Patents by Inventor Shirley Mary McKenna

Shirley Mary McKenna 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).

  • Display of different versions of user interface element
    Patent number: 11010042
    Abstract: A method includes detecting interaction with a user interface element corresponding to an app on a touch screen and displaying a different version of the user interface element responsive to the detected interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Shirley Mary McKenna
  • Transient message display control
    Patent number: 9310886
    Abstract: A method includes observing via a camera of a device and a gaze tracking function that a user is looking at a transient message displayed on a display screen of a device, determining a time to remove the transient message from the display screen as a function of the observing, and removing the transient message as a function of the determined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shirley Mary McKenna, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • DEVICE TASK SUGGESTION GENERATOR
    Publication number: 20150254358
    Abstract: A method includes tracking user interaction with a device, correlating tracked interactions with a feature not yet enabled on the device, and providing the user with a task to enable the feature on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Shirley Mary McKenna, Caroline Helen Lalla
  • DISPLAY OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20150227301
    Abstract: A method includes detecting interaction with a user interface element corresponding to an app on a touch screen and displaying a different version of the user interface element responsive to the detected interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte.Ltd.
    Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon, Shirley Mary McKenna
  • TRANSIENT MESSAGE DISPLAY CONTROL
    Publication number: 20150227195
    Abstract: A method includes observing via a camera of a device and a gaze tracking function that a user is looking at a transient message displayed on a display screen of a device, determining a time to remove the transient message from the display screen as a function of the observing, and removing the transient message as a function of the determined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shirley Mary McKenna, Russell Speight VanBlon
  • System and method for planning and ordering components for a configure-to-order manufacturing process
    Publication number: 20030229550
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for planning and implementing the ordering of component parts provides for inputs customers ordering products and from suppliers, indicating whether they can supply component parts to meet net demand levels during specified time periods. The planning method is performed on an ongoing basis, such as on a weekly basis with data being prepared for the current week and for the next twelve weeks. The method is particularly adapted to be used for a number of fixed configuration products and additionally for a number of configure-to-order products, the configuration of which is specified in customer orders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Alfred DiPrima, Thomas Albert Kelly, Amanda Joyce Kotecki, Shirley Mary McKenna