Patents by Inventor Pierre BURGHGRAEVE

Pierre BURGHGRAEVE 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).

  • Touch-sensitive surface data
    Patent number: 9182878
    Abstract: A method for processing data received from at least one input device associated with a computer, the method comprising: determining if received data is associated with a location-aware event, and in dependence on said data being associated with a non-location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an operating system of the computer; and in dependence on said data being associated with a location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an application running on the computer; on receipt of the data at the application, determining if the event is coincident with the location of a displayed window associated with the application, and in dependence on the event not being coincident with the application window, transmitting the data for delivery to the operating system; and in dependence on the event being coincident with the application window, processing the data at the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Promethean Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Newman, Pierre Burghgraeve
  • TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE DATA
    Publication number: 20120139854
    Abstract: A method for processing data received from at least one input device associated with a computer, the method comprising: determining if received data is associated with a location-aware event, and in dependence on said data being associated with a non-location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an operating system of the computer; and in dependence on said data being associated with a location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an application running on the computer; on receipt of the data at the application, determining if the event is coincident with the location of a displayed window associated with the application, and in dependence on the event not being coincident with the application window, transmitting the data for delivery to the operating system; and in dependence on the event being coincident with the application window, processing the data at the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew NEWMAN, Pierre BURGHGRAEVE
  • DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD DATA
    Publication number: 20110050610
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive touch data and non-touch data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data from an interactive display surface; and selectively delivering the input data from the interactive display surface to an interface of an operating system of the computer system as either touch data or non-touch data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: PROMETHEAN LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel PEARCE, Pierre BURGHGRAEVE