Patents by Inventor Kurt N. Schafer

Kurt N. Schafer 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).

  • Selection of hierarchically organized items
    Patent number: 9606700
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are user interfaces and related systems and methods for selecting hierarchically arranged items in order to facilitate subsequent operations on an accumulation of such data selected from throughout a hierarchy. More specifically, a columnized user interface is disclosed that includes a final column containing an accumulation of items selected from various locations within the hierarchy. A user may interactively navigate throughout the hierarchy in one or more other columns, while selectively adding specific items from any such hierarchical locations in the final column for subsequent processing. Other tools may support grouping into favorites, recall of previous selections, or other operations to facilitate rapid creation and recreation of item groups for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Information Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt N. Schafer, Charles H. Field, Adam L. Fisher
  • SELECTION OF HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED ITEMS
    Publication number: 20140258939
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are user interfaces and related systems and methods for selecting hierarchically arranged items in order to facilitate subsequent operations on an accumulation of such data selected from throughout a hierarchy. More specifically, a columnized user interface is disclosed that includes a final column containing an accumulation of items selected from various locations within the hierarchy. A user may interactively navigate throughout the hierarchy in one or more other columns, while selectively adding specific items from any such hierarchical locations in the final column for subsequent processing. Other tools may support grouping into favorites, recall of previous selections, or other operations to facilitate rapid creation and recreation of item groups for processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Information Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt N. Schafer, Charles H. Field, Adam L. Fisher