Adobe, Inc.

Michael W Gough

Andrew C Lin

Geoffrey Charles Dowd

Mike Sundermeyer

Sang Ik Lee

Remon Tijssen

Timothy Walter Kukulski

Gregory Cy Muscolino

Gerard Thomas Knight

Jerry Knight

Alain Dumesne

An input device, such as a multifunction straight edge or a keyboard, has a recognizable contact shape when placed on a touchscreen display surface of a computing device. The contact shape of the input device can be a defined pattern of contact points, and a location and orientation of the input device on the touchscreen display surface is determinable from the defined pattern of the contact points. The input device includes an interaction module that interfaces with a companion module of the computing device. The companion module can initiate a display of an object responsive to the input device being recognized on the touchscreen display surface. The interaction module can receive a user input to the input device, and communicate the user input to the companion module of the computing device to modify the display of the object on the touchscreen display surface.

Physical object detection and touchscreen interaction

Straight edge device

A system and method allows panels to be dragged into position using an icon displayed on a selector user interface or from another position, and as the panels are moved over a position in which another panel is displayed, the other panel, and panels in subsequent positions, are animated to move out of the position over which the panel being dragged is positioned.

Method and apparatus for arranging the display of sets of information while preserving context

A system and method displays a gradient of color extending outward from the border of a user interface control such as a text box, list box, check box, radio button, scroll bar or message box. The display may be made in response to an event, such as a mouse over or error. A user interface control has such a gradient of color.

System, method and user interface controls for communicating status information

A system and method provides a tabbed user interface in which labels may be used to select one of a plurality of data elements, but only the selected label is displayed with a tab, the other labels being displayed without a tab. Feedback, such as by underlining a label when the user hovers the mouse over it, is provided to allow the user to identify that an action will occur if one of the non-tabbed labels is clicked.

System and method for displaying elements using a single tab

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Middletown, CA, United States of America

Michael W Gough