Patents by Inventor Mark W. Granger

Mark W. Granger 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling the visual presentation of data
    Patent number: 7102643
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, disclosed herein is a method of controlling a visual presentation of data to a viewer, the presentation comprising a plurality of display configuration states through which data content is presented to a viewer, the presentation being responsive to transition input to transition from a current display configuration state to a next display configuration state, the method comprising: (1) providing a plurality of transition effects; (2) for each pair of potentially successive display configuration states, associating a transition effect therewith; (3) receiving transition input indicative to transition from a current display configuration state to a next display configuration state, the transition defining a pair of successive display configuration states; and (4) during the transition from the current display configuration state to the next display configuration state, presenting to the viewer the transition effect associated with the defined pair of successive display
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Vibe Solutions Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike R. Moore, Kenneth Turcotte, Mark W. Granger, Daniel A. Kaye, Peter A. Tjeerdsma
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the visual presentation of data
    Publication number: 20030090506
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, disclosed herein is a method of controlling a visual presentation of data to a viewer, the presentation comprising a plurality of display configuration states through which data content is presented to a viewer, the presentation being responsive to transition input to transition from a current display configuration state to a next display configuration state, the method comprising: (1) providing a plurality of transition effects; (2) for each pair of potentially successive display configuration states, associating a transition effect therewith; (3) receiving transition input indicative to transition from a current display configuration state to a next display configuration state, the transition defining a pair of successive display configuration states; and (4) during the transition from the current display configuration state to the next display configuration state, presenting to the viewer the transition effect associated with the defined pair of successive display
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Mike R. Moore, Kenneth Turcotte, Mark W. Granger, Daniel A. Kaye, Peter A. Tjeerdsma