Steve E Taylor

US Patent:

7013431, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/136638

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Broadband Graphics, LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 13/00

US Classification:

715788, 715809

Abstract:

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. Like kind of shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed on existing display container cell to facilitate creation, expansion or contraction of a display action cell. The hierarchical relationship of the display container and action cells, and the automatic relative resizing of the container and action cells enable user interactions otherwise unavailable under prior art EUI.

US Patent:

7013432, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/136679

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Broadband Graphics, LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715788, 715809

Abstract:

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. In one embodiment, shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed in view re-sizing priorities of the display container cells and attributes of a host display container cell governing placement and/or alignment of immediately nested display container cells. In one embodiment, an efficient extended boundary method is employed.

US Patent:

7165228, Jan 16, 2007

Filed:

Apr 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/136669

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Broadband Graphics, LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715788, 715809, 715840

Abstract:

An EUI for presenting contents to a user, is constituted with at least a first display container cell, a second display container cell nested within the first display container cell, and a display action cell nested in either the first or the second display container cell. In one embodiment, each display container/action cell is defined by a plurality of cell attributes. The container cell attributes of each container cell include attributes defining a kernel, a maximum state, a centroid, a relocatability, and a resizing priority. The container cell attributes may also include attributes defining the maximum number, placement and alignment of descendant container/action cells. The container cell attributes of a leaf container cell also include an attribute defining content type of content to be rendered in the leaf container cell. The action cell attributes include attributes defining an image and/or binaries to be executed for various user actions.

US Patent:

7313765, Dec 25, 2007

Filed:

Feb 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/355252

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Broadband Graphics LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715788, 715854

Abstract:

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. Like kind of shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed on existing display container cell to facilitate creation, expansion or contraction of a display action cell. The hierarchical relationship of the display container and action cells, and the automatic relative resizing of the container and action cells enable user interactions otherwise unavailable under prior art EUI.

US Patent:

7539947, May 26, 2009

Filed:

Feb 14, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/355236

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Broadband Graphics, LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 13/00

US Classification:

715788, 715854

Abstract:

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. In one embodiment, shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed in view re-sizing priorities of the display container cells and attributes of a host display container cell governing placement and/or alignment of immediately nested display container cells. In one embodiment, an efficient extended boundary method is employed.

US Patent:

20060200779, Sep 7, 2006

Filed:

Apr 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/552643

Inventors:

Steve Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715781000

Abstract:

An EUI for presenting contents to a user, is constituted with at least a first display container cell, a second display container cell nested within the first display container cell, and an action cell nested in either the first or the second display container cell. The action cell being associated with causing at least an action to be performed in association with or on behalf with one or more display container cells.

US Patent:

20100017748, Jan 21, 2010

Filed:

May 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/469551

Inventors:

Steve D. Taylor - Lake Oswego OR, US
Axel M. Koenig - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

BROADBAND GRAPHICS, LLC - Lake Oswego OR

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715788

Abstract:

In a cell based EUI, existing display container cells nested within a “host” display container cell are automatically shifted and/or downsized, if necessary, to increase available space to facilitate the creation of another display container cell nested within the “host” display container cell, in response to a request to perform the creation. Similar shifting and/or downsizing are performed to facilitate expansion of one of the nested display container cells; and shifting and upsizing are performed to facilitate contraction of one of the nested display container cells. In one embodiment, shifting and/or downsizing/upsizing are performed in view re-sizing priorities of the display container cells and attributes of a host display container cell governing placement and/or alignment of immediately nested display container cells. In one embodiment, an efficient extended boundary method is employed.