Patents by Inventor Heather Tompkins

Heather Tompkins 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).

  • Publication number: 20230360291
    Abstract: Examples include a computer system and process for rendering a design interface in at least a default mode and in an outline mode. In the default mode, the design interface is rendered to include multiple objects that partially intersect one another in position, so as to form a combined shape. In the outline mode, the design interface is rendered, with each of the multiple objects and combined shape being depicted in outline form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lauren Budorick, Thomas Lowry, Heather Tompkins, Marcin Wichary
  • Publication number: 20220334704
    Abstract: A network computer system operates to communicate instructions to a plurality of user devices. The instructions enable each of the plurality of computing devices to participate in a collaborative session where shared content is rendered on a collaborative medium, where the shared content includes graphic representations of the pointer devices of the individual users. The instructions may be further be executed to enable the individual users to modify the graphic representation of the pointer device to include text content specified by that user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Emily Lin, Jenny Wen, Heather Tompkins, Jessica Wang, Karl Jiang, Marcin Wichary, Ryan Kaplan, Kee Yen Yeo, Laura Pang, Emily Louie, Andrew Schmidt, Eli Fitch, Mihika Kapoor