Patents by Inventor Gregory Niemeyer

Gregory Niemeyer 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).

  • Animated spreadsheet for dynamic display of constraint graphs
    Patent number: 6256649
    Abstract: An augmented spreadsheet presentation provides for selecting a region of user focus in a primary body of data displayed as an array of cells, with two or more displayed cells of the array of cells being logically linked by a constraint graph. Two or more displayed cells can be linked by color or symbol animations in response to selected user focus with a mouse or other cursor. Complex animations that successively illustrate multiple constraint graph paths are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jock D. Mackinlay, Bay-Wei Chang, Polle T. Zellweger, Takeo Igarashi, Gregory Niemeyer