Patents by Inventor Jo Anne M. Mowery

Jo Anne M. Mowery 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).

  • Method and system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document
    Patent number: 6487567
    Abstract: A system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document. A User Interface Process provides a graphical user interface allowing a user to select a page-break within an electronic document and then identify a new location for the page-break. A System Process performs the steps of moving the selected page-break to the new location and adjusting the scaling and the automatic page-breaks for the remainder of the document to accommodate the page-break at the new location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric H. Michelman, Michael Christopher Connolly, Paul A. Hagger, Jo Anne M. Mowery
  • Method and system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document
    Patent number: 6128633
    Abstract: A system for manipulating page-breaks in an electronic document. A User Interface Process provides a graphical user interface allowing a user to select a page-break within an electronic document and then identify a new location for the page-break. A System Process performs the steps of moving the selected page-break to the new location and adjusting the scaling and the automatic page-breaks for the remainder of the document to accommodate the page-break at the new location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric H. Michelman, Michael Christopher Connolly, Paul A. Hagger, Jo Anne M. Mowery