Patents by Inventor Lance D. Bushore

Lance D. Bushore 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).

  • Systems and methods for relinking data items
    Patent number: 9965479
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method is implemented to relink a data item. The method includes identifying that a data item, referenced by a referencing document, is absent from a data item location for the data item indicated by the referencing document. User preference data, indicating a designated relink location to search for absent data items, is accessed. The relink location is searched for the absent data items. Another example embodiment may include a method to relink a current data item to a replacement data item location by accessing user preference data and searching a relink location for a replacement data item in accordance with the relink location indicated by the user preference data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Lance D. Bushore, Michael Easter, Thomas M. McDonald
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELINKING DATA ITEMS
    Publication number: 20140032526
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a method is implemented to relink a data item. The method includes identifying that a data item, referenced by a referencing document, is absent from a data item location for the data item indicated by the referencing document. User preference data, indicating a designated relink location to search for absent data items, is accessed. The relink location is searched for the absent data items. Another example embodiment may include a method to relink a current data item to a replacement data item location by accessing user preference data and searching a relink location for a replacement data item in accordance with the relink location indicated by the user preference data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Lance D. Bushore, Michael Easter, Thomas M. McDonald
  • Displaying thumbnails for one or more files to be imported
    Patent number: 8549435
    Abstract: A piece of data is selected from a collection of one or more pieces of data to be inserted. A thumbnail is generated that includes at least some content associated with the selected piece of data. The thumbnail is displayed in place of or with a cursor, where the cursor is associated with specifying an insertion location in a document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Lance D. Bushore, David C. Stephens