Patents by Inventor Elise Leigh LIVINGSTON

Elise Leigh LIVINGSTON 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).

  • Patent number: 11144192
    Abstract: A method of and system for providing and processing a customizable document that is responsive to digital ink input is carried out by displaying the customizable document on a screen, receiving input into an object in the document, modify the object and/or the input in response to the input, and displaying the modified object or input on the screen, where the modification is done based on the type of object and an examination of the input, and the input includes at least some digital ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Edgar Schreiber, Heather Strong Eden, Elise Leigh Livingston, Rachel Ann Keirouz
  • Patent number: 10872199
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for modifying electronic documents. While a user is editing an electronic document on a canvas of an application, a trigger event related to an electronic pen is received (e.g., explicitly or inferred). The electronic pen has one or more associated attributes (e.g., type of pen, color of pen, thickness of line, transparency value). In response to the trigger event, which of a plurality of advanced productivity actions related to editing to apply to the electronic document is determined based upon at least one of the associated attributes. The advanced production actions can include, for example, styles, formatting, and/or themes. The electronic document is modified in accordance with the determined advanced productivity action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Elise Leigh Livingston, Daniel Yancy Parish, Adam Samuel Riddle
  • Patent number: 10776000
    Abstract: A method of and system for receiving, processing, converting and verifying digital ink input is carried out by receiving digital ink input, collecting data relating to the received digital ink input, and receiving a request to convert the received digital ink input. Upon receiving the request, the received digital ink input may be recognized as text characters based at least in part on an analysis of the digital ink input and the converted characters may be displayed on a screen adjacent to the received digital ink input, at which point a user may be able to compare the received digital ink input with the recognized characters to initiate any corrections needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventors: Elise Leigh Livingston, Patrick Edgar Schreiber, Tracy ThuyDuyen Tran, Heather Strong Eden, Rachel Ann Keirouz
  • Publication number: 20200201532
    Abstract: A method of and system for receiving, processing, converting and verifying digital ink input is carried out by receiving digital ink input, collecting data relating to the received digital ink input, and receiving a request to convert the received digital ink input. Upon receiving the request, the received digital ink input may be recognized as text characters based at least in part on an analysis of the digital ink input and the converted characters may be displayed on a screen adjacent to the received digital ink input, at which point a user may be able to compare the received digital ink input with the recognized characters to initiate any corrections needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Elise Leigh LIVINGSTON, Patrick Edgar SCHREIBER, Tracy ThuyDuyen TRAN, Heather Strong EDEN, Rachel Ann KEIROUZ
  • Publication number: 20200201533
    Abstract: A method of and system for providing and processing a customizable document that is responsive to digital ink input is carried out by displaying the customizable document on a screen, receiving input into an object in the document, modify the object and/or the input in response to the input, and displaying the modified object or input on the screen, where the modification is done based on the type of object and an examination of the input, and the input includes at least some digital ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Edgar SCHREIBER, Heather Strong EDEN, Elise Leigh LIVINGSTON, Rachel Ann KEIROUZ
  • Publication number: 20190361970
    Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for modifying electronic documents. While a user is editing an electronic document on a canvas of an application, a trigger event related to an electronic pen is received (e.g., explicitly or inferred). The electronic pen has one or more associated attributes (e.g., type of pen, color of pen, thickness of line, transparency value). In response to the trigger event, which of a plurality of advanced productivity actions related to editing to apply to the electronic document is determined based upon at least one of the associated attributes. The advanced production actions can include, for example, styles, formatting, and/or themes. The electronic document is modified in accordance with the determined advanced productivity action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Elise Leigh LIVINGSTON, Daniel Yancy PARISH, Adam Samuel RIDDLE