Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Lesan

Douglas E. Lesan 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 providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data
    Patent number: 11709884
    Abstract: There is presented a method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data. The method comprises showing a search interface on a display device for filtering a content set by a plurality of domains, including a first domain, displaying, within the search interface, a first graphical representation of a parameter set of the first domain in response to a selecting of the first domain, receiving a first parameter subset from the first graphical representation, filtering a content set using the first parameter subset to obtain a search result, and displaying the search result on a display device. The search interface includes a temporally visible menu for selecting parameter sets of the domains and a compact single line query box to display graphical representations of parameter sets or to provide a conventional text entry box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Krispin J. Leydon, Douglas E. Lesan, Matthew F. Schnittker, Dale Roger Beck
  • Method and System for Providing a Compact Graphical User Interface for Flexible Filtering of Data
    Publication number: 20180203854
    Abstract: There is presented a method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data. The method comprises showing a search interface on a display device for filtering a content set by a plurality of domains, including a first domain, displaying, within the search interface, a first graphical representation of a parameter set of the first domain in response to a selecting of the first domain, receiving a first parameter subset from the first graphical representation, filtering a content set using the first parameter subset to obtain a search result, and displaying the search result on a display device. The search interface includes a temporally visible menu for selecting parameter sets of the domains and a compact single line query box to display graphical representations of parameter sets or to provide a conventional text entry box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Krispin J. Leydon, Douglas E. Lesan, Matthew F. Schnittker, Dale Roger Beck
  • Method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data
    Patent number: 9953039
    Abstract: There is presented a method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data. The method comprises showing a search interface on a display device for filtering a content set by a plurality of domains, including a first domain, displaying, within the search interface, a first graphical representation of a parameter set of the first domain in response to a selecting of the first domain, receiving a first parameter subset from the first graphical representation, filtering a content set using the first parameter subset to obtain a search result, and displaying the search result on a display device. The search interface includes a temporally visible menu for selecting parameter sets of the domains and a compact single line query box to display graphical representations of parameter sets or to provide a conventional text entry box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Krispin J. Leydon, Douglas E. Lesan, Matthew F. Schnittker, Dale Roger Beck
  • Method and System for Providing a Compact Graphical User Interface for Flexible Filtering of Data
    Publication number: 20130024801
    Abstract: There is presented a method and system for providing a compact graphical user interface for flexible filtering of data. The method comprises showing a search interface on a display device for filtering a content set by a plurality of domains, including a first domain, displaying, within the search interface, a first graphical representation of a parameter set of the first domain in response to a selecting of the first domain, receiving a first parameter subset from the first graphical representation, filtering a content set using the first parameter subset to obtain a search result, and displaying the search result on a display device. The search interface includes a temporally visible menu for selecting parameter sets of the domains and a compact single line query box to display graphical representations of parameter sets or to provide a conventional text entry box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Krispin J. Leydon, Douglas E. Lesan, Matthew F. Schnittker, Dale Roger Beck