Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Robert Cobb

Jeffrey Robert Cobb 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).

  • Method and system for image rendering including polymorphic image data in a graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20040015512
    Abstract: A system for providing polymorphic image data for images in a graphical user interface on a computer system includes an operating system, and an imaging object structure, the imaging object structure included in the operating system and utilized to generate images in the graphical user interface. Additionally, the imaging object structure further comprises a subclass of imaging objects, the subclasses comprising singular imaging objects and composite imaging objects. The singular imaging objects further include, but are not limited to, text imaging objects, picture imaging objects, pattern imaging objects, and icon imaging objects. Additionally, the composite imaging objects generate composite images of a desired combination of singular images generated by the singular imaging objects. Further, the imaging object structure includes a SOM object structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Dylan B. Ashe, Lewis Karl Cirne, Jeffrey Robert Cobb, Ramesh Gupta, Eric Charles Schlegel
  • Method and system for image rendering including polymorphic image data in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 6593947
    Abstract: A system for providing polymorphic image data for images in a graphical user interface on a computer system includes an operating system, and an imaging object structure, the imaging object structure included in the operating system and utilized to generate images in the graphical user interface. Additionally, the imaging object structure further comprises a subclass of imaging objects, the subclasses includes singular imaging objects and composite imaging objects. The singular imaging objects further include, but are not limited to, text imaging objects, picture imaging objects, pattern imaging objects, and icon imaging objects. Additionally, the composite imaging objects generate composite images of a desired combination of singular images generated by the singular imaging objects. Further, the imaging object structure includes a SOM object structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan B. Ashe, Lewis Karl Cirne, Jeffrey Robert Cobb, Ramesh Gupta, Eric Charles Schlegel