Patents by Inventor Julieta Kaoru Yamakawa

Julieta Kaoru Yamakawa 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 displaying attributes of a computer work station on a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 6195095
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying to a user attributes of a computer workstation includes a processor, user controls for controlling a pointer, a display device, and a database. The processor first displays a template area on the display device and then retrieves the attributes of the computer workstation from the database. After retrieving the attributes, the processor displays icons representing the attributes in the template area displayed on the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Carl Beer, Mark Tweed Bowman, Georgia Ann Gibson, Julieta Kaoru Yamakawa
  • Method and apparatus for enhancing template creation and manipulation in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 6016146
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing template manipulation and creation in a graphical user interface. The user can create numerous additional templates from an existing object, template, or "generic" template. The method includes the computer-implemented steps of positioning a copy of at least one object into a template area pane and creating at least one template in the template area pane from that copied object. The apparatus includes a processor, a display device, pointing device, a template area pane displayed on the display device, at least one object which is positioned into the template area pane. The template area pane creates at least one template from the object and displays that template in the template area pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corproation
    Inventors: John Carl Beer, Mark Tweed Bowman, Georgia Ann Gibson, John Lovgren, Marianne Poythress Radding, Julieta Kaoru Yamakawa