Patents by Inventor Kirk B Gould

Kirk B Gould 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: 10365780
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for making an electronic document easier to use based on prior interactions with the same or a similar document by other users. An electronic document is presented to one or more users in an interactive environment. Interactions between the users and the document can be recorded as usage data. The usage data may represent one or more operations performed on the electronic document by the users. Based on the usage data, an enhanced user interaction feature associated with the document is configured. The electronic document and the enhanced user interaction feature are then presented to another user in another interactive environment. The enhanced user interaction feature makes using the document easier than it would be if the feature was not present, particularly for users who are unfamiliar with the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Yash Kumar Gupta, Lalit Vohra, Abhishek Modi, Aditya Kumar Pandey, Ankit Pangasa, Frederic Thevenet, Kirk B. Gould, Mohit Bansal, Nishant Kaushik, David Sherry, Steve Dakin, Vishal K. Gupta
  • Patent number: 10013411
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a document management application determines that a field of a document lacks a tag describing the field. The document management application also determines that data entered into the field of the document corresponds to a value of a field description included in a user profile. The document management application tags or otherwise associates the field with the field description based on the entered data corresponding to the value of the field description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: David Rudi Sherry, Kirk B. Gould, Steve Dakin, Frederic Thevenet, Lalit Vohra, Abhishek Modi
  • Publication number: 20150317295
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a document management application determines that a field of a document lacks a tag describing the field. The document management application also determines that data entered into the field of the document corresponds to a value of a field description included in a user profile. The document management application tags or otherwise associates the field with the field description based on the entered data corresponding to the value of the field description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: David Rudi Sherry, Kirk B. Gould, Steve Dakin, Frederic Thevenet, Lalit Vohra, Abhishek Modi
  • Publication number: 20150319198
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for making an electronic document easier to use based on prior interactions with the same or a similar document by other users. An electronic document is presented to one or more users in an interactive environment. Interactions between the users and the document can be recorded as usage data. The usage data may represent one or more operations performed on the electronic document by the users. Based on the usage data, an enhanced user interaction feature associated with the document is configured. The electronic document and the enhanced user interaction feature are then presented to another user in another interactive environment. The enhanced user interaction feature makes using the document easier than it would be if the feature was not present, particularly for users who are unfamiliar with the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yash Kumar Gupta, Lalit Vohra, Abhishek Modi, Aditya Kumar Pandey, Ankit Pangasa, Frederic Thevenet, Kirk B. Gould, Mohit Bansal, Nishant Kaushik, David Sherry, Steve Dakin, Vishal K. Gupta
  • Patent number: 8914443
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B. Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20140181207
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B. Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8706813
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B. Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20130212174
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, a forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B. Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Patent number: 8166384
    Abstract: A server within an online environment is configured to store a set of bookmark media objects that provide a multimedia preview of the destinations within the environment. The bookmark media objects can be graphic thumbnails of corresponding web pages, audio streams, video streams or any combination thereof or other suitable media that provides a representation of the destination. A client device is communicatively coupled to the server and is configured to store references to the network destinations and references to the corresponding bookmark media objects. A web browser executing in an operating environment provided by the client device is configured to retrieve and present the bookmark media objects to a user for selection. Based on the selection, the web browser accesses the corresponding network destination. Each bookmark media object is updated as a function of a current state of the corresponding network destination, user information or general conditions of the computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Kaplan, Kirk B. Gould, Brandyn Webb
  • Patent number: 7502825
    Abstract: A forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20030018716
    Abstract: A forum for user interaction is provided. A clone of the forum is created, thereby allowing any number of users to be in the same forum while limiting the number of users in each instance of the forum. It is determined whether a relationship exists between a user entering the forum and one or more other users entering the forum or with one or more other users already in the forum. If a relationship exists, the user entering the forum is placed in a clone of the forum based on the relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Brandyn Webb, Kirk B. Gould, Michael Kaplan
  • Patent number: 5808627
    Abstract: A method for providing objects to a rendering circuit. The method comprises the steps of: generating an active list, the active including a first subset of the objects; accessing the first subset of objects from the first memory; storing the first subset of objects in a second memory, the second memory having a faster access time than the first memory, and providing the active list to the rendering circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. Kelley, Kirk B. Gould