Patents by Inventor Ralph E. LeBlanc

Ralph E. LeBlanc 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: 9225936
    Abstract: A methodology may be provided that automatically annotates web conference application sharing (e.g., sharing scenes and/or slides) based on voice and/or web conference data. In one specific example, a methodology may be provided that threads the annotations and assigns authorship to the correct resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Ralph E. LeBlanc, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu
  • Publication number: 20130339889
    Abstract: Enhanced copying and pasting between applications includes capturing information about open applications including a screenshot of each of the open applications shown in a viewable area of the open applications; in response to receiving a copy command while the user is interacting with a first application, presenting the screenshots of the other open applications to the user for selection; in response to the user selecting one of the screenshots corresponding to a second application, displaying visual content segments from the second application; in response to receiving a user selection of two or more of the visual content segments, copying the selected visual content segments; and inserting the selected visual content segments into the first application such that original spatial relations between the visual content segments from the second application are maintained when the visual content segments are inserted into the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Ralph E. LeBlanc, Fang Lu, Alaa Abou Mahmoud
  • Publication number: 20130249950
    Abstract: A hand placement detection unit is configured to detect information indicating use of a user's non-dominant hand to interact with the touchscreen of a mobile device. An interface management unit is configured to modify user interface elements for use of the user's non-dominant hand. The interface management unit is configured to determine a layout for the modified user interface elements and other graphics appearing in the touchscreen. The display unit is configured to presents the layout. The layout includes the modified user interface elements and the other graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alaa Abou Mahmoud, Fang Lu, Paul R. Bastide, Ralph E. LeBlanc