Patents by Inventor Kimberly K. Button

Kimberly K. Button 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).

  • In-Context Notification Of An Available Update Of A Computer Program
    Publication number: 20120137279
    Abstract: In-context notification of an available update of a computer program, the computer program configured to present a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) that includes one or more GUI elements where in-context notification includes: receiving, by the computer program, a notification of an available update to the computer program, the notification specifying one or more presently existing GUI elements affected by the update and displaying in the GUI, for each presently existing GUI element affected by the update, proximate to the presently existing GUI element affected by the update, an update indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kimberly K. Button, Jacob Kugel, Brian O. Wood