Patents by Inventor Kum-Yew Lai

Kum-Yew Lai 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).

  • Object-oriented computer user interface
    Patent number: 5900870
    Abstract: A computer user interface includes a mechanism for graphically representing and displaying user-definable objects of multiple types. The object types that can be represented include data records, not limited to a particular kind of data, and agents. An agent processes information automatically on behalf of the user. Another mechanism allows a user to define objects, for example by using a template. These two mechanisms act together to allow each object to be displayed to the user and acted upon by the user in a uniform way regardless of type. For example, templates for defining objects allow a specification to be input by a user defining processing that can be performed by an agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas W. Malone, Kum-Yew Lai, Keh-Chiang Yu, Richard W. Berenson
  • Object-oriented computer user interface
    Patent number: 5794001
    Abstract: A computer user interface includes a mechanism for graphically representing and displaying user-definable objects of multiple types. The object types that can be represented include data records, not limited to a particular kind of data, and agents. An agent processes information automatically on behalf of the user. Another mechanism allows a user to define objects, for example by using a template. These two mechanisms act together to allow each object to be displayed to the user and acted upon by the user in a uniform way regardless of type. For example, templates for defining objects allow a specification to be input by a user defining processing that can be performed by an agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas W. Malone, Kum-Yew Lai, Keh-Chiang Yu, Richard W. Berenson
  • Object-oriented computer user interface
    Patent number: 5790116
    Abstract: A computer user interface includes a mechanism of graphically representing and displaying user-definable objects of multiple types. The object types that can be represented include data records, not limited to a particular kind of data, and agents. An agent processes information automatically on behalf of the user. Another mechanism allows a user to define objects, for example by using a template. These two mechanisms act together to allow each object to be displayed to the user and acted upon by the user in a uniform way regardless of type. For example, templates for defining objects allow a specification to be input by a user defining processing that can be performed by an agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas W. Malone, Kum-Yew Lai, Keh-Chiang Yu, Richard W. Berenson
  • Object-oriented computer user interface
    Patent number: 5727175
    Abstract: A computer user interface includes a mechanism for graphically representing and displaying user-definable objects of multiple types. The object types that can be represented include data records, not limited to a particular kind of data, and agents. An agent processes information automatically on behalf of the user. Another mechanism allows a user to define objects, for example by using a template. These two mechanisms act together to allow each object to be displayed to the user and acted upon by the user in a uniform way regardless of type. For example, templates for defining objects allow a specification to be input by a user defining processing that can be performed by an agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Thomas W. Malone, Kum-Yew Lai, Keh-Chiang Yu, Richard W. Berenson