Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Boylan

Stephen P. Boylan 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).

  • Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images
    Patent number: 6167439
    Abstract: A data processing system is coupled to a facsimile device which receives and transmits facsimile images between the data processing system and a telephone line. The data processing system includes the capability to receive a facsimile image, interpret certain images as specified commands for the data processor, and to retrieve, manipulate and transmit data in response to the specified commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Kodak Limited
    Inventors: Stephen R. Levine, Alex J. Harui, Michael W. Schirpke, Stephen P. Boylan, Karen Donoghue, Mary Jane Boyd, Donna Ajgaonkar, Charles Paress, David J. Angel, Chia-Chuan Hsiao, Kenneth C. Knowlton, Bruce Eric Brown
  • Data processing system with folder means for associating a plurality of reduced size images in a stacked arrangement
    Patent number: 6115043
    Abstract: A data processing system provides a folder icon for holding representations of sheets of information in user desired order. The folder has a closed position in which a user generated label is viewable. The label is designed through a processor window activated through a tab portion of the closed folder icon. The folder also has an open position for viewing the sheets held in the folder. The folder is changed between its open and closed positions by activation of a main body portion of the closed icon and the tab portion of the open folder icon. The open folder icon provides addition or removal of representations of sheets of information from and to an area outside of the folder in a screen view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kodak Limited
    Inventors: Stephen R. Levine, Stephen P. Boylan, Michael W. Schirpke, Karen Donoghue, Alex J. Harui
  • System and method for viewing icon contents on a video display
    Patent number: 5442795
    Abstract: A data processing system provides a folder icon for holding representations of sheets of information in user desired order. The folder has a closed position in which a user generated label is viewable. The label is designed through a processor window activated through a tab portion of the closed folder icon. The folder also has an open position for viewing the sheets held in the folder. The folder is changed between its open and closed positions by activation of a main body portion of the closed icon and the tab portion of the open folder icon. The open folder icon provides addition or removal of representations of sheets of information from and to an area outside of the folder in a screen view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Levine, Stephen P. Boylan, Michael W. Schirpke, Karen Donoghue, Alex J. Harui