Patents by Inventor Michael A. Jewson

Michael A. Jewson 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).

  • Tree form menu display for a data processing system
    Patent number: 5621905
    Abstract: A data processing system displays options for selection by a user as a hierarchical tree form diagram. When a user indicates his first selected option to the data processing system it calculates what further selections are and are not available as a result of the selected option. It then modifies the display to show the options which are available for selection and those which are not. A selection list is stored and updated by the data processing system and the options input by the user are executed when the selection list is complete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Jewson, Paul A. Beaven