Patents by Inventor Sandra D. Kipp

Sandra D. Kipp 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).

  • Button area having a mixed state button for collapsing and expanding user interface items
    Patent number: 7996790
    Abstract: A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik F. Hennum, Sandra D. Kipp, Mark E. Molander
  • User Interface Expander and Collapser
    Publication number: 20080295014
    Abstract: A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Erik F. Hennum, Sandra D. Kipp, Mark E. Molander
  • User interface expander and collapser
    Patent number: 7360167
    Abstract: A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indicator area; displaying a first display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all the lower level expander/collapser items are in a first state; displaying a second different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when all of the lower level expander/collapser items are in a second different state; and displaying a third different display in the expander/collapser indicator area when a first one of the lower level expander/collapser items is in the first state and a second one of the lower level expander/collapser items is not in the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik F. Hennum, Sandra D. Kipp, Mark E. Molander