls that would occur if a second input is made at the first control (e.g., releasing the mouse button with the pointer still on the first control). If the user does not want the previewed change in state to occur, the user has simply to avoid making the second input (e.g., move the pointer off the first control before releasing the mouse button).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Didier D. Bardon, Richard Edmond Berry, Scott Anthony Morgan, Anthony Christopher Courtney Temple