Patents by Inventor Richard Spinks

Richard Spinks 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).

  • Methods, systems and computer program products for multidimensional movement in a display window
    Patent number: 7987433
    Abstract: Scrolling data in a display window having peripheral controls on a user interface of a data processing system includes a two-dimensional scrolling control that is integrated as part of the peripheral controls. The two-dimensional scrolling control includes at least three directional components. Each directional component is associated with a direction on the display window, and at least one of the directions corresponds to a change in both of the two dimensions. User input is accepted from a user. The user input includes a selected directional component. The data in the display window is scrolled in the direction associated with the selected directional component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Cox, Velda Bartek, Richard Spinks
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for multidimensional movement in a display window
    Publication number: 20040207648
    Abstract: Scrolling data in a display window having peripheral controls on a user interface of a data processing system includes a two-dimensional scrolling control that is integrated as part of the peripheral controls. The two-dimensional scrolling control includes at least three directional components. Each directional component is associated with a direction on the display window, and at least one of the directions corresponds to a change in both of the two dimensions. User input is accepted from a user. The user input includes a selected directional component. The data in the display window is scrolled in the direction associated with the selected directional component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Patrick Cox, Velda Bartek, Richard Spinks