Patents by Inventor Keira L. Hopkins
Keira L. Hopkins 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).
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Patent number: 10739935Abstract: A method for reviewing content previously displayed on a display screen includes capturing at least one screenshot of at least part of a display screen in response to an occurrence of a trigger event based on a change in displayed content. A value of at least one criterion of the displayed content is stored in association with each captured screenshot. A request is received, based on at least one of the stored criteria, to review a captured screenshot. A screenshot corresponding with the request may be superimposed on the display screen as an overlay. Content displayed on the screen for the occurrence of the trigger event is monitored. A screenshot in response to each occurrence of the trigger event is captured. The request to review a screenshot may be a request to review a selection from a plurality of captured screenshots.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Andrew Lees, Alexandra Wishart, Adam Michael Farley, Keira L. Hopkins
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Publication number: 20200159370Abstract: A method for reviewing content previously displayed on a display screen includes capturing at least one screenshot of at least part of a display screen in response to an occurrence of a trigger event based on a change in displayed content. A value of at least one criterion of the displayed content is stored in association with each captured screenshot. A request is received, based on at least one of the stored criteria, to review a captured screenshot. A screenshot corresponding with the request may be superimposed on the display screen as an overlay. Content displayed on the screen for the occurrence of the trigger event is monitored. A screenshot in response to each occurrence of the trigger event is captured. The request to review a screenshot may be a request to review a selection from a plurality of captured screenshots.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Andrew Lees, Alexandra Wishart, Adam Michael Farley, Keira L. Hopkins
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Patent number: 9573733Abstract: A packaging product and a method of closing a packaging product are provided. Closing a packaging product may include providing a first member of the packaging product having an aperture therein and providing a bubble rivet extending through the aperture and having an expanded hollow head portion on one side of the aperture with a neck portion of the bubble rivet being provided in the aperture. The hollow head portion of the bubble rivet is breakable to enable withdrawal of the head portion through the aperture thereby non-reversibly opening the packaging product.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sarah M. Drewery, Michael J. Fish, Colin I. Holyoake, Keira L. Hopkins
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Publication number: 20150113922Abstract: A packaging product and a method of closing a packaging product are provided. Closing a packaging product may include providing a first member of the packaging product having an aperture therein and providing a bubble rivet extending through the aperture and having an expanded hollow head portion on one side of the aperture with a neck portion of the bubble rivet being provided in the aperture. The hollow head portion of the bubble rivet is breakable to enable withdrawal of the head portion through the aperture thereby non-reversibly opening the packaging product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Sarah M. Drewery, Michael J. Fish, Colin I. Holyoake, Keira L. Hopkins
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Patent number: 8701001Abstract: A method and system for screen capture are provided. The method includes: selecting a screen area; determining properties of an open window displayed in the screen area, including determining the position of the window and the application and current application data; using image processing to detect scroll bars within the application data of the open window, including detecting the position of the slider in the scroll bar; and saving metadata of the screen area including the open window and the scroll bars as a file. The metadata file re-creates the screen area including the open window with the application data in the correct position within the application.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esther L. Dovey, Emma L. Grove, Keira L. Hopkins, Adam J. Pilkington
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Patent number: 8694884Abstract: A method and system for screen capture are provided. The method includes: selecting a screen area; determining properties of an open window displayed in the screen area, including determining the position of the window and the application and current application data; using image processing to detect scroll bars within the application data of the open window, including detecting the position of the slider in the scroll bar; and saving metadata of the screen area including the open window and the scroll bars as a file. The metadata file re-creates the screen area including the open window with the application data in the correct position within the application.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Esther L. Dovey, Emma L. Grove, Keira L. Hopkins, Adam J. Pilkington
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Publication number: 20120297298Abstract: A method and system for screen capture are provided. The method includes: selecting a screen area; determining properties of an open window displayed in the screen area, including determining the position of the window and the application and current application data; using image processing to detect scroll bars within the application data of the open window, including detecting the position of the slider in the scroll bar; and saving metadata of the screen area including the open window and the scroll bars as a file. The metadata file re-creates the screen area including the open window with the application data in the correct position within the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Esther L. Dovey, Emma L. Grove, Keira L. Hopkins, Adam J. Pilkington
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Publication number: 20120221946Abstract: A method and system for screen capture are provided. The method includes: selecting a screen area; determining properties of an open window displayed in the screen area, including determining the position of the window and the application and current application data; using image processing to detect scroll bars within the application data of the open window, including detecting the position of the slider in the scroll bar; and saving metadata of the screen area including the open window and the scroll bars as a file. The metadata file re-creates the screen area including the open window with the application data in the correct position within the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Esther L. Dovey, Emma L. Grove, Keira L. Hopkins, Adam J. Pilkington