Patents by Inventor Daryl E. Rubin

Daryl E. Rubin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system
    Patent number: 6992687
    Abstract: While viewing an electronically displayed document, a user creates a bookmark by selecting a desired part of a document to be marked. In response, a visual indicator is displayed and a bookmark object is created preferably separate from the document. The bookmark object comprises information linking the bookmark object to the desired part of the document as well as user-modifiable properties. If another part of the document is subsequently displayed, at least a portion of the visual indicator is still displayed. Later selection of the portion of the visual indicator causes the desired portion of the document to be re-displayed. Because the object is separate from the document, it may be viewed and sorted by its properties apart from its display with the document. A placemark is created whenever the display of a current document is discontinued. In response to a discontinuation signal, a placemark object comprising information linking the placemark object to a last-viewed part of the document is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew C. Baird, John L. Beezer, Jonathan C. Cluts, Daryl E. Rubin, Susan D. Woolf
  • Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system
    Publication number: 20040236774
    Abstract: While viewing an electronically displayed document, a user creates a bookmark by selecting a desired part of a document to be marked. In response, a visual indicator is displayed and a bookmark object is created preferably separate from the document. The bookmark object comprises information linking the bookmark object to the desired part of the document as well as user-modifiable properties. If another part of the document is subsequently displayed, at least a portion of the visual indicator is still displayed. Later selection of the portion of the visual indicator causes the desired portion of the document to be re-displayed. Because the object is separate from the document, it may be viewed and sorted by its properties apart from its display with the document. A placemark is created whenever the display of a current document is discontinued. In response to a discontinuation signal, a placemark object comprising information linking the placemark object to a last-viewed part of the document is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew C. Baird, John L. Beezer, Jonathan C. Cluts, Daryl E. Rubin, Susan D. Woolf