Patents by Inventor Manchuen Dino Tang

Manchuen Dino Tang 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 and method for displaying and manipulating image data sets
    Patent number: 5917488
    Abstract: A system for displaying and manipulating image data sets includes a display device, a memory, and a processing unit. The memory includes a view management unit that generates a graphical window showing thumbnail representations of programmed groups. A method for displaying and manipulating image data sets includes the steps of generating a first graphical window showing thumbnail representations of programmed groups, generating a second graphical window showing thumbnail representations of data objects contained in a programmed group selected from the first graphical window, and invoking an application program in response to the selection of a thumbnail representation of a data object from the second graphical window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric C. Anderson, John Y. Wang, Manchuen Dino Tang