William H York

US Patent:

20120144337, Jun 7, 2012

Filed:

Dec 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/957574

Inventors:

Donald Gene ARCHER - Euless TX, US
William D. YORK - Saginaw TX, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715773

Abstract:

A device displays keys, in a standard keyboard layout, on a touch screen of the device, and detects interaction of fingers, associated with a user of the device, with the touch screen. The device determines a type of interaction by the fingers, and reduces sizes of one or more of the keys when a finger contraction is the type of interaction by the fingers. The device displays, on the touch screen, a first reconfigured keyboard layout that includes the one or more keys that are reduced in size.

US Patent:

20130139126, May 30, 2013

Filed:

Nov 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/307063

Inventors:

Donald Gene Archer - Euless TX, US
Vinod K. Menon - Elkridge MD, US
Andrien John Wang - Keller TX, US
William Dwayne York - Saginaw TX, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717121

Abstract:

A user device receives a mobile application that defines multiple environments associated with the mobile application and launches the mobile application. After the launching the mobile application, the user device retrieves an environment selector value for the mobile application and initializes the mobile application with configuration data for a particular environment of the multiple environments. The particular environment is selected from the multiple environments based on the environment selector value.

US Patent:

20140115385, Apr 24, 2014

Filed:

Oct 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/655703

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Matt R. Bruce - Frisco TX, US
William D. York - Fort Worth TX, US

Assignee:

VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC. - Arlington VA

International Classification:

G06F 11/07

US Classification:

714 15, 714E11023

Abstract:

A task unit included in an application is executed. The task unit includes instructions for executing an application task. An exception is thrown by the task unit. A program fragment for resolving the exception is identified and used to obtain user input to resolve the exception.