Patents by Inventor Erin A. Liman

Erin A. Liman 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).

  • 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