Patents by Inventor Simon Liddington

Simon Liddington 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).

  • Patent number: 8560970
    Abstract: A method of browsing a plurality of media items is disclosed. At least one of the media items being associated with a plurality of tag values, each tag value having a level. The method constructs a hierarchical tree structure of tag values according to the levels of the tag values, such that any tag value on any branch of the tree structure from a first tag value is associated with a media item with which said first tag value is associated. At least a first portion of the constructed tree structure is displayed in a graphical user interface. User input is detected to change the level of a second tag value in the displayed portion. The tree structure is reconstructed according to the changed levels of the tag values, such that any tag value on any branch from a third tag value remains associated with a media item with which said third tag value is associated. At least a second portion of the reconstructed tree structure is then displayed in the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Simon Liddington
  • Publication number: 20090164946
    Abstract: A method of browsing a plurality of media items is disclosed. At least one of the media items being associated with a plurality of tag values, each tag value having a level. The method constructs a hierarchical tree structure of tag values according to the levels of the tag values, such that any tag value on any branch of the tree structure from a first tag value is associated with a media item with which said first tag value is associated. At least a first portion of the constructed tree structure is displayed in a graphical user interface. User input is detected to change the level of a second tag value in the displayed portion. The tree structure is reconstructed according to the changed levels of the tag values, such that any tag value on any branch from a third tag value remains associated with a media item with which said third tag value is associated. At least a second portion of the reconstructed tree structure is then displayed in the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Simon Liddington
  • Publication number: 20080150892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and interface for browsing a collection (201) of images (203-208) represented (200) on a display device (100, 314). The interface provides an ordered arrangement (201) of the images according to at least one specific attribute (Person) of the images. At least one of the images (205) has multiple values (Fred, June) for the one attribute and the one image appears in the arrangement at a first position (between 202-208) corresponding to a first (Fred) of the values and at least one second position (between 210-215) corresponding to at least a second (June) of the values. The method displays at least a first subset (202-208) of the arrangement of images on the display device, the first subset including the one image at the first position. The interface responds to a user action upon an input device to cause display on the display device of a second subset (210-215) of the arrangement of images including the one image (205) at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: JONATHAN ANTHONY DUHIG, Simon Liddington