Patents by Inventor James Riddle Harker

James Riddle Harker 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: 6209005
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for attaching a letter to a contact in an organizer contact list. The method includes the operations of selecting a contact from the organizer contact list that is controlled by an organizer program. The method then stores a plurality of identifying information associated with the selected contact into a temporary memory location. Next, a letter is selected from a plurality of standard letters provided by the organizer. The plurality of identifying information associated with the selected contact is then integrated into the selected letter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: James Riddle Harker, Dominic Philip Haine
  • Patent number: 5825360
    Abstract: A method for arranging windows in a workspace on a computer display screen. The method includes the steps of assigning, using a central processing unit, a priority to each of a first plurality of windows in the workspace according a predefined criteria, a selected window having the highest priority. The method further includes the step of indenting by an indentation distance value from a reference position in the workspace on the computer display screen each of the first plurality of windows, the window having the lowest priority being positioned the closest to the reference position, the window having the highest priority being positioned the furthest from the reference position and in the visual foreground of the workspace on the computer display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Tobin Odam, James Riddle Harker, Joseph G. Ansanelli, John Linehan Welde, Jr.