Patents by Inventor Eric Kirkpatrick

Eric Kirkpatrick 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).

  • Patent number: 10216401
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquiring unit and a processing executing unit. The acquiring unit acquires an initial position and a present position relating to a move of a first object and an initial position and a present position relating to a move of a second object. The processing executing unit executes certain processing on the first and the second objects based on the positional relations between the initial positions and the present positions of the first and the second objects. With this configuration, a user can execute processing on the objects with such a simple operation that moves the first and the second objects displayed. Furthermore, a user can execute desired processing by performing an operation to move the objects to adjust the respective initial positions and the present positions of the objects. This reduces incorrect operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai
  • Patent number: 9383906
    Abstract: An object processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of one or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a detection unit that detects instruction input for processing on objects, and an execution unit that executes processing on non-selected objects. It is thereby possible to easily set many objects as objects to be processed. Further, because processing on objects is executed by instruction input different from selection of objects, such as selection of objects displayed on a display unit, it is possible to reduce work for specified processing on objects to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai
  • Patent number: 9285956
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of three or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a movement control unit that moves one or more objects in accordance with movement of input position related to selection of one or more objects among the selected objects, and a processing execution unit that executes specified processing using information related to the moved object on each of a plurality of fixed objects when a position of the moved object is included in a determination area for the fixed object. Processing on the plurality of fixed objects is thereby executed at a time simply by performing the operation of moving the position of one moved object into the determination area for the fixed object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai
  • Publication number: 20150046861
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquiring unit and a processing executing unit. The acquiring unit acquires an initial position and a present position relating to a move of a first object and an initial position and a present position relating to a move of a second object. The processing executing unit executes certain processing on the first and the second objects based on the positional relations between the initial positions and the present positions of the first and the second objects. With this configuration, a user can execute processing on the objects with such a simple operation that moves the first and the second objects displayed. Furthermore, a user can execute desired processing by performing an operation to move the objects to adjust the respective initial positions and the present positions of the objects. This reduces incorrect operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Rakuten, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai
  • Publication number: 20150033158
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of three or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a movement control unit that moves one or more objects in accordance with movement of input position related to selection of one or more objects among the selected objects, and a processing execution unit that executes specified processing using information related to the moved object on each of a plurality of fixed objects when a position of the moved object is included in a determination area for the fixed object. Processing on the plurality of fixed objects is thereby executed at a time simply by performing the operation of moving the position of one moved object into the determination area for the fixed object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai
  • Publication number: 20140375585
    Abstract: An object processing device includes a selection accepting unit that accepts selection of one or more objects among a plurality of displayed objects, a detection unit that detects instruction input for processing on objects, and an execution unit that executes processing on non-selected objects. It is thereby possible to easily set many objects as objects to be processed. Further, because processing on objects is executed by instruction input different from selection of objects, such as selection of objects displayed on a display unit, it is possible to reduce work for specified processing on objects to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: RAKUTEN, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Kirkpatrick, Takia Ogai