Patents by Inventor John Vlissides

John Vlissides 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 automatically hiding irrelevant parts of hierarchical structures in computer user interfaces
    Patent number: 8713063
    Abstract: The invention broadly and generally provides, in a computer-controlled display, a method of simplifying a graphical representation of a set of connected nodes comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a subset of the aforesaid set; and (b) under computer program control, hiding representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within the aforesaid subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to the aforesaid subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven R. Abrams, Ian David Simmonds, John Vlissides
  • Computer system and method including an operation performed in a manner based on a determined activity
    Publication number: 20070079237
    Abstract: A computer system (and method) includes a determining device for determining an activity of a user, and a setting device for setting an operating manner of an operating device based on the determined activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Abrams, Bard Bloom, Paul Keyser, Douglas Kimelman, Eric Nelson, Wendy Neuberger, Ian Simmonds, Steven Tang, Peri Tarr, John Vlissides, Dru Vissides
  • Method and system for automatically hiding irrelevant parts of hierarchical structures in computer user interfaces
    Publication number: 20060155746
    Abstract: The invention broadly and generally provides, in a computer-controlled display, a method of simplifying a graphical representation of a set of connected nodes comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a subset of the aforesaid set; and (b) under computer program control, hiding representations of all nodes except (i) nodes within the aforesaid subset and (ii) at least one node having a defined relationship to the aforesaid subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Applicant: International business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Abrams, Ian Simmonds, John Vlissides