Patents by Inventor Michael Dean Smith

Michael Dean Smith 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 SYSTEM FOR CURSOR APPLIED PROCESSING WITHIN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20020054050
    Abstract: A method and system for efficiently executing a predefined process within a data processing system having multiple objects and a movable cursor element displayed therein A user defined executable process is specified within the data processing system which may be applied to one or more arbitrary objects within the data processing system. The user defined executable process is then associated with the movable cursor within the data processing system. Thereafter, each time an object is graphically selected within the data processing system utilizing the movable cursor, the user defined executable process is applied to the selected object. The physical appearance of the movable cursor is preferably altered to indicate the association of the user defined executable process with the movable cursor and an error message is returned in response to a selection of an object which cannot be processed utilizing the user defined executable process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: WILLIAM J. JOHNSON, MICHAEL DEAN SMITH
  • Method and system for cursor applied processing within a data processing system
    Patent number: 5874963
    Abstract: A method and system for efficiently executing a predefined process within a data processing system having multiple objects and a movable cursor element displayed therein. A user defined executable process is specified within the data processing system which may be applied to one or more arbitrary objects within the data processing system. The user defined executable process is then associated with the movable cursor within the data processing system. Thereafter, each time an object is graphically selected within the data processing system utilizing the movable cursor, the user defined executable process is applied to the selected object. The physical appearance of the movable cursor is preferably altered to indicate the association of the user defined executable process with the movable cursor and an error message is returned in response to a selection of an object which cannot be processed utilizing the user defined executable process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Johnson, Michael Dean Smith
  • Light source
    Patent number: D487939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Epilight Technology Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Dean Smith