Agent icon for a display screen of a programmed computer system

- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of an agent icon for a display screen of a programmed computer system showing our new design, the vertical lining on the oval nose portion being understood to represent the color red;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof; and,

FIG. 3 is a front elevation view of a second embodiment thereof, the difference residing in the lack of color resulting from the display of the icon on a black and white screen display.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D281081 October 22, 1985 Zwissler et al.
Other references
  • "The Star User Interface: An Overview" AFIPS Nat'l Computing Conf. Paper (1982) p. 7. "The MacIntosh Bible" 2d ed., copyright 1988, Goldstein & Blair, p. 351. "Hypercard User's Guide" copyright 1988, Apple Software, p. i. "Drama and Personality in Interface Design", Proceedings of CHI '89, ACM SIGCHI, May 1989, pp. 105-108. "Issues in Multimedia Interface Design: Media Integration and Interface Agents" by Brenda Laurel et al., Apr. 1990. "Interface Agents: Metaphors with Character" by Brenda Laurel. The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design edited by B. Laurel, 1990, pp. 355-365. "Computers as Theatre" by Brenda Laurel. Addison-Wesley 1991, pp. 143-165.
Patent History
Patent number: D386167
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 23, 1993
Date of Patent: Nov 11, 1997
Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Patrick J. Naughton (Palo Alto, CA), David A. LaVallee (Palo Alto, CA), Christopher S. Warth (San Francisco, CA), James Gosling (Woodside, CA), Edward H. Frank (Portola Valley, CA), R. Michael Sheridan (Mountain View, CA), Joseph M. Palrang (Sunnyvale, CA)
Primary Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Attorney: Erwin J. Basinski
Application Number: 0/5,107
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/1143
International Classification: 1499;