Patents by Inventor Ralph Thomas Watson

Ralph Thomas Watson 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: 6434629
    Abstract: A computing system includes a viewing screen, user interface means, a plurality of application processes, a data file and agent engine means. The viewing screen displays images. The user interface means enables a user to select and move the images displayed by the viewing screen. Each application process in the plurality of application processes includes command processor means and action processor means. The command processor means receives semantic commands and executes the semantic commands. The action processor means monitors selection and movement of the images on the viewing screen and generates the semantic commands by lexical and syntactical analysis of the selection and movement of the images on the viewing screen. The semantic commands are sent to the command processor for execution. The data file includes first semantic commands executable by a first application process from the plurality of application processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Inventors: Glenn Stearns, Barbara B. Packard, Ralph Thomas Watson