Patents by Inventor Stephen Boatner Loe

Stephen Boatner Loe 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: 10599607
    Abstract: A method for interpreting clicks on a multi-function input device included in a digital device is provided that includes receiving a click from the multi-function input device, determining a position of the click on the multi-function input device and a cursor displayed on a display comprised in the digital device, performing an action according to the position of the click when the cursor is a cursor designated as a cursor requiring a click at a specific position on the multi-function input device, and performing an action associated with the cursor when the cursor is a not a cursor designated as a cursor requiring a click at a specific position on the multi-function input device. A digital device is also provided that includes a multi-function input device, a display, a memory storing software instructions for performing the method, and a processor to execute the software instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Stephen Boatner Loe
  • Publication number: 20180046596
    Abstract: A method for interpreting clicks on a multi-function input device included in a digital device is provided that includes receiving a click from the multi-function input device, determining a position of the click on the multi-function input device and a cursor displayed on a display comprised in the digital device, performing an action according to the position of the click when the cursor is a cursor designated as a cursor requiring a click at a specific position on the multi-function input device, and performing an action associated with the cursor when the cursor is a not a cursor designated as a cursor requiring a click at a specific position on the multi-function input device. A digital device is also provided that includes a multi-function input device, a display, a memory storing software instructions for performing the method, and a processor to execute the software instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Stephen Boatner Loe
  • Publication number: 20070195093
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of graphical data analysis is provided. The device includes a processor capable of obtaining numerical data from graphical data, a storage device for storing numerical data, and an output for displaying numerical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory Thorne Springer, Stephen Boatner Loe, Charles Alan Donaldson
  • Publication number: 20070198620
    Abstract: An electronic device capable of graphical data analysis is provided. The device includes a processor capable of manipulating numerical data and a graphical data. An input is provided for issuing instructions to the processor to manipulate the numerical data and graphical data. The device includes a memory device, a software program, and an output. The memory device is for storing graphical data and numerical data. The software program is stored in the memory device and is operable for dynamically linking the numerical data and graphical data, such that when the numerical data is updated the software automatically updates the linked graphical data, and vice versa. The output is operable for displaying graphical data and numerical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Nilakantan, Stephen Boatner Loe, Gregory Thorne Springer, Paul Daly, Robert Charles Wellman Jenks, Charles Alan Donaldson
  • Publication number: 20070198624
    Abstract: A device operable to maintain a document comprising a processor, a first problem space including a first variable having a first value, and a second problem space including a second variable having a second value, the first and second variables and the first and second values stored such that when the first variable is: the same as the second variable and the first value is different that the second value, the second value is maintained when the processor modifies the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Nilakantan, Stephen Boatner Loe, Gregory Thorne Springer, Malgorzata Brothers, Robert Charles Wellman Jenks, Charles Alan Donaldson