Patents by Inventor Marc B. McDonald
Marc B. McDonald 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).
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Patent number: 7461332Abstract: A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet, and OLE embedding. In a particular embodiment, the document is separated into its content, design and media aspects. Content, design, a medium specification are identified and layout is performed as per the three aspects. In one embodiment, an information data structure is provided that includes three tree structures: a design tree, a content tree and a media tree. A media division data structure is associated with a parent component in a composition. The parent component has a parent region in a medium and has child components. Each child component is associated with a child region of the medium. The media division data structure provides rules, properties and values for performing layout in a particular region of the medium. Layout may be performed on a server.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2005Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Nathan W. Everett, Gay Linda Gardner, Joseph King, Geoffrey Von Limbach, Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 6928610Abstract: A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet, and OLE embedding. In a particular embodiment, the document is separated into its content, design and media aspects. Content, design, a medium specification are identified and layout is performed as per the three aspects. In one embodiment, an information data structure is provided that includes three tree structures: a design tree, a content tree and a media tree. A media division data structure is associated with a parent component in a composition. The parent component has a parent region in a medium and has child components. Each child component is associated with a child region of the medium. The media division data structure provides rules, properties and values for performing layout in a particular region of the medium. Layout may be performed on a server.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Nathan W. Everett, Gay Linda Gardner, Joseph King, Geoffrey von Limbach, Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr, Steven E. Weil
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Publication number: 20040119714Abstract: A system and method determines an optimum size for a font for readability. A method determines font characteristics by determining a character density for the font and multiplying the character density by a sharpest focusable area of the viewing medium. The method further includes varying the character density according to a range in a number of clusters per fixation to determine a maximum font size and a minimum font size. In an embodiment, the character density is a ratio of a number of clusters per em in the font to a number of visible clusters within a predetermined foveal angle. The predetermined foveal angle can be a field of vision for sharpest focus of an eye or a reader specific foveal angle that reflects the reader's visual acuity, taking into consideration macular degeneration, vision impairments, vision sharpness, tunnel vision, eye disease, near sightedness, far sightedness, dyslexia, and astigmatism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nathan W. Everett, Marc B. McDonald, James D. Byers
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Publication number: 20030079177Abstract: A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet, and OLE embedding. In a particular embodiment, the document is separated into its content, design and media aspects. Content, design, a medium specification are identified and layout is performed as per the three aspects. In one embodiment, an information data structure is provided that includes three tree structures: a design tree, a content tree and a media tree. A media division data structure is associated with a parent component in a composition. The parent component has a parent region in a medium and has child components. Each child component is associated with a child region of the medium. The media division data structure provides rules, properties and values for performing layout in a particular region of the medium. Layout may be performed on a server.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2002Publication date: April 24, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Nathan W. Everett, Gay Linda Gardner, Joseph King, Geoffrey von Limbach, Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 6480856Abstract: The present invention provides a new system for implementing software objects using an object-prototype model. Objects are defined as collections of properties, each having a unique property name. A collection of property names defines a “shape.” The use of shapes frees the representation of an object in memory from the order in which the properties of the object are declared. Methods are defined independently of objects and are applicable to a specified shape, rather than to objects that are derived from a class in which the method is defined. Methods can be applied to any object that has the specified shape or that has a superset of the properties defining the specified shape, regardless of the place of the object in any inheritance hierarchy. The definition of a shape can also include additional selection criteria, such as restrictions on the values of properties, so that the application of a method can be restricted to objects satisfying the specified criteria. The.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1999Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr
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Patent number: 6161114Abstract: A method of fitting content elements of a composition to a media layout is disclosed. Each content element has an associated content type, and the media layout has a content rendering space for presenting information contained in the content elements. For each content type, a content scale factor is initialized and extent values are computed. If the content elements do not fit within the media layout, then non-fit factors are determined, the scale factors and extent values are recomputed and these steps are repeated until the content fits. Another method computes a layout of a composition in a recursive fashion using a design tree. Design children components of a current component in the design tree are identified, and new media components between the current component and the identified design children components are created. A media division for each media component indicates a portion of the layout for each media component. Another method computes a layout of a composition for a chosen medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1999Date of Patent: December 12, 2000Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Joseph D. King, Geoffrey von Limbach, Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 5978582Abstract: A system for implementing software objects using an object-prototype model. Objects are defined as collections of properties, each having a unique property name. A collection of property names defines a "shape." The use of shapes frees the representation of an object in memory from the order in which the properties of the object are declared. Methods are defined independently of objects and are applicable to a specified shape, rather than to objects that are derived from a class in which the method is defined. Methods can be applied to any object that has the specified shape or that has a superset of the properties defining the specified shape, regardless of the place of the object in any inheritance hierarchy. The definition of a shape can also include additional selection criteria, such as restrictions on the values of properties, so that the application of a method can be restricted to objects satisfying the specified criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Inventors: Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr
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Patent number: 5956737Abstract: A method of fitting content elements of a composition to a media layout is disclosed. Each content element has an associated content type, and the media layout has a content rendering space for presenting information contained in the content elements. For each content type, a content scale factor is initialized and extent values are computed. If the content elements do not fit within the media layout, then non-fit factors are determined, the scale factors and extent values are recomputed and these steps are repeated until the content fits. Another method computes a layout of a composition in a recursive fashion using a design tree. Design children components of a current component in the design tree are identified, and new media components between the current component and the identified design children components are created. A media division for each media component indicates a portion of the layout for each media component. Another method computes a layout of a composition for a chosen medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Joseph D. King, Geoffrey von Limbach, Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 5903902Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides for a three-way separation of the information in a document. In a particular embodiment, the document is separated into its content, design and media aspects. In one embodiment, an information data structure is provided that includes three tree structures. A design tree structure represents the design of a composition and includes design components. A content tree structure represents the content of the composition and includes content elements. A media tree structure represents the selected medium of the composition and includes media components. The content and media tree structures are linked to the design tree structure. The design tree structure, the content tree structure and the media tree structure are unique but utilize at least some common components from one another. A component data structure represents a content element within a composition. The component includes a content facet, a design facet and a media facet.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Michael B. Orr, Nathan W. Everett, Gay Linda Gardner, Joseph D. King, Marc B. McDonald, Geoffrey von Limbach, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 5895477Abstract: A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet, and OLE embedding. A method adds content to a composition having a chosen design and automatically calculates a layout for the composition. A content object is dropped upon a receiving component of the composition. The dropped content object has at least one potential type. A potential type of the content object is matched with a compatible type of the receiving component. Next, the design tree is modified to incorporate the content object, and media layout values are calculated for each content element of the composition The dropped content may change the existing content, may replace it completely, may be inserted into the existing content, may change its properties, or may result in new components being created in the design tree.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Michael B. Orr, Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Joseph D. King, Marc B. McDonald, Geoffrey von Limbach, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 5895476Abstract: A three-way separation of information in a document includes content, design and media aspects. This division supports automatic rendering to multiple forms of media such as print, Intranet, Internet, and OLE embedding. A method changes the design of a composition having a current design that is rendered in a particular medium. The composition is represented by components in a current design tree and includes content elements associated with the components. A new design tree is created for the composition based upon a new design and new design components. Next, each of the content elements are linked into an association with one of the new design components such that the set of relationships between the content elements in the context of the new design are maintained. Media layout values are calculated for each content element of the composition. The content elements are laid out in the new design and the new design retains the composition rendered in the particular medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1996Date of Patent: April 20, 1999Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Michael B. Orr, Keith S. Brintzenhofe, Joseph D. King, Marc B. McDonald, Geoffrey von Limbach, Steven E. Weil
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Patent number: 5822587Abstract: The present invention provides a new system for implementing software objects using an object-prototype model. Objects are defined as collections of properties, each having a unique property name. A collection of property names defines a "shape." The use of shapes frees the representation of an object in memory from the order in which the properties of the object are declared. Methods are defined independently of objects and are applicable to a specified shape, rather than to objects that are derived from a class in which the method is defined. Methods can be applied to any object that has the specified shape or that has a superset of the properties defining the specified shape, regardless of the place of the object in any inheritance hierarchy. The definition of a shape can also include additional selection criteria, such as restrictions on the values of properties, so that the application of a method can be restricted to objects satisfying the specified criteria.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Design Intelligence, Inc.Inventors: Marc B. McDonald, Michael B. Orr