Michael L Ferris

US Patent:

6947967, Sep 20, 2005

Filed:

May 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/863817

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Computer - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F015/16

US Classification:

709203, 715500, 370509, 709201

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. The mechanism of the present invention provides two significant advantages over the prior art: the synchronization of state, and the recognition of user actions in the browser including the invocation of the appropriate application logic in the server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server. The Applet Group Controller maintains an association with each applet that maintains the keys and values of any parameters and variables for the applet. In a preferred embodiment, upon the invocation of an event, the association instructs an Action Coordinator to invoke an action.

US Patent:

7529841, May 5, 2009

Filed:

Sep 19, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/230984

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709228, 709203

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. The mechanism of the present invention provides two significant advantages over the prior art: the synchronization of state, and the recognition of user actions in the browser including the invocation of the appropriate application logic in the server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server. The Applet Group Controller maintains an association with each applet that maintains the keys and values of any parameters and variables for the applet. In a preferred embodiment, upon the invocation of an event, the association instructs an Action Coordinator to invoke an action.

US Patent:

7991834, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Mar 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/407698

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709228

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. The mechanism of the present invention provides two significant advantages over the prior art: the synchronization of state, and the recognition of user actions in the browser including the invocation of the appropriate application logic in the server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server. The Applet Group Controller maintains an association with each applet that maintains the keys and values of any parameters and variables for the applet. In a preferred embodiment, upon the invocation of an event, the association instructs an Action Coordinator to invoke an action.

US Patent:

8417771, Apr 9, 2013

Filed:

Jun 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/171354

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. The mechanism of the present invention provides two significant advantages over the prior art: the synchronization of state, and the recognition of user actions in the browser including the invocation of the appropriate application logic in the server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server. The Applet Group Controller maintains an association with each applet that maintains the keys and values of any parameters and variables for the applet. In a preferred embodiment, upon the invocation of an event, the association instructs an Action Coordinator to invoke an action.

US Patent:

8447806, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Mar 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/414476

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709248

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server.

US Patent:

8447807, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Mar 7, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/414482

Inventors:

Michael Ferris - Oakland CA, US
Nicolas Popp - Menlo Park CA, US
Scott Forstall - Palo Alto CA, US
Charles D'Harcourt - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709248

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for integrating applets running on a client with the application logic for applications running on a server. Instead of using the FORM element available in HTML, individual active applets are available and may be created that obtain user input (e. g. a checkbox, textbox, button, etc. ). A hidden applet called the Applet Group Controller is created which handles communication between the applets on the browser and the application logic on the server.

US Patent:

8566736, Oct 22, 2013

Filed:

Jan 19, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/356060

Inventors:

Oren Jacob - Piedmont CA, US
Eric Gregory - Larkspur CA, US
Michael Ferris - Sunnyvale CA, US
Robert Jensen - Berkeley CA, US
Timothy S. Milliron - Oakland CA, US
Brad Andalman - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Pixar - Emeryville CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715771, 715764

Abstract:

A user interface presents views of entities and their attributes relative to any subset of associated parameters. A view may present views of entities as a function of one or more parameters. A selection of a subset of entities in one view with respect to parameters may be presented in another view with respect to different parameters. Entities may be manipulated in any supplemental view to change their values or their parameter associations. A view may present components and parameters associated with layers or any subset of layers and/or after layer compositing. A view can include resolved values of components and their attributes. A supplemental view may include visual indicators to indicate the layer or other parameter defining its resolved value. Hierarchical relationships may be presented in views, with ancestor entities expanded within a view to show its descendent entities or collapsed to hide its descendent entities.

US Patent:

20110302556, Dec 8, 2011

Filed:

Jun 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/154307

Inventors:

Maxwell O. Drukman - San Francisco CA, US
Andreas W. Wendker - Woodside CA, US
D. Matthew Firlik - Cupertino CA, US
Todd R. Fernandez - Mountain View CA, US
Michael S. Ferris - Sunnyvale CA, US
Anders I. Bertelrud - Burlingame CA, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717113

Abstract:

Art editor within an integrated development environment displays a related file automatically. When a user enters a command to open a first file in the editor, the editor not only displays the first file's content (in a “primary editor”) but also automatically displays a second file's content (in a “related editor”), where the second file is related to the first file. In other words, when a first file is displayed in the editor, a file that is related to the first file is automatically displayed also. If the primary editor later displays a different file, then the file shown in the related editor will likely change as well, since the file shown in the related editor will be related to the “new” file in the primary editor. In other words, whatever is displayed in the related editor “tracks” whatever is displayed in the primary editor.