Patents by Inventor Jay Bishop

Jay Bishop 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).

  • Five-rectangle method for dispatching touch events from motion-disabled users
    Patent number: 10592012
    Abstract: A method using hardware button(s) dispatches gestures for motion-disabled users. It displays a translucent layer, on top of underlying applications, which intercepts user touch events (preventing inadvertent gestures) and modifies (x?,y?) based on dampened differences of most recent intercepted event coordinates (swabs). The method operates in three modes identified by translucent colors and/or digits (how many button pushes before invocation): mode 1 dispatches short taps at (x?,y?); mode 2 displays extending arrow while the user swabs (x?,y?) until the second push, which dispatches scrolling in arrow direction; mode 3 creates an arrow and pivot. Pivot size and color indicate magnification/demagnification. The third push dispatches zooming when pivot and arrow are collinear; otherwise it dispatches rotation. A special case of mode 2 dispatches a long tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Gordon Arnold, Jay Bishop, Andrew Hess
  • Five-rectangle method for dispatching touch events from motion-disabled users
    Publication number: 20190243467
    Abstract: A method using hardware button(s) dispatches gestures for motion-disabled users. It displays a translucent layer, on top of underlying applications, which intercepts user touch events (preventing inadvertent gestures) and modifies (x?,y?) based on dampened differences of most recent intercepted event coordinates (swabs). The method operates in three modes identified by translucent colors and/or digits (how many button pushes before invocation): mode 1 dispatches short taps at (x?,y?); mode 2 displays extending arrow while the user swabs (x?,y?) until the second push, which dispatches scrolling in arrow direction; mode 3 creates an arrow and pivot. Pivot size and color indicate magnification/demagnification. The third push dispatches zooming when pivot and arrow are collinear; otherwise it dispatches rotation. A special case of mode 2 dispatches a long tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Gordon Arnold, Jay Bishop, Andrew Hess