Patents by Inventor PHILLIPPE KAPLAN

PHILLIPPE KAPLAN 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: 11175801
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program product changes the properties of a graphical object. One or more processors receive a graphical display data set including information for generating a graphical display of a spreadsheet, where the spreadsheet comprises a cell having a perimeter that is defined by a plurality of edges. In the cell, a property adjusted by selecting a constrained edge of the cell is identified. A graphical control for the identified property is created and displayed in response to a user selecting the constrained edge and requesting the graphical control from a context menu associated with the cell, where activating the graphical control increases a size of the cell beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet. A user input selecting the graphical control is received. In response, the cell is expanded beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet and the property is displayed on the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pascale Dardailler, Marc Durocher, Damien A. F. Garbarino, Phillippe Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20180314402
    Abstract: A method, system and/or computer program product changes the properties of a graphical object. One or more processors receive a graphical display data set including information for generating a graphical display of a spreadsheet, where the spreadsheet comprises a cell having a perimeter that is defined by a plurality of edges. In the cell, a property adjusted by selecting a constrained edge of the cell is identified. A graphical control for the identified property is created and displayed in response to a user selecting the constrained edge and requesting the graphical control from a context menu associated with the cell, where activating the graphical control increases a size of the cell beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet. A user input selecting the graphical control is received. In response, the cell is expanded beyond the boundary conditions of the spreadsheet and the property is displayed on the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: PASCALE DARDAILLER, MARC DUROCHER, DAMIEN A. F. GARBARINO, PHILLIPPE KAPLAN
  • Patent number: 10114528
    Abstract: A interactor tool, method and/or computer program for changing the properties of a graphical object comprises: an edge property detector for identifying a property controlled by a moveable edge of a selected graphical object, wherein the property adjustment may be constrained if the movement of the edge is constrained by boundary conditions; and an additional graphical control that is created and displayed for the identified property and allows adjustment of the property based on user interaction of the additional graphical control, wherein the property is no longer constrained by the boundary conditions and graphical object edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pascale Dardailler, Marc Durocher, Damien A. F. Garbarino, Phillippe Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20140258900
    Abstract: A interactor tool, method and/or computer program for changing the properties of a graphical object comprises: an edge property detector for identifying a property controlled by a moveable edge of a selected graphical object, wherein the property adjustment may be constrained if the movement of the edge is constrained by boundary conditions; and an additional graphical control that is created and displayed for the identified property and allows adjustment of the property based on user interaction of the additional graphical control, wherein the property is no longer constrained by the boundary conditions and graphical object edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: PASCALE DARDAILLER, MARC DUROCHER, DAMIEN A. F. GARBARINO, PHILLIPPE KAPLAN