Patents by Inventor Hugh V. Rubin

Hugh V. Rubin 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 arranging displayed graphical representations on a computer interface
    Patent number: 6043817
    Abstract: A display arrangement system and method are disclosed for arranging repositionable graphical representations corresponding to a set of computer resources. The display arrangement system includes a layout that specifies a criterion for arranging the repositionable graphical representations. The criterion specifies at least one arrangement rule based upon the content of the computer resources. The display arrangement system also includes a graphical display arrange processor that arranges the repositionable graphical representations by applying the criterion to their corresponding computer resources.Layouts comprise one or more frames. Each frame designates a perimeter on the graphical user interface. Each frame also includes at least one filter property value for limiting the association of individual ones of the set of computer resources with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Bolnick, Hugh V. Rubin, Mark A. Malamud
  • Slide out interface bar
    Patent number: 5914716
    Abstract: A computer system has an improved graphical user interface feature. The improved graphical user interface displays a target image representing a retracted slide out command bar containing a set of selectable computer resources. When the user moves a display pointer to a location near the target image, the target image is replaced by the slide out command bar. The slide out command bar remains visible and its computer resources accessible via the mouse-controlled display pointer until the user either clicks the mouse or moves the display pointer outside an extended detection region of the graphical user interface associated with the unretracted slide out command bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Hugh V. Rubin, Mark A. Malamud, Renee Marceau
  • Method and apparatus for arranging displayed graphical representations on a computer interface
    Patent number: 5838317
    Abstract: A display arrangement system and method are disclosed for arranging repositionable graphical representations corresponding to a set of computer resources. The display arrangement system includes a layout that specifies a criterion for arranging the repositionable graphical representations. The criterion specifies at least one arrangement rule based upon the content of the computer resources. The display arrangement system also includes a graphical display arrange processor that arranges the repositionable graphical representations by applying the criterion to their corresponding computer resources. The display system may be organized as one or more frames. Each frame designates a perimeter on the graphical user interface. Each frame also includes at least one filter property value for limiting the association of individual ones of the set of computer resources with the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Bolnick, Hugh V. Rubin, Mark A. Malamud