Patents by Inventor Tim Beauchamp

Tim Beauchamp 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).

  • Transparent windows methods and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 7904823
    Abstract: A method for optimizing pen-based annotations on a non-pen enabled window. The method includes starting a visible non-pen-enabled window further including position indicia and size indicia; starting a transparent pen-enabled window; and associating the visible non-pen-enabled window with the transparent pen-enabled window based on the position indicia and size indicia. The method further includes aligning the transparent pen-enabled window with the visible non-pen-enabled window, and accepting user input comprising a message. If the message further includes pen indicia, the method also includes forwarding the message to the transparent pen-enabled window. Else, the method includes forwarding the message to the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Beauchamp, Geoffrey Deane Owen Nicholls
  • Transparent windows methods and apparatus therefor
    Publication number: 20080046837
    Abstract: A method for optimizing pen-based annotations on a non-pen enabled window. The method includes starting a visible non-pen-enabled window further including position indicia and size indicia; starting a transparent pen-enabled window; and associating the visible non-pen-enabled window with the transparent pen-enabled window based on the position indicia and size indicia. The method further includes aligning the transparent pen-enabled window with the visible non-pen-enabled window, and accepting user input comprising a message. If the message further includes pen indicia, the method also includes forwarding the message to the transparent pen-enabled window. Else, the method includes forwarding the message to the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Tim Beauchamp, Geoffrey Deane Owen Nicholls