Patents by Inventor Karen E. Paone

Karen E. Paone 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).

  • Displaying dynamic and shareable help data for images a distance from a pointed-to location
    Patent number: 8775936
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • DISPLAYING DYNAMIC AND SHAREABLE HELP DATA FOR IMAGES A DISTANCE FROM A POINTED-TO LOCATION
    Publication number: 20130151964
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski