Patents by Inventor Uwe Hey

Uwe Hey 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).

  • Method, device and computer program product for providing user information within a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 7934171
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a device for providing user information relating to a screen object selected by a user with a pointer tool within a graphical user interface. In order to provide the most comprehensive assistance possible to a user when operating the pointer tool, the following method steps are proposed: detecting the selected screen object, continuously registering the position of the selected screen object within the graphical user interface while the screen object is being moved by the user by means of the pointer tool, displaying a window which follows the position of the selected screen object and contains text-based information which is dependent on the position of the selected screen object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Hey, Markus Weinländer
  • Method, device and computer program product for providing user information within a graphical user interface
    Publication number: 20060256084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a device for providing user information relating to a screen object selected by a user with a pointer tool within a graphical user interface. In order to provide the most comprehensive assistance possible to a user when operating the pointer tool, the following method steps are proposed: detecting the selected screen object, continuously registering the position of the selected screen object within the graphical user interface while the screen object is being moved by the user by means of the pointer tool, displaying a window which follows the position of the selected screen object and contains text-based information which is dependent on the position of the selected screen object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Uwe Hey, Markus Weinlander