Patents by Inventor Mark A. Castle

Mark A. Castle 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).

  • Socially enabled guidance for products with GUIs
    Patent number: 10388182
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to socially enabled guidance for products with GUIs. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: recording a set of sequential graphical user interface (GUI) interactions in a product GUI; saving the set of sequential GUI interactions in a file; importing the file containing the set of sequential GUI interactions; parsing the file to extract the set of sequential GUI interactions; highlighting a GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions; and in response to a user selection of the highlighted GUI interaction, highlighting a next GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Castle, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J. P. McNamara, Mark N. Walters
  • SOCIALLY ENABLED GUIDANCE FOR PRODUCTS WITH GUIS
    Publication number: 20160147397
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to socially enabled guidance for products with GUIs. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: recording a set of sequential graphical user interface (GUI) interactions in a product GUI; saving the set of sequential GUI interactions in a file; importing the file containing the set of sequential GUI interactions; parsing the file to extract the set of sequential GUI interactions; highlighting a GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions; and in response to a user selection of the highlighted GUI interaction, highlighting a next GUI interaction listed in the set of sequential GUI interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Mark A. Castle, Andrew D. Humphreys, Martin G. Keen, John J.P. McNamara, Mark N. Walters