Patents by Inventor Patrick Simon

Patrick Simon 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).

  • Publication number: 20250232109
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods that are directed to a pop-up insertion window for simplifying a user interaction when inputting data into a table. In one example, the method may include storing tables of data in memory, displaying a plurality of rows of data from a table among the tables of data stored within the memory via a user interface of a software application, receiving a request to add a row to the table, displaying a pop-up window via the user interface, the pop-up window comprising a plurality of fields for inputting data and an input button, receiving input content via the plurality of fields within the pop-up window, and inserting a new row with the received input content into the plurality of rows of data displayed via the user interface, in response to a command via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventor: Patrick SIMON
  • Patent number: 12067356
    Abstract: Provided is a software process that can dynamically identify and display a plurality of category values of an electronic file based on a file name assigned to the electronic file. Thus, the software can automatically populate a user interface with details about content within the electronic file based on the file name. In one example, the method may include receiving an electronic computer file having a file name, identifying a subset of characters within the file name which correspond to a data category, mapping a value of the identified subset of characters to a category value in the data category, displaying an identifier of the electronic file on a user interface, and dynamically populating a predefined field within the user interface corresponding to the data category with the mapped category value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 12019845
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for popping out a menu that is embedded within a user interface. The popped-out menu can be moved independently of a window in the user interface from which the menu is dislodged from and can have it size adjusted. In one example, the method may include displaying a menu comprising a plurality of selectable actions which are embedded within a user interface window, receiving a predetermined command with respect to the user interface, and in response to receipt of the predetermined command, outputting a pop-out menu that corresponds to the menu embedded within the user interface window, the pop-out window comprising the plurality of selectable actions and being configured to move independently of the user interface window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11960829
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for simplifying a user interaction when inputting data into multiple pages/windows of a software application. In one example, the method may include executing a software application, displaying a plurality of rows of data values from columns of a database table via a user interface embedded in a page of the software application, detecting a request for a fast input submitted via the user interface, and in response to the detected request, displaying a plurality of interactive elements within the plurality of rows of data values on the user interface, and detecting a selection of an interactive element from among the plurality of interactive elements, and in response, displaying a fast input user interface with input fields extracted from one or more other pages of the software application via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11893210
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods which generate and display a control overlay for user interface elements such as checkboxes and the like. The control overlay provides a larger selection area than an underlying user interface element. In one example, the method may include receiving a request associated with a user interface element from among a plurality of user interface elements displayed within a user interface, the user interface element comprising a selectable area, displaying a control overlay for the user interface element via the user interface, the control overlay being partially translucent and comprising a selectable area that is larger than and encompasses the selectable area of the user interface element, detecting an input command via the selectable area of the control overlay, and in response to the detection of the input command, selecting the user interface element displayed via the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11880539
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods directed to a pop-up visualization that provides a view of data values currently hidden on a display screen. In one example, the method may include displaying data values from a subset of columns of a database table via a user interface, displaying a plurality of pop-up indicators via the user interface, where each pop-up indicator is displayed within a different row of the displayed data values, detecting a selection of a pop-up indicator from among the plurality of pop-up indicators corresponding to a row of displayed data values, and in response to the detecting, initializing a display of a pop-up visualization which includes one or more additional data values from a second subset of columns of the database table that are not included in the row of displayed data values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20230394229
    Abstract: Provided is a software process that can dynamically identify and display a plurality of category values of an electronic file based on a file name assigned to the electronic file. Thus, the software can automatically populate a user interface with details about content within the electronic file based on the file name. In one example, the method may include receiving an electronic computer file having a file name, identifying a subset of characters within the file name which correspond to a data category, mapping a value of the identified subset of characters to a category value in the data category, displaying an identifier of the electronic file on a user interface, and dynamically populating a predefined field within the user interface corresponding to the data category with the mapped category value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11755175
    Abstract: Provided is a keyboard navigation menu which provides navigation within a software application using keyboard commands instead of mouse/cursor based inputs. The keyboard activation menu can improve upon traditional mouse-based menus which often include hidden tabs or require multiple mouse inputs. In one example, the method may include displaying, via a user interface, a keyboard navigation menu comprising a plurality of different keyboard inputs that when pressed navigate a view of the user interface to a plurality of pages of a software application, respectively, detecting a keyboard input from among the plurality of different keyboard inputs which corresponds to a second page from among the plurality of pages of the software application, and changing a view of the user interface from the first page to the second page of the software application that corresponds to the detected keyboard input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11640229
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for generating a control menu in a child page of a software application which can control selections of records in a parent page from which the child page depends. In one example, the method may include navigating a display window from a parent view of a plurality of data records to a child view that includes details of a first data record in response to selection of the first data record via the parent view, displaying a control menu within the child view which comprises a plurality of values of a target data attribute for the plurality of data records, respectively, detecting, via the control menu, a selection of a value of a target data attribute of a second data record, and removing the details of the first data record and instantiating details of the second data record, in response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20230120912
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods which generate and display a control overlay for user interface elements such as checkboxes and the like. The control overlay provides a larger selection area than an underlying user interface element. In one example, the method may include receiving a request associated with a user interface element from among a plurality of user interface elements displayed within a user interface, the user interface element comprising a selectable area, displaying a control overlay for the user interface element via the user interface, the control overlay being partially translucent and comprising a selectable area that is larger than and encompasses the selectable area of the user interface element, detecting an input command via the selectable area of the control overlay, and in response to the detection of the input command, selecting the user interface element displayed via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20230028333
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for generating a control menu in a child page of a software application which can control selections of records in a parent page from which the child page depends. In one example, the method may include navigating a display window from a parent view of a plurality of data records to a child view that includes details of a first data record in response to selection of the first data record via the parent view, displaying a control menu within the child view which comprises a plurality of values of a target data attribute for the plurality of data records, respectively, detecting, via the control menu, a selection of a value of a target data attribute of a second data record, and removing the details of the first data record and instantiating details of the second data record, in response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20220113845
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for popping out a menu that is embedded within a user interface. The popped-out menu can be moved independently of a window in the user interface from which the menu is dislodged from and can have it size adjusted. In one example, the method may include displaying a menu comprising a plurality of selectable actions which are embedded within a user interface window, receiving a predetermined command with respect to the user interface, and in response to receipt of the predetermined command, outputting a pop-out menu that corresponds to the menu embedded within the user interface window, the pop-out window comprising the plurality of selectable actions and being configured to move independently of the user interface window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11287953
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for an interactive one-click smart identifier that can be used to replace a traditional drop-down menu, combo box, or the like. Each click can change the identifier without a need to interact with a menu. In one example, the method may include storing a sequential order for a plurality of identifiers, displaying a currently selected identifier from among the plurality of identifiers at a predetermined position on a user interface and hiding remaining identifiers from among the plurality of identifiers from being displayed on the user interface, detecting a click on a predefined graphical element of the user interface, and in response to detection of the click, deleting the currently selected identifier from the user interface and replacing it with a hidden identifier from among the remaining identifiers not displayed on the user interface based on the sequential order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11249618
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for popping out a menu that is embedded within a user interface. The popped-out menu can be moved independently of a window in the user interface from which the menu is dislodged from and can have it size adjusted. In one example, the method may include displaying a menu with a plurality of selectable actions which are embedded within a user interface window, receiving a predetermined command with respect to the user interface, and in response to receipt of the predetermined command, outputting a pop-out menu that corresponds to the menu embedded within the user interface window, where the pop-out window includes the plurality of selectable actions and is configured to move independently of the user interface window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20210373719
    Abstract: Provided is a keyboard navigation menu which provides navigation within a software application using keyboard commands instead of mouse/cursor based inputs. The keyboard activation menu can improve upon traditional mouse-based menus which often include hidden tabs or require multiple mouse inputs. In one example, the method may include displaying, via a user interface, a keyboard navigation menu comprising a plurality of different keyboard inputs that when pressed navigate a view of the user interface to a plurality of pages of a software application, respectively, detecting a keyboard input from among the plurality of different keyboard inputs which corresponds to a second page from among the plurality of pages of the software application, and changing a view of the user interface from the first page to the second page of the software application that corresponds to the detected keyboard input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 11112944
    Abstract: Provided is a keyboard navigation menu which provides navigation within a software application using keyboard commands instead of mouse/cursor based inputs. The keyboard activation menu can improve upon traditional mouse-based menus which often include hidden tabs or require multiple mouse inputs. In one example, the method may include displaying, via a user interface, a keyboard navigation menu comprising a plurality of different keyboard inputs that when pressed navigate a view of the user interface to a plurality of pages of a software application, respectively, detecting a keyboard input from among the plurality of different keyboard inputs which corresponds to a second page from among the plurality of pages of the software application, and changing a view of the user interface from the first page to the second page of the software application that corresponds to the detected keyboard input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20210157458
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for popping out a menu that is embedded within a user interface. The popped-out menu can be moved independently of a window in the user interface from which the menu is dislodged from and can have it size adjusted. In one example, the method may include displaying a menu comprising a plurality of selectable actions which are embedded within a user interface window, receiving a predetermined command with respect to the user interface, and in response to receipt of the predetermined command, outputting a pop-out menu that corresponds to the menu embedded within the user interface window, the pop-out window comprising the plurality of selectable actions and being configured to move independently of the user interface window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Publication number: 20200096144
    Abstract: A universal protector for garden hose ends, including a first main body half having a semi-cylindrical shape, a second main body half having a semi-cylindrical shape, and a hinge to connect the first main body half to the second main body half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Patrick Simon
  • Patent number: 10249071
    Abstract: Provided are devices and methods for generating a view tile for a user interface. In one example, the method may include generating a top image layer comprising a plurality of transparent segments which are capable of representing a plurality of values based on which of the plurality of transparent segments are filled in with a color, generating a background color layer including the color, and overlaying the top image layer on the background color layer to generate a view tile representing a value from among the plurality of values. The generated view tile may provide a quick overview of an item with only a glance without requiring the viewer to read information in detail allowing the viewer to provide their attention to other activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Patrick Simon, Franz-Dieter Berger
  • Publication number: 20180082452
    Abstract: Provided are devices and methods for generating a view tile for a user interface. In one example, the method may include generating a top image layer comprising a plurality of transparent segments which are capable of representing a plurality of values based on which of the plurality of transparent segments are filled in with a color, generating a background color layer including the color, and overlaying the top image layer on the background color layer to generate a view tile representing a value from among the plurality of values. The generated view tile may provide a quick overview of an item with only a glance without requiring the viewer to read information in detail allowing the viewer to provide their attention to other activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Simon, Franz-Dieter Berger