Patents by Inventor William Justin Cox

William Justin Cox 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automatic scaling of tick marks
    Patent number: 8098249
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to calculate a default number of major tick marks as a function of a minimum distance between major tick marks and the length of a GUI control. A whole number of major tick marks that evenly divides a range of values to be mapped along the length of the GUI control is iteratively searched. A whole number of major tick marks is displayed along the length of the GUI control. The default number of major tick marks is the origin from which the search begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: SAP France S.A.
    Inventors: Ashley Mark Gadd, James Cochrane, William Justin Cox, David Jordan Dalley, Gerrit Richard Neve, Madison Lyndsey Poon
  • Apparatus and method for using a panel layout to consolidate dynamic and interactive graphics representative of input and output data
    Patent number: 7984383
    Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to select a panel layout with panels specified in combination. Interactive graphic files representative of input and output values for panels within the panel layout are selected. The interactive graphic files are associated with panels in the panel layout. A composite interactive graphic file representative of input and output values for the interactive graphic files representative of input and output values that have been associated with the panel layout is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Business Objects Software, Ltd.
    Inventors: Justin Mark Schell, Santiago Becerra, Sr., William Justin Cox, Brian Eric Mantuano, Jaime Zuluaga
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SCALING OF TICK MARKS
    Publication number: 20090244089
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to calculate a default number of major tick marks as a function of a minimum distance between major tick marks and the length of a GUI control. A whole number of major tick marks that evenly divides a range of values to be mapped along the length of the GUI control is iteratively searched. A whole number of major tick marks is displayed along the length of the GUI control. The default number of major tick marks is the origin from which the search begins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Business Objects, S.A.
    Inventors: Ashley Mark GADD, James COCHRAN, William Justin COX, David Jordan DALLEY, Gerrit Richard NEVE, Madison Lyndsey POON