Patents by Inventor Joseph Scott Derringer

Joseph Scott Derringer 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).

  • Methods and systems for managing widgets through a widget dock user interface
    Patent number: 8881052
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media defining computer instructions for rendering a user interface (UI) are provided. The UI is defined for handling a widget that provides functionality to a displayable and executable mini-application. The widget includes a plurality of widget attributes, including a dock tile that is defined to display only selected ones of the plurality of widget attributes of the widget. Also provided is a widget dock to display and contain the dock tile on a display screen, and the dock tile is linked by a functional association to the widget. The widget dock provides access to launch the widget when selection of the dock tile is detected, so as to provide full interface with the plurality of widget attributes of the widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Strauss, Marco Boerries, Arlo Rose, Edward Voas, Joseph Scott Derringer
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING WIDGETS THROUGH A WIDGET DOCK USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20080235602
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media defining computer instructions for rendering a user interface (UI) are provided. The UI is defined for handling a widget that provides functionality to a displayable and executable mini-application. The widget includes a plurality of widget attributes, including a dock tile that is defined to display only selected ones of the plurality of widget attributes of the widget. Also provided is a widget dock to display and contain the dock tile on a display screen, and the dock tile is linked by a functional association to the widget. The widget dock provides access to launch the widget when selection of the dock tile is detected, so as to provide full interface with the plurality of widget attributes of the widget.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan Strauss, Marco Boerries, Arlo Rose, Edward Voas, Joseph Scott Derringer