Patents by Inventor Gard B. Cookson

Gard B. Cookson 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).

  • System and method for enabling interaction between a cloud application and a local application
    Patent number: 8689235
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling interaction between one or more cloud applications and one or more local applications is provided. A web page of a cloud application is displayed on a web browser. The URL of the web page of the cloud application is extracted and analyzed. In other embodiments, the title or other metadata of the web page of the cloud application can be extracted and analyzed. An invoking application analyzes the URL, title, or other metadata to determine whether a local application is compatible with the cloud application. If it is determined that the local application is compatible, then the local application is activated to enable its interaction with the cloud application, and the functionalities of the local application may be used over the cloud application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: GBC Industries
    Inventor: Gard B. Cookson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN A CLOUD APPLICATION AND A LOCAL APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20120185874
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling interaction between one or more cloud applications and one or more local applications is provided. A web page of a cloud application is displayed on a web browser. The URL of the web page of the cloud application is extracted and analyzed. In other embodiments, the title or other metadata of the web page of the cloud application can be extracted and analyzed. An invoking application analyzes the URL, title, or other metadata to determine whether a local application is compatible with the cloud application. If it is determined that the local application is compatible, then the local application is activated to enable its interaction with the cloud application, and the functionalities of the local application may be used over the cloud application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Gard B. Cookson
  • Video editing keyboard
    Patent number: D502705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Post-Op Video, Inc.
    Inventors: Gard B. Cookson, Lucas Barbieri
  • Video editing keyboard
    Patent number: D486496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: GBC Industries
    Inventor: Gard B. Cookson