Patents by Inventor Nathan Carl Ross

Nathan Carl Ross 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 selection areas for selectable objects in graphical interface
    Patent number: 10162498
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor accesses electronic content that includes multiple selectable objects that are renderable in a graphical interface. The processor generates multiple selection areas respectively associated with the selectable objects. An input to the graphical interface received within each selection area selects an associated selectable object. Generating the selection areas includes generating a boundary around at least one of the selectable objects. Any point within the boundary is closer to the associated selectable object than any other selectable object. Generating the selection areas also includes clipping the boundary to define the selection area for the selectable object. The processor adds the selection areas to a document object model associated with the electronic content. The document object model is usable for rendering the graphical interface with the selectable objects and identifying the selection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Nathan Carl Ross
  • PROVIDING SELECTION AREAS FOR SELECTABLE OBJECTS IN GRAPHICAL INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20170177196
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor accesses electronic content that includes multiple selectable objects that are renderable in a graphical interface. The processor generates multiple selection areas respectively associated with the selectable objects. An input to the graphical interface received within each selection area selects an associated selectable object. Generating the selection areas includes generating a boundary around at least one of the selectable objects. Any point within the boundary is closer to the associated selectable object than any other selectable object. Generating the selection areas also includes clipping the boundary to define the selection area for the selectable object. The processor adds the selection areas to a document object model associated with the electronic content. The document object model is usable for rendering the graphical interface with the selectable objects and identifying the selection areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Nathan Carl Ross
  • Providing selection areas for selectable objects in graphical interface
    Patent number: 9600137
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor accesses electronic content that includes multiple selectable objects that are renderable in a graphical interface. The processor generates multiple selection areas respectively associated with the selectable objects. An input to the graphical interface received within each selection area selects an associated selectable object. Generating the selection areas includes generating a boundary around at least one of the selectable objects. Any point within the boundary is closer to the associated selectable object than any other selectable object. Generating the selection areas also includes clipping the boundary to define the selection area for the selectable object. The processor adds the selection areas to a document object model associated with the electronic content. The document object model is usable for rendering the graphical interface with the selectable objects and identifying the selection areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Nathan Carl Ross
  • Providing Selection Areas for Selectable Objects in Graphical Interface
    Publication number: 20150026637
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a processor accesses electronic content that includes multiple selectable objects that are renderable in a graphical interface. The processor generates multiple selection areas respectively associated with the selectable objects. An input to the graphical interface received within each selection area selects an associated selectable object. Generating the selection areas includes generating a boundary around at least one of the selectable objects. Any point within the boundary is closer to the associated selectable object than any other selectable object. Generating the selection areas also includes clipping the boundary to define the selection area for the selectable object. The processor adds the selection areas to a document object model associated with the electronic content. The document object model is usable for rendering the graphical interface with the selectable objects and identifying the selection areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Nathan Carl Ross