Patents by Inventor Frederick H. Mitchell

Frederick H. Mitchell 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 apparatus providing a graphical user interface for representing and navigating hierarchical networks
    Patent number: 8185824
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. In the interface, hierarchical data is represented by nodes, beginning with one or more top nodes and extending into lower hierarchical levels by the display of child nodes, child's child nodes, and so forth. The arrangement of nodes on the graphical user interface is such that scaling portrays the various hierarchical levels, and nodes do not spatially interfere with one another. Navigation through the hierarchical data is provided by allowing the user to select any visible node, at which point a zoom-in or zoom-out view to the selected node as a centrally located node on the interface is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick H. Mitchell, David K. Bainbridge
  • Method and apparatus providing a graphical user interface for representing and navigating hierarchical networks
    Patent number: 6628304
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. A preferred embodiment represents hierarchical data related to a computer network and is provided to a user as part of a network management software application. In the interface, hierarchical data is represented by nodes, beginning with one or more top nodes and extending into lower hierarchical levels by the display of child nodes, child's child nodes, and so forth. The arrangement of nodes on the graphical user interface is such that scaling portrays the various hierarchical levels, and nodes do not spatially interfere with one another. Navigation through the hierarchical data is provided by allowing the user to select any visible node, at which point a zoom-in or zoom-out view to the selected node as a centrally located node on the interface is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick H. Mitchell, David K. Bainbridge
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR REPRESENTING AND NAVIGATING HIERARCHICAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20020113816
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which present hierarchical data to a user via a graphical user interface. A preferred embodiment represents hierarchical data related to a computer network and is provided to a user as part of a network management software application. In the interface, hierarchical data is represented by nodes, beginning with one or more top nodes and extending into lower hierarchical levels by the display of child nodes, child's child nodes, and so forth. The arrangement of nodes on the graphical user interface is such that scaling portrays the various hierarchical levels, and nodes do not spatially interfere with one another. Navigation through the hierarchical data is provided by allowing the user to select any visible node, at which point a zoom-in or zoom-out view to the selected node as a centrally located node on the interface is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: FREDERICK H. MITCHELL, DAVID K. BAINBRIDGE