Patents by Inventor Stanley M. Lanning

Stanley M. Lanning 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: 4974173
    Abstract: In a collaborative system in which a body of shared data may be accessed by more than one user, a small-scale representation of the body of shared data displayed to one user includes an indication of the activities of other users. A user that is not viewing the shared data at full scale can thus obtain information about the activities of other users from a small-scale representation. The small-scale representation can indicate the type of activity, the extent or rate of changes in the shared data, the other users viewing the full-scale representation, or can show the shared data in shrunken form, indicating the parts that have been changed. The extent or rate of changes can be indicated with a quantitative indicator such as a gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1990
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J. Stefik, Daniel G. Bobrow, Stanley M. Lanning, Deborah G. Tatar, Gregg S. Foster