Patents by Inventor James Trevor McDonald

James Trevor McDonald 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: 20240272786
    Abstract: A scrolling control system, which may include a user input device including a touch sensitive screen, an analysis system responsive to user manipulation of the touch screen to enter and control a scrolling mode, the speed and direction of the scrolling mode speed determined by comparing an initial feedback location with a subsequent feedback location from the touch sensitive screen, and a verification system that uses captured inputs from the user input device to determine if a user is using the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventor: James Trevor McDonald
  • Patent number: 10769682
    Abstract: A user interface system, including a user device. The user device includes a processor, a display that interacts with the processor to display a user interface including a site content and a first interactive object. The processor is operative to expand the first interactive object and transform the first interactive object to a content object displayed on the display, when a user touches and holds the first interactive object for a predetermined period of time. The processor is also operative to terminate, contract, and transform the content object for the display to display a second interactive object, the second interactive object having a secondary content trigger, upon the user releasing the holding of the first interactive object after the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: James Trevor McDonald