Patents by Inventor James Eric Tilton

James Eric Tilton 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).

  • Patent number: 10984577
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Patent number: 9600133
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying object animations on a slide are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects on a slide may be assigned actions when generating or editing the slide. The effects of the actions on the slide are depicted using one or more respective representations which represent the slide as it will appear after implementation of one or more corresponding actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Paul Bradford Vaughan, James Eric Tilton, Christopher Morgan Connors, Ralph Lynn Melton, Jay Christopher Capela, Ted Stephen Boda
  • Publication number: 20160196681
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Patent number: 8694889
    Abstract: Approaches are described in which objects within slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. The persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition such that objects present on both a incoming and outgoing slide are handled differently than those objects present on only one of the slides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Appl Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Patent number: 8352865
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying object animations on a slide are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects on a slide may be assigned actions when generating or editing the slide. The effects of the actions on the slide are depicted using one or more respective representations which represent the slide as it will appear after implementation of one or more corresponding actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bradford Vaughan, James Eric Tilton, Christopher Morgan Connors, Ralph Lynn Melton, Jay Christopher Capela, Ted Stephen Boda
  • Publication number: 20100223554
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Patent number: 7721209
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Publication number: 20100118037
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, each object on a slide is individually manipulable during slide transitions. In certain embodiments, the presence of an object on both the outgoing and incoming slides may be taken into account during slide transition. Likewise, in certain embodiments, derivative objects, such as shadows or reflections, may be handled as distinct objects in generating a transition between slides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haroon Saleem Sheikh, James Eric Tilton
  • Publication number: 20100064223
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Publication number: 20100064222
    Abstract: Techniques for accomplishing slide transitions in a presentation are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects within the slides are identified, automatically or by a user, and each object is individually manipulable during slide transitions. The individual manipulation applied to each object during a transition may also be automatically determined or specified by a user. In certain embodiments, the persistence of an object between slides may be taken into account in the manipulation of the object during slide transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: James Eric Tilton
  • Publication number: 20090119597
    Abstract: Techniques for displaying object animations on a slide are disclosed. In accordance with these techniques, objects on a slide may be assigned actions when generating or editing the slide. The effects of the actions on the slide are depicted using one or more respective representations which represent the slide as it will appear after implementation of one or more corresponding actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Bradford Vaughan, James Eric Tilton