Patents by Inventor Robert F. Gonsalves

Robert F. Gonsalves 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).

  • Method of communication using sized icons, text, and audio
    Patent number: 5973694
    Abstract: Language oriented information is communicated to and from a user by the use of a computer with a dynamic graphics display, having a pointing device for visually indicating a position through a cursor on the display. Various embodiments of the method include calling an icon to attention when the cursor is positioned on the icon, auto projecting an icon when it is activated, changing the icon image to denote its terminal node status, varying the play back speed of the audio/visual aspect of an icon, moving among different layers of a hierarchical database, and text searching and matching with icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Chatham Telecommunications, Inc.,
    Inventors: Richard D. Steele, Robert F. Gonsalves, Larry J. Leifer
  • Method of communication using sized icons, text, and audio
    Patent number: 5742779
    Abstract: Language oriented information is communicated to and from a user by the use of a computer with a dynamic graphics display, having a pointing device for visually indicating a position through a cursor on the display. Various embodiments of the method include calling an icon to attention when the cursor is positioned on the icon, auto projecting an icon when it is activated, changing the icon image to denote its terminal node status, varying the play back speed of the audio/visual aspect of an icon, moving among different layers of a hierarchical database, and text searching and matching with icons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Tolfa Corporation
    Inventors: Richard D. Steele, Robert F. Gonsalves, Larry J. Leifer