Robert F Berger

US Patent:

51481545, Sep 15, 1992

Filed:

Dec 4, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/622821

Inventors:

Michael T. MacKay - Vallejo CA
Robert J. Berger - Menlo Park CA
Robert Duffy - Milpitas CA
Ted E. Langford - Fremont CA

Assignee:

Sony Corporation of America - Park Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G09G 302

US Classification:

340712

Abstract:

The present invention provides apparatus and methods for a multi-dimensional user interface for use in audio visual production. A display system including a central processing unit (CPU) is coupled through appropriate input/output (I/O) circuitry to input devices, such as a keyboard, digital pad and/or track ball as well as a display device. The CPU is further coupled to a hard disk drive for the storage of programs and data, and is also coupled to a network through which the CPU may communicate with a variety of system resource devices such as editors, music synthesizers, graphics generators, scheduling resources, audio enhancement resources, etc. A user viewing the interface on the display may utilize one of the input devices, such as by way of example, the keyboard, to select, incorporate or otherwise integrate the various system resources to develop a unified multi-media production. The user interface of the present invention includes a control frame which in practice substantially fills all of the display screen of the display and is consistent for all user applications. The control frame is comprised of control panels which surround a variety of subwindows and acts as a consistent control area for all users of the interface.

US Patent:

20210035086, Feb 4, 2021

Filed:

Aug 3, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/983901

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
Ashok Narasimhan - San Francisco CA, US
Laura Ann Torbett Giddings - Los Gatos CA, US
Amitaabh Malhotra - San Carlos CA, US
Robert Jay Berger - Saratoga CA, US
Sriram Krishnan - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 20/32
G06Q 20/20
G06Q 20/38

Abstract:

A system for facilitating payment and non-payment transactions between a computing device that lacks an activated payment application and a merchant is described. In an embodiment, a transaction bridge server receives, from a merchant server, transaction information for a particular transaction between a user and a merchant. The transaction bridge server generates a URL representing the particular transaction, sends the URL to the merchant server, and receives, from a web browser of a computing device, an indication of an interaction between the computing device and a touchpoint comprising the URL, the indication comprising a request to access the URL. The transaction bridge server generates a display page customized for the user, the display page comprising the transaction information, sends the display page to the web browser of the computing device, receives an acceptance of the particular transaction, and initiates the particular transaction.