Patents by Inventor Te-Chuan Liu

Te-Chuan Liu 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).

  • Item selection methods
    Publication number: 20070211040
    Abstract: Item selection methods. Users touch, drag, and release contact along a touch-sensitive mechanism to select software hotkeys or menu items on a display screen. As soon as contact is made with and remains on the surface of the sensor, a menu appears on the display screen. Sustained contact and dragging along the touch-sensitive mechanism moves or scrolls through content items. When contact is terminated with the touch-sensitive mechanism, the highlighted content item is selected for launching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: John C. Wang, Hsi-Kun Chen, Te-Chuan Liu, Yi-Shen Wang, Hsing-Chiang Huang, Ming-San Huang