Patents by Inventor Richard Bowker

Richard Bowker 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).

  • Visualization system including data navigator for use with digital computer system
    Patent number: 6603472
    Abstract: A data visualization arrangement for facilitating the display of data items comprising a selected region of an object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data object store, an interface, an object region retrieval component and a display. The data object store stores the data object, the data object comprising a plurality of data items in a predetermined organization. The interface receives a region identification for identifying a particular region of the object and a display mode identification. The object region retrieval component retrieves data items from a region of the data object as identified by the region identification received by the interface. Finally, the display receives the data items as retrieved by the object region retrieval mechanism and displays them in the display mode as identified by the display mode identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Allen, Richard Bowker, Karen C. Jourdenais, Joshua E. Simons, Steven J. Sistare, Richard Title
  • Visualization system including data navigator for use with digital computer system
    Publication number: 20020097239
    Abstract: A data visualization arrangement for facilitating the display of data items comprising a selected region of an object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data object store, an interface, an object region retrieval component and a display. The data object store stores the data object, the data object comprising a plurality of data items in a predetermined organization. The interface receives a region identification for identifying a particular region of the object and a display mode identification. The object region retrieval component retrieves data items from a region of the data object as identified by the region identification received by the interface. Finally, the display receives the data items as retrieved by the object region retrieval mechanism and displays them in the display mode as identified by the display mode identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Allen, Richard Bowker, Karen C. Jourdenais, Joshua E. Simons, Steven J. Sistare, Richard Title
  • Visualization system including data navigator for use with digital computer system
    Patent number: 6366280
    Abstract: A data visualization arrangement for facilitating the display of data items comprising a selected region of an object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data object store, an interface, an object region retrieval component and a display. The data object store stores the data object, the data object comprising a plurality of data items in a predetermined organization. The interface receives a region identification for identifying a particular region of the object and a display mode identification. The object region retrieval component retrieves data items from a region of the data object as identified by the region identification received by the interface. Finally, the display receives the data items as retrieved by the object region retrieval mechanism and displays them in the display mode as identified by the display mode identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Allen, Richard Bowker, Karen C. Jourdenais, Joshua E. Simons, Steven J. Sistare, Richard Title
  • System and method for displaying a selected region of a multi-dimensional data object
    Patent number: 5884016
    Abstract: A data visualization arrangement facilitates the display of a selected region of a multi-dimensional data object in a selected one of a plurality of display modes. The arrangement comprises a data object store, an interface, an object region retrieval component and a display. The data object store stores the data object, the data object comprising a plurality of data items in a predetermined organization. The interface receives a region identification for identifying a particular region of the object and a display mode identification. The object region retrieval component retrieves data items from a region of the data object as identified by the region identification received by the interface. Finally, the display receives the data items as retrieved by the object region retrieval mechanism and displays them in the display mode as identified by the display mode identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Allen, Richard Bowker, Karen C. Jourdenais, Joshua E. Simons, Steven J. Sistare, Richard Title