Patents by Inventor William S. Andreas

William S. Andreas 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).

  • Previewing prominent features of remote documents
    Patent number: 9229912
    Abstract: A document previewing system includes a display device including a user interface and a document previewing engine coupled to the display device. The document previewing engine is configured to download an outline of a document including outline features and filler content in between the outline features. The filler content replaces secondary content of the document. The document previewing engine is further configured to display the outline on the display device, and download the secondary content corresponding to an outline feature in response to a user navigating to the outline feature and the outline feature displaying on the display device for a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William S Andreas, Erik B Craig, David K Grotjohn, Janet E Mockler-Rowlatt, Steven D Wood
  • PREVIEWING PROMINENT FEATURES OF REMOTE DOCUMENTS
    Publication number: 20140181644
    Abstract: A document previewing system includes a display device including a user interface and a document previewing engine coupled to the display device. The document previewing engine is configured to download an outline of a document including outline features and filler content in between the outline features. The filler content replaces secondary content of the document. The document previewing engine is further configured to display the outline on the display device, and download the secondary content corresponding to an outline feature in response to a user navigating to the outline feature and the outline feature displaying on the display device for a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William S Andreas, Erik B Craig, David K Grotjohn, Janet E Mockler-Rowlatt, Steven D Wood
  • System and method for displaying status of background worker threads
    Patent number: 6901558
    Abstract: A system for displaying the status of a plurality of threaded tasks operating in the background includes a status bar; a progress control bar in the status bar for a primary task operating in the background and including a progress bar and first and second action buttons; the progress bar visually representing progress of a primary background operation; the first action button being selectable by a user for initiating an action with respect to the primary background operation and the second action button being selectable by a user for alternately displaying and canceling a drop list of secondary progress control bars for secondary tasks also operating in the background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Andreas, Jeffrey P. Foster