Patents by Inventor Jennifer Siu Chun

Jennifer Siu Chun 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 apparatus for generating adaptable pull down menus
    Patent number: 8078976
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for a first pull down menu associated with a user interface. In response to receiving a request from the user to toggle the user interface between a user interface containing an original pull down menu and a user interface containing a modified pull down menu, the user interface is presented with the first pull down menu wherein the first pull down menu is the modified pull down menu. A user request associated with a feature presented in the first pull down menu is monitored. Values associated with requests received from a user are stored in a set of usage information. The first pull down menu is modified using the set of usage information to form a second pull down menu. The user interface containing the second pull down menu is presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Keren Ban, Shu-Chen Lim, John S. Maresca, Jennifer Siu Chun Wong
  • Method and Apparatus for Generating Adaptable Pull Down Menus
    Publication number: 20090150830
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for modifying a first pull down menu associated with a user interface. The illustrative embodiments monitor for a user request associated with a feature presented in the first pull down menu. Values associated with requests received from a user are stored in a set of usage information. The first pull down menu is modified using the set of usage information to form a second pull down menu. The user interface containing the second pull down menu is presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Oliver Keren Ban, Shu-Chen Lim, John S. Maresca, Jennifer Siu Chun