Patents by Inventor Graham Ray Atkins

Graham Ray Atkins 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).

  • User-defined gesture enablement protocols for touch input devices
    Patent number: 9280279
    Abstract: A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: ZETTA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LLC—RPO SERIES
    Inventors: Graham Ray Atkins, Ian Andrew Maxwell
  • User-Defined Enablement Protocol
    Publication number: 20120233690
    Abstract: A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: RPO Pty Limited
    Inventors: Graham Ray Atkins, Ian Andrew Maxwell