Patents by Inventor JULIUS P. BLEKER

JULIUS P. BLEKER 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).

  • Publication number: 20140229858
    Abstract: One or more computing devices proximate to a source device are identified. The source device is an end-user device having a touch sensitive surface. A gesture performed on the touch sensitive surface is detected. The gesture indicates a selection of a displayed representation of content and indicates a direction. The gesture is at least one of a touch based gesture, a stylus based gesture, a keyboard based gesture, and a pointing device gesture. A target device or a device proxy is determined that is within line-of-site of a human being that made the gesture and that is in the direction of the gesture. An action programmatically executes involving the gesture selected content and the determined target device or device proxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JULIUS P. BLEKER, DAVID HERTENSTEIN, CHRISTIAN E. LOZA, MATHEWS THOMAS