Patents by Inventor Eric Colin Bolender

Eric Colin Bolender 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 interfaces for converting node-link data into audio outputs
    Patent number: 11460973
    Abstract: Node-link data can be converted into audio outputs. For example, a system can generate a graphical user interface (GUI) depicting a node-link diagram having nodes and links. The GUI can include a virtual reference point in the node-link diagram and a virtual control element that is rotatable around the virtual reference point by a user to contact one or more of the nodes in the node-link diagram. The system can receive user input for rotating the virtual control element around the virtual reference point, which can generate a contact between the virtual control element and a particular node of the node-link diagram. In response to detecting the contact, the system can determine a sound characteristic configured to indicate an attribute associated with the particular node. The system can then generate a sound having the sound characteristic, for example to assist the user in exploring the node-link diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAS INSTITUTE INC:.
    Inventors: Sean Patrick Mealin, Claude Edward Summers, II, Mitchel Stanley Soltys, II, Ralph Johnson Marshall, Jr., Jesse Daniel Sookne, Brice Joseph Smith, Gregory David Kraus, Eric Colin Bolender, Julianna Elizabeth Langston, Lisa Beth Morton Robinson