Patents by Inventor Gerald I. Cohen

Gerald I. Cohen 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 for navigating a plurality of menus using haptically distinguishable user inputs
    Patent number: 7853875
    Abstract: Menus are created that facilitate access to data in a menu database. The menus include a plurality of menus items laid out so as to duplicate a spatial organization of keys on a numeric keypad, such that a one-to-one relationship between the keys on the keypad and the menu items exists and is apparent to a user. The amount of memory required to store database records relating to individual menus is reduced, because a menu template provides general formatting information. Thus, database records need not include formatting details. When a menu is required, a menu template modifier uses the menu template and the corresponding database record to generate the required menu. The menus are employed for accessing data in the menu database. An edit function is provided in the menu template modifier to enable custom menus to be developed and modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Softrek, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald I. Cohen
  • Method for generating and navigating a plurality of menus using a database and a menu template
    Patent number: 7127679
    Abstract: Menus are created that facilitate access to data in a menu database. Preferably, the menus include a plurality of menus items laid out so as to duplicate the spatial organization of keys on a numeric keypad, such that a one-to-one relationship exists between the keys on the keypad and the menu items. The amount of memory required to store database records relating to individual menus is reduced, because a menu template provides general formatting information. Thus, database records need not include formatting details. When a menu is required, a menu template modifier uses the menu template and the corresponding database record to generate the desired menu. The menus are employed for accessing data in the menu database. An edit function is provided in the menu template modifier to enable custom menus to be developed and modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Softrek, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald I. Cohen
  • Method for generating and navigating a plurality of menus using a database and a menu template
    Publication number: 20030004983
    Abstract: Menus are created that facilitate access to data in a menu database. Preferably, the menus include a plurality of menus items laid out so as to duplicate the spatial organization of keys on a numeric keypad, such that a one-to-one relationship exists between the keys on the keypad and the menu items. The amount of memory required to store database records relating to individual menus is reduced, because a menu template provides general formatting information. Thus, database records need not include formatting details. When a menu is required, a menu template modifier uses the menu template and the corresponding database record to generate the desired menu. The menus are employed for accessing data in the menu database. An edit function is provided in the menu template modifier to enable custom menus to be developed and modified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Gerald I. Cohen