Patents by Inventor Kurt W. MacDonald

Kurt W. MacDonald 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).

  • System, Method and Interface for Displaying Content
    Publication number: 20140164958
    Abstract: A user interface for displaying content, a user interface being comprised of n workspace boards 110a-n. Each workspace board has an area defined by a first edge 112a-n and a second edge 114a-n. Each workspace board has board availability indicator 120a-n. Each workspace board area is capable of being moved on and off of a display screen 124. When the workspace board area is moved off of the display screen—the board availability indicator associated with the workspace board remains on the display screen. When the workspace board area is off of the display screen, movement of the board availability indicator associated with the off screen workspace board moves the launch location of the workspace board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: April Slayden Mitchell, Kurt W. MacDonald, Ian N. Robinson
  • Arrangement of content within a custom television channel
    Patent number: 8255953
    Abstract: Techniques for content arrangement with a custom television (TV) channel in a custom TV system for providing a viewer with custom channels of content based on viewer preferences is described. Various examples of channel content ordering criteria upon which arrangement of content selections within a custom TV channel is based are also described. The custom TV system is suitable for execution on a digital video recorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Devlopment Company, L.P.
    Inventors: James A. Rowson, Richard C. Gossweiler, III, Kurt W. MacDonald