Patents by Inventor Michael Gary Wright

Michael Gary Wright 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).

  • Providing a user interface
    Patent number: 9910567
    Abstract: A system for providing a user interface includes a gadget definition, a style definition, and a scene file. The gadget definition includes one or more XML-based gadget definition tags defining a gadget element and the style definition includes one or more XML-based style definition tags defining one or more style attributes to be applied to the gadget element. The scene file is an XML-based document that includes a gadget element tag that specifies the gadget element. The system further includes a parser to parse the scene file, the style definition, and the gadget definition, and to generate an object that includes a gadget object corresponding to the gadget element. The system also includes a layout engine to determine, based on the object model, a layout of the user interface, and a rendering engine to render, based on the determined layout, the user interface including the gadget element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Oath Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Raymond Hewitt, Sreekant S. Kotay, Corey Robert Lucier, David G. Besbris, Todd C. Brannam, Veronica Marie Early, Peter David Hirschberg, Ke Ning, John D. Robinson, Michael Gary Wright
  • PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20160004399
    Abstract: A system for providing a user interface includes a gadget definition, a style definition, and a scene file. The gadget definition includes one or more XML-based gadget definition tags defining a gadget element and the style definition includes one or more XML-based style definition tags defining one or more style attributes to be applied to the gadget element. The scene file is an XML-based document that includes a gadget element tag that specifies the gadget element. The system further includes a parser to parse the scene file, the style definition, and the gadget definition, and to generate an object that includes a gadget object corresponding to the gadget element. The system also includes a layout engine to determine, based on the object model, a layout of the user interface, and a rendering engine to render, based on the determined layout, the user interface including the gadget element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph Raymond HEWITT, Sreekant S. KOTAY, Corey Robert LUCIER, David G. BESBRIS, Todd C. BRANNAM, Veronica Marie EARLY, Peter David HIRSCHBERG, Ke NING, John D. ROBINSON, Michael Gary WRIGHT
  • Providing a user interface
    Patent number: 9141402
    Abstract: A system for providing a user interface includes a gadget definition, a style definition, and a scene file. The gadget definition includes one or more XML-based gadget definition tags defining a gadget element and the style definition includes one or more XML-based style definition tags defining one or more style attributes to be applied to the gadget element. The scene file is an XML-based document that includes a gadget element tag that specifies the gadget element. The system further includes a parser to parse the scene file, the style definition, and the gadget definition, and to generate an object that includes a gadget object corresponding to the gadget element. The system also includes a layout engine to determine, based on the object model, a layout of the user interface, and a rendering engine to render, based on the determined layout, the user interface including the gadget element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: AOL Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Raymond Hewitt, Sreekant S. Kotay, Corey Robert Lucier, David G. Besbris, Todd C. Brannam, Veronica Marie Early, Peter David Hirschberg, Ke Ning, John D. Robinson, Michael Gary Wright