Patents by Inventor John David Griffin

John David Griffin 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).

  • System and method for updating a table-of-contents in a frameset
    Patent number: 8091020
    Abstract: A self-updating frameset having a target document in one frame and a Table-of-Contents (TOC) document in another frame hyperlinked to the target document. A reference document (RD) field is inserted into the TOC document to identify the target document as the target of the TOC. A TOC field in the TOC document scans the target document to identify selected headings as entries in the TOC document. When the selected headings are identified, the TOC field creates hyperlink entries in the TOC document, each hyperlink entry having a corresponding anchor at a selected heading in the target document. The hyperlink entries in the TOC document can be automatically updated each time the fields in the TOC document are recalculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok Kuppusamy, James N. Helfrich, John David Griffin, Joe K. Yap
  • System and method for updating a table of contents in a frameset
    Patent number: 6769096
    Abstract: A self-updating frameset having a target document in one frame and a Table-of-Contents (TOC) document in another frame hyperlinked to the target document. A reference document (RD) field is inserted into the TOC document to identify the target document as the target of the TOC. A TOC field in the TOC document scans the target document to identify selected headings as entries in the TOC document. When the selected headings are identified, the TOC field creates hyperlink entries in the TOC document, each hyperlink entry having a corresponding anchor at a selected heading in the target document. The hyperlink entries in the TOC document can be automatically updated each time the fields in the TOC document are recalculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok Kuppusamy, James N. Helfrich, John David Griffin, Joe K. Yap