Patents by Inventor Jeff Wishnie

Jeff Wishnie 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).

  • Object-oriented global cursor tool
    Patent number: 6014139
    Abstract: A system and method providing a cursor tool framework and tool server with support for multiple cursors on any given system, and supporting the selection of a cursor tool using a cursor. The framework and server facilitate the association of cursor tools to a cursor in a process-independent space such that tools can be used cross-process and cross-document. The framework also provides default functionality for communication among cursor tools and the canvas on which they are used. This high degree of interaction allows any cursor tool and any document to function together such that the cursor tool can be written without the participation of the document developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Object Technology Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph T. Watson, Jack R. Robson, Ryoji Watanabe, Jeff Wishnie
  • Object-oriented global cursor tool
    Patent number: 5912666
    Abstract: A system and method provide a cursor tool framework and tool server with support for multiple cursors on any given system, and supports the selection of a cursor tool utilizing a cursor. The framework and server facilitate the association of cursor tools to a cursor in a process independent space such that tools can be used cross-process and cross-document. The framework also provides default functionality for communication among cursor tools and the canvas on which they are used. This high degree of interaction allows any cursor tool and any document to function together such that the cursor tool can be written without the knowledge of the document developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Object Technology Licensing Corp.
    Inventors: Ralph T. Watson, Jack R. Robson, Ryoji Watanabe, Jeff Wishnie
  • Object-oriented global cursor tool which operates in an incompatible document by embedding a compatible frame in the document
    Patent number: 5848429
    Abstract: An innovative system and method provide a cursor tool framework and tool server with support for multiple cursors on any given system, and supports the selection of a cursor tool utilizing a cursor. The framework and server facilitate the association of cursor tools to a cursor in a process independent space such that tools can be used cross-process and cross-document. The framework also provides default functionality for communication among cursor tools and the canvas on which they are used. This high degree of interaction allows any cursor tool and any document to function together such that the cursor tool can be written without the knowledge of the document developer. A frame creation tool awaits the detection of a mouse button depression. Then, a document component is created. The document component type is assigned at a tools inception. Then a rectangle interactor is invoked. The rectangle interactor provides a rubber band GUI pivoting around a first selected point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Object Technology Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin J. McEntee, Jack R. Robson, Jeff Wishnie