Patents by Inventor Nicholas R. Richards

Nicholas R. Richards 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: 9218167
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium for enhancing a user interface of an application with additional information are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device detecting an event associated with an application executing on the computing device, a container of a user interface of the application, or at least one object of the container; determining additional information to augment basic information associated with the at least one object of the container of the user interface of the application; and augmenting the basic information of the at least one object in a display of the container with the additional information or one or more indicators corresponding to the additional information. The additional information is associated with the object. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Darren P. Wilson, Nicholas R. Richards, Aras Bilgen, Dirk Hohndel
  • Patent number: 8949858
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with a user interface with information augmented elements are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device determining additional information related to a user interface (UI) control element of a user interface of an application or an operating system component, and augmenting a display of the control element with the additional information. In embodiments, the UI control element may be adjusted so as to accommodate the augmenting a display of the UI control element with the additional information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Darren P. Wilson, Nicholas R. Richards, Aras Bilgen, Dirk Hohndel
  • Publication number: 20140059567
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium for enhancing a user interface of an application with additional information are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device detecting an event associated with an application executing on the computing device, a container of a user interface of the application, or at least one object of the container; determining additional information to augment basic information associated with the at least one object of the container of the user interface of the application; and augmenting the basic information of the at least one object in a display of the container with the additional information or one or more indicators corresponding to the additional information. The additional information is associated with the object. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Darren P. Wilson, Nicholas R. Richards, Aras Bilgen, Dirk Hohndel
  • Publication number: 20130339884
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, systems, and storage medium associated with a user interface with information augmented elements are disclosed herein. In one instance, the method may include a computing device determining additional information related to a user interface (UI) control element of a user interface of an application or an operating system component, and augmenting a display of the control element with the additional information. In embodiments, he UI control element may be adjusted so as to accommodate the augmenting a display of the UI control element with the additional information. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Darren P. Wilson, Nicholas R. Richards, Aras Bilgen, Dirk Hohndel