Patents by Inventor Dohn Robert BUCHANAN

Dohn Robert BUCHANAN 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).

  • Functionality switching in pointer input devices
    Patent number: 10019081
    Abstract: Various embodiments for switching functionality of a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer input device are provided. A first gesture pattern is configured. The first gesture pattern, when performed, enables a predetermined function of the input device. The predetermined function substitutes for a default function of the input device. The enabling of the predetermined function is indicated to a user on the GUI. A second gesture pattern is configured. The second gesture pattern, when performed, cancels the predetermined function of the input device and enables the default function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dohn Robert Buchanan, Robert Charles Jackson, Jason Matthew Robaina
  • FUNCTIONALITY SWITCHING IN POINTER INPUT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100180237
    Abstract: Various embodiments for switching functionality of a graphical user interface (GUI) pointer input device are provided. A first gesture pattern is configured. The first gesture pattern, when performed, enables a predetermined function of the input device. The predetermined function substitutes for a default function of the input device. The enabling of the predetermined function is indicated to a user on the GUI. A second gesture pattern is configured. The second gesture pattern, when performed, cancels the predetermined function of the input device and enables the default function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dohn Robert BUCHANAN, Robert Charles JACKSON, Jason Matthew ROBAINA