Patents by Inventor Steven William Roth

Steven William Roth 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).

  • Menu management mechanism that displays menu items based on multiple heuristic factors
    Patent number: 6847387
    Abstract: The mechanisms of the present invention provide comprehensive heuristic menu arrangement control by providing several discrete, yet complementary, features. One feature is automatic menu arrangement for both fixed and variable content menus based on a combination of frequency of selection and recency of selection. Another feature is the consideration of time of day for menu arrangement. Time of day is used in two different ways. First, time of day is used as a heuristic factor (i.e., in the same way as recency and frequency) to affect the automatic arrangement of menu items. The second time of day feature allows the user to affect the order that certain menu items are presented during a user specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven William Roth
  • Menu management mechanism that displays menu items based on multiple heuristic factors
    Patent number: 6583797
    Abstract: The mechanisms of the present invention provide comprehensive heuristic menu arrangement control by providing several discrete, yet complementary, features. One feature is automatic menu arrangement for both fixed and variable content menus based on a combination of frequency of selection and recency of selection. Another feature is the consideration of time of day for menu arrangement. Time of day is used in two different ways. First, time of day is used as a heuristic factor (i.e., in the same way as recency and frequency) to affect the automatic arrangement of menu items. The second time of day feature allows the user to affect the order that certain menu items are presented during a user specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven William Roth
  • Menu management mechanism that displays menu items based on multiple heuristic factors
    Publication number: 20010019338
    Abstract: The mechanisms of the present invention provide comprehensive heuristic menu arrangement control by providing several discrete, yet complementary, features. One feature is automatic menu arrangement for both fixed and variable content menus based on a combination of frequency of selection and recency of selection. Another feature is the consideration of time of day for menu arrangement. Time of day is used in two different ways. First, time of day is used as a heuristic factor (i.e., in the same way as recency and frequency) to affect the automatic arrangement of menu items. The second time of day feature allows the user to affect the order that certain menu items are presented during a user specified time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventor: Steven William Roth
  • Menu management mechanism that displays menu items based on multiple heuristic factors
    Patent number: 6266060
    Abstract: The mechanisms of the present invention provide comprehensive heuristic menu arrangement control by providing several discrete,. yet complementary, features. One feature is automatic menu arrangement for both fixed and variable content menus based on a combination of frequency of selection and recency of selection. Another feature is the consideration of time of day for menu arrangement. Time of day is used in two different ways. First, time of day is used as a heuristic factor (i.e., in the same way as recency and frequency) to affect the automatic arrangement of menu items. The second time of day feature allows the user to affect the order that certain menu items are presented during a user specified time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven William Roth
  • Graphical user interface scroll bar that provides varied levels of access granularity
    Patent number: 6208343
    Abstract: The scroll box processor of the present invention provides increased access capabilities by providing four different access modes. Each mode involves a different level of access (i.e., coarse to fine). The fine access mode provides unit by unit access (line by line in the case of a document) by allowing the user to accomplish fine access through the scroll box itself. The remaining access modes are provided by combining conventional left mouse button/scroll box interaction with user mode selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Steven William Roth