Patents by Inventor Ian D. Hancock

Ian D. Hancock 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).

  • Associating ancillary information with an application user interface
    Patent number: 10901580
    Abstract: Associating user interface elements with information ancillary to said user interface elements includes creating one or more items of user interface element ancillary information, receiving a request for user interface element ancillary information, the request identifying the context in which the information is to be used, searching, using a processor, said one or more items of user interface element ancillary information for items matching the context in which the information is to be used, and returning one or more items of user interface element ancillary information matching the context in which the information is to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Clark, Lee M. Chase, Mark A. Farmer, Mark Gregory, Ian D. Hancock, Duncan J. Lilly, Simon E. Moore
  • ASSOCIATING ANCILLARY INFORMATION WITH AN APPLICATION USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20180095629
    Abstract: Associating user interface elements with information ancillary to said user interface elements includes creating one or more items of user interface element ancillary information, receiving a request for user interface element ancillary information, the request identifying the context in which the information is to be used, searching, using a processor, said one or more items of user interface element ancillary information for items matching the context in which the information is to be used, and returning one or more items of user interface element ancillary information matching the context in which the information is to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: David J. Clark, Lee M. Chase, Mark A. Farmer, Mark Gregory, Ian D. Hancock, Duncan J. Lilly, Simon E. Moore
  • Associating ancillary information with an application user interface
    Patent number: 9886174
    Abstract: Associating user interface elements with information ancillary to said user interface elements includes creating one or more items of user interface element ancillary information, receiving a request for user interface element ancillary information, the request identifying the context in which the information is to be used, searching, using a processor, said one or more items of user interface element ancillary information for items matching the context in which the information is to be used, and returning one or more items of user interface element ancillary information matching the context in which the information is to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Clark, Lee M. Chase, Mark A. Farmer, Mark Gregory, Ian D. Hancock, Duncan J. Lilly, Simon E. Moore
  • ASSOCIATING ANCILLARY INFORMATION WITH AN APPLICATION USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140047365
    Abstract: Associating user interface elements with information ancillary to said user interface elements includes creating one or more items of user interface element ancillary information, receiving a request for user interface element ancillary information, the request identifying the context in which the information is to be used, searching, using a processor, said one or more items of user interface element ancillary information for items matching the context in which the information is to be used, and returning one or more items of user interface element ancillary information matching the context in which the information is to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Clark, Lee M. Chase, Mark A. Farmer, Mark Gregory, Ian D. Hancock, Duncan J. Lilly, Simon E. Moore