Patents by Inventor Rick Bollenbacher

Rick Bollenbacher 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).

  • Cueing mechanism that indicates a display is able to be scrolled
    Publication number: 20050114791
    Abstract: A method for indicating that a content page is scrollable can include the step of displaying a content page within a display area. A determination can be made that at least a portion of the displayed content page is scrollable. Responsive to the determination, a flyover can be displayed to indicate that the content page is scrollable, where the flyover can be a graphical user interface (GUI) object independent of the content page. The flyover can be a fixed object that appears on top of other windows in the GUI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rick Bollenbacher, Patrick Commarford, Samuel Karns, Richard Miranti, Rodrigo Pastrana