Patents by Inventor Kirk T. Sanderson

Kirk T. Sanderson 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: 11227107
    Abstract: A system for displaying a plurality of versions of a document to a user including a computer processor and instructions causing the computer processor to determine a sequential order of the versions, output a base version of the document to a first text box window on a display, compare the base version to a next version on an element-by-element basis, identify common section/subsection headers of the compared versions, associate tags with the section/subsection headers, common sections/subsections of the versions being linked by the tags, output the next version of the document to a new text box window on the display, and replace the base version of the document with the next version of the document. Changes between the base version and the next version may be displayed in the new text box window. The operations may be iteratively performed until all versions have been output to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Kirk T. Sanderson
  • Publication number: 20200272788
    Abstract: A system for displaying a plurality of versions of a document to a user including a computer processor and instructions causing the computer processor to determine a sequential order of the versions, output a base version of the document to a first text box window on a display, compare the base version to a next version on an element-by-element basis, identify common section/subsection headers of the compared versions, associate tags with the section/subsection headers, common sections/subsections of the versions being linked by the tags, output the next version of the document to a new text box window on the display, and replace the base version of the document with the next version of the document. Changes between the base version and the next version may be displayed in the new text box window. The operations may be iteratively performed until all versions have been output to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Kirk T. Sanderson