Patents by Inventor Eitaro Nishijima

Eitaro Nishijima 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).

  • Visual representation and other effects for application management on a device with a small screen
    Patent number: 7487467
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system and a method for presenting a set of icons in a display so that the icons can be selected by a user via a keypad. During operation, the display presents a set of icons to the user. The user can then select an icon from the set of icons by entering input into the keypad. The set of icons are presented in the display such that the spatial layout of the set of icons is substantially the same as the layout of the keypad, resulting in an intuitive interface that allows the user to select desired choices quickly and easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideya Kawahara, Yoojin Hong, Paul Byrne, Frank E. Ludolph, Curtis J. Sasaki, Eitaro Nishijima