Patents by Inventor Peter F. Sovocool

Peter F. Sovocool 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).

  • Graphics system and method having objects conformed to a template
    Patent number: 6304272
    Abstract: A computer graphics program embodied in a computer-readable medium displays a template having a boundary and a plurality of regions, displays an object that can be associated with the template, and moves the object with respect to the template in response to a user command. The program may detect the proximity of the object to a region of the template and display the object in the region using an adjustment while the object is detected in the proximity of the region. Also, the program may modify the shape of a region in response to movement of a region control point located within the boundary of the template and conform an object associated with the region with the modification to the region. Further, the program may modify the template and its regions in response to movement of a two axes template control point and conform an object associated with a region in response to the modification to the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Micrografx, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Schanel, Peter F. Sovocool