Patents by Inventor John Franklin Sharp

John Franklin Sharp 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).

  • System and method for navigating in a digital information environment
    Publication number: 20020080195
    Abstract: The present system and method is directed to an interactive navigation system and method for exploring or browsing digital content data that can be spatially structured such that content pages can be located relative to one another. Once a page arrangement layout is completed, a navigation bar in conjunction with an underlying scrolling engine allow fast access to any section of the information space while maintaining an intuitively correct spatial metaphor. Thus, as the user manipulates the navigation bar, the scrolling engine moves the user to the new information content area in a visually intuitive manner while the intermediate content is displayed on a screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Samuel Garrett Carlson, John Franklin Sharp
  • System and method for navigating in a digital information environment
    Patent number: 6292188
    Abstract: The present system and method is directed to an interactive navigation system and method for exploring or browsing digital content data that can be spatially structured such that content pages can be located relative to one another. Once a page arrangement layout is completed, a navigation bar in conjunction with an underlying scrolling engine allow fast access to any section of the information space while maintaining an intuitively correct spatial metaphor. Thus, as the user manipulates the navigation bar, the scrolling engine moves the user to the new information content area in a visually intuitive manner while the intermediate content is displayed on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Alltrue Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Garrett Carlson, John Franklin Sharp