Patents by Inventor Timo Elliot

Timo Elliot 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).

  • Distance filtering gesture touchscreen
    Patent number: 8683332
    Abstract: A system may include a display to present a visualization comprising a plurality of graphical indicators, each of the graphical indicators associated with a respective one of a plurality of entities of interest, a touch-sensitive input surface to receive a touch input at a first portion of the visualization representing a current physical location of the apparatus and a drag input on the display device from the first portion to a second portion of the visualization, and a processor to filter the plurality of graphical indicators based on a distance between the first portion and the second portion. Filtering of the plurality of graphical indicators may include determination of a second distance based on the distance between the first portion and the second portion, and determination of at least one of the plurality of entities of interest, each of the at least one of the plurality of entities of interest located less than the second distance from the current physical location of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Valdrin Koshi, Timo Elliot, Ali Meziani, Alexis L. Naibo
  • DISTANCE FILTERING GESTURE TOUCHSCREEN
    Publication number: 20120072840
    Abstract: A system may include a display to present a visualization comprising a plurality of graphical indicators, each of the graphical indicators associated with a respective one of a plurality of entities of interest, a touch-sensitive input surface to receive a touch input at a first portion of the visualization representing a current physical location of the apparatus and a drag input on the display device from the first portion to a second portion of the visualization, and a processor to filter the plurality of graphical indicators based on a distance between the first portion and the second portion. Filtering of the plurality of graphical indicators may include determination of a second distance based on the distance between the first portion and the second portion, and determination of at least one of the plurality of entities of interest, each of the at least one of the plurality of entities of interest located less than the second distance from the current physical location of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Valdrin Koshi, Timo Elliot, Ali Meziani, Alexis L. Naibo