PATENTS & INVENTION DISCLOSURES

Bill Buxton


Issued Patents

  1. Balakrishnan, R., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G. & Kurtenbach, G., Digital tape drawing system  US Patent 7,102,642,  Sept. 5, 2006.

  2. Balakrishnan, R., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G. & Kurtenbach, G., Digital tape drawing system  US Patent 6,642,927,  November 4, 2003.

  3. Baudel, T., Buxton, W., Fitzmaurice, G., Harrison, B., Kurtenbach, G. & Owen, R., Clickaround tool-based graphical interface with two cursors. US Patent 5,666,499, Sept. 9, 1997.

  4. Baudel, Thomas, Fitzmaurice, George, Buxton; William, Kurtenbach, Gordon, Tappen, Charles, Liepe, Peter, Drawing system using design guides,  US Patent 6,377,240, April 23, 2002

  5. Bier; Eric A., Buxton; William A. S., User interface having movable sheet with click-through tools, US Patent 5,581,670, Dec. 3, 1996.

  6. Bier, Eric A., Buxton; William A. S. & Stone; Maureen C., User interface having click-through tools that can be composed with other tools. US Patent 5,617,114, April 1, 1997.

  7. Buxton; William Arthur Stewart (Toronto, CA); Bell; Jeffrey Allen. System for maintaining orientation of a user interface as a display changes orientation, US Patent 6,115,025, Sept. 5, 2000.

  8. Buxton, W. & Bier, Eric A. User interface having simultaneously movable tools and cursor, US Patent 5,798,752, Aug. 25, 1998.

  9. Buxton, W. & Fitzmaurice, G.W., System for editing time-based temporal digital media including a pointing device toggling between temporal and translation-rotation modes, US Patent 5,790,769, Aug. 4, 1998.

  10. Buxton, W. & Fitzmaurice, G.W., User interface system and method for controlling playback time-based temporal digital media.  US Patent 6,191,784, Feb. 20, 2001.

  11. Buxton, W. & Kurtenbach, G. (2000). Graphical keyboard.  US Patent 6,094,197, July 25, 2000.

  12. Buxton; William A.S.; Harrison; Beverly L., Vicente; Kim J. Graphical user interface with optimal transparency thresholds for maximizing user performance and system efficiency, US Patent 6,118,427, Sept. 12, 2000.

  13. Fitzmaurice, G. & Buxton, W., Temporal data control system.  US Patent 5,973,669, Oct. 26, 1999.

  14. Fitzmaurice, G., Kurtenbach, G., Buxton, W. & Pieke, R.,  Pen Mouse System, US Patent 7,242,387, July 10, 2007.

  15. Freed, Robert M., Buxton, Wiiliam A.S., Johnson, Margaret.  Electronic Pen.  Us Patent D565,6543, April 1, 2008.

  16. Harrison, B., Buxton, W., &  Zhai, S.., Graphical user interface with anti-interference outlines for enhanced variably-transparent applications, US Patent 6,317,128, November 13, 2001.

  17. Freed, Robert M., Buxton, William A. S. & Johnson, Margaret.  Electronic Pen.  US Patent D565,653, April 1, 2008.

  18. Freed, Robert M., Buxton, William A. S., Johnson, Margaret & Winsor, Margaret Winsor.  Electronic Tablet.  US Patent D578,117, Oct. 7, 2008.

Invention Disclosures

  1. Buxton, W. (1994). Combined keyboard / touch tablet input device, Xerox Disclosure Journal, 19(2), 109-111.

  2. Buxton, W. (1994). Two-handed Document Navigation, Xerox Disclosure Journal, 19(2), 103-108.