Patents by Inventor Donald J. Pilcher

Donald J. Pilcher 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).

  • User-initiated communications during multimedia content playback on a mobile communications device
    Patent number: 8606238
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Videopression LLC
    Inventors: Gregory T. H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
  • USER-INITIATED COMMUNICATIONS DURING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120142317
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Videopression LLC
    Inventors: Gregory T.H. CHEW, Donald J. PILCHER, Kevin THORNTON
  • User-initiated communications during multimedia content playback on a mobile communications device
    Patent number: 8150376
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Videopression LLC
    Inventors: Gregory T. H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
  • USER-INITIATED COMMUNICATIONS DURING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100261455
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory T. H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
  • User-initiated communications during multimedia content playback on a mobile communications device
    Patent number: 7769363
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Inventors: Gregory T. H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
  • User-Initiated Communications During Multimedia Content Playback on a Mobile Communications Device
    Publication number: 20080032688
    Abstract: A multimedia display process executing in a mobile device traps user input signals to allow switching from display of multimedia to another task without requiring manual termination of the multimedia display process by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Gregory T.H. Chew, Donald J. Pilcher, Kevin Thornton
  • Navigating applications and objects in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 6078327
    Abstract: A Navigator window is displayed in conjunction with an application program window on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the Navigator window comprises a collapse-expand tree control for traversing one or more applications created by the application program, each of the applications is comprised of one or more objects, and the application program window displays an application or object selected in the Navigator window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erin A. Liman, Darryl J. Mocek, Donald J. Pilcher, Gregory Rakoshitz, Martin T. Robins