Patents by Inventor Michael Hart Leggett

Michael Hart Leggett 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).

  • Patent number: 8751965
    Abstract: A first single-action input is received indicating a start tracking request and including information identifying a first current location of a user-controlled object on a user display device. A second single-action input is received indicating a movement of the object across the display device to a first different location and including a stop tracking request. A first display object associated with the first current location and a second display object associated with the first different location are determined. A group of selected display objects is determined including the first and second display objects. Display objects associated with locations displayed in an area spanning a first region located between the first current location and the first different location are determined, where a selection of the selected display objects is based on the first start tracking request and the first stop tracking request, with no input associated with a modifier input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Wiley, Sean McBride, Michael Hart Leggett
  • Publication number: 20100241994
    Abstract: A first single-action input is received indicating a start tracking request and including information identifying a first current location of a user-controlled object on a user display device. A second single-action input is received indicating a movement of the object across the display device to a first different location and including a stop tracking request. A first display object associated with the first current location and a second display object associated with the first different location are determined. A group of selected display objects is determined including the first and second display objects. Display objects associated with locations displayed in an area spanning a first region located between the first current location and the first different location are determined, where a selection of the selected display objects is based on the first start tracking request and the first stop tracking request, with no input associated with a modifier input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Jon Wiley, Sean McBride, Michael Hart Leggett