Patents by Inventor Rex Fang Xu

Rex Fang Xu 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).

  • Input interface device with transformable form factor
    Patent number: 8199107
    Abstract: Various implementations of an interface device, along with associated methods and systems, are described in which the interface device has a housing with a transformable form factor, and a transformation assembly that can change the form factor of the housing. At least one of the form factors of the housing has a shape that corresponds to data associated with the interface device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: University of Waterloo
    Inventors: Rex Fang Xu, Carolyn Gail MacGregor
  • INPUT INTERFACE DEVICE WITH TRANSFORMABLE FORM FACTOR
    Publication number: 20090040175
    Abstract: Various implementations of an interface device, along with associated methods and systems, are described in which the interface device has a housing with a transformable form factor, and a transformation assembly that can change the form factor of the housing. At least one of the form factors of the housing has a shape that corresponds to data associated with the interface device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Rex Fang Xu, Carolyn Gail MacGregor
  • System and method for processing content changes of on-screen items
    Patent number: 6825859
    Abstract: When a content of an on-screen item representing a feature of an application program is changed without user's direct interaction, the present invention provides a visual cue that indicates the content change of the on-screen item to help attracting user's attention to the change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Corel Corporation
    Inventors: Tony Severenuk, Cory Cooperman, Jennifer Fraser, Ramesh Subramanian, Rex Fang Xu
  • System and method for displaying window contents
    Publication number: 20030189598
    Abstract: An anchor manager is described for providing a window for presenting window contents. It comprises a pane provider, an anchor indicator and a coupler. The pane provider provides multiple panes, each containing window contents. The anchor indicator provider provides multiple anchor indicators, each representing its related window contents. The coupler associates an anchor indicator to a pane that contains window contents represented by the anchor indicator so as to allow display of the panes in a display area of the window according to selection of the anchor indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: COREL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn Lipstein, Laura Olac, Rex Fang Xu, Jennifer Fraser