Patents by Inventor Joseph Ross Abel

Joseph Ross Abel 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).

  • Expanded icon functionality
    Patent number: 9495069
    Abstract: A method for providing expanded icon functionality includes displaying a primary icon using a display device. The primary icon is associated with a primary icon function in a storage device and the primary icon function is performed in response to a first user action directed to the primary icon. A second user action that is different from the first user action is received that is directed to the primary icon and, in response, at least one secondary icon that is associated with the primary icon and the second user action in the storage device is retrieved. The at least one secondary icon is displayed using the display device. Each at least one secondary icon is associated with a respective secondary icon function in the storage device, and in response to a selection of a secondary icon, the respective secondary icon function is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: PayPal, Inc.
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Escobedo, Joseph Ross Abel
  • EXPANDED ICON FUNCTIONALITY
    Publication number: 20140068516
    Abstract: A method for providing expanded icon functionality includes displaying a primary icon using a display device. The primary icon is associated with a primary icon function in a storage device and the primary icon function is performed in response to a first user action directed to the primary icon. A second user action that is different from the first user action is received that is directed to the primary icon and, in response, at least one secondary icon that is associated with the primary icon and the second user action in the storage device is retrieved. The at least one secondary icon is displayed using the display device. Each at least one secondary icon is associated with a respective secondary icon function in the storage device, and in response to a selection of a secondary icon, the respective secondary icon function is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: EBAY INC.
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Escobedo, Joseph Ross Abel