Patents by Inventor Michael B. Palmer
Michael B. Palmer 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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Publication number: 20240124196Abstract: A thermoplastic bag includes duplicative seals. In particular, in one or more implementations, a thermoplastic bag includes a first seal and at least a second seal reinforcing the same area of the thermoplastic bag. For instance, in one or more implementations, the thermoplastic bag includes multiple seals along each side edge or along the hem. If one seal fails, the other seal(s) can remain in place to prevent leaks. Thus, the duplicative seals of the thermoplastic bag can provide reinforced strength and desired aesthetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jason R. MAXWELL, Robert T. DORSEY, Michael G. BORCHARDT, Edward B. TUCKER, Jack F. MELVAN, Shaun T. BROERING, Matthew W. WALDRON, Richard D. PALMER, Deborah K. FIX, Zeljko VIDOVIC
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Patent number: 11958660Abstract: Thermoplastic bags with phased deformation patterns are described. In particular, one or more implementations comprise thermoplastic bags with ring rolling, SELFing, or other deformation patterns phased or aligned relative to the sides of the bags. The phased deformation patterns can allow for reducing or eliminating deformation patterns in areas of the thermoplastic bag in which side seals or other seals are formed. Additionally or alternatively, the phased deformation patterns can provide for zones that provide differing properties (e.g., functional or aesthetic). Such zones can vary aligned along a width of the thermoplastic bag and optionally also vary along a height of the thermoplastic bag. The differing zones can provide the thermoplastic bags with phased deformations that provide leak prevention, liquid containment, and other benefits.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: THE GLAD PRODUCTS COMPANYInventors: Shaun T. Broering, Matthew W. Waldron, Jason R. Maxwell, Robert T. Dorsey, Michael G. Borchardt, Edward B. Tucker, Jack F. Melvan, Richard D. Palmer, Deborah K. Fix
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Patent number: 11960832Abstract: Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other computer-implemented methods are used to identify various semantically important chunks in documents, automatically label them with appropriate datatypes and semantic roles, and use this enhanced information to assist authors and to support downstream processes. Chunk locations, datatypes, and semantic roles can often be automatically determined from what is here called “context”, to wit, the combination of their formatting, structure, and content; those of adjacent or nearby content; overall patterns of occurrence in a document, and similarities of all these things across documents (mainly but not exclusively among documents in the same document set).Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Docugami, Inc.Inventors: Andrew Paul Begun, Steven DeRose, Taqi Jaffri, Luis Marti Orosa, Michael B. Palmer, Jean Paoli, Christina Pavlopoulou, Elena Pricoiu, Swagatika Sarangi, Marcin Sawicki, Manar Shehadeh, Michael Taron, Bhaven Toprani, Zubin Rustom Wadia, David Watson, Eric White, Joshua Yongshin Fan, Kush Gupta, Andrew Minh Hoang, Zhanlin Liu, Jerome George Paliakkara, Zhaofeng Wu, Yue Zhang, Xiaoquan Zhou
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Publication number: 20220245335Abstract: Machine learning, artificial intelligence, and other computer-implemented methods are used to identify various semantically important chunks in documents, automatically label them with appropriate datatypes and semantic roles, and use this enhanced information to assist authors and to support downstream processes. Chunk locations, datatypes, and semantic roles can often be automatically determined from what is here called “context”, to wit, the combination of their formatting, structure, and content; those of adjacent or nearby content; overall patterns of occurrence in a document, and similarities of all these things across documents (mainly but not exclusively among documents in the same document set).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Andrew Paul Begun, Steven DeRose, Taqi Jaffri, Luis Marti Orosa, Michael B. Palmer, Jean Paoli, Christina Pavlopoulou, Elena Pricoiu, Swagatika Sarangi, Marcin Sawicki, Manar Shehadeh, Michael Taron, Bhaven Toprani, Zubin Rustom Wadia, David Watson, Eric White, Joshua Yongshin Fan, Kush Gupta, Andrew Minh Hoang, Zhanlin Liu, Jerome George Paliakkara, Zhaofeng Wu, Yue Zhang, Xiaoquan Zhou
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Patent number: 11340769Abstract: Inline document collaboration workflows are provided. When a user receives an electronic communication that includes an attached content item, the receiving user may select the attached content item and cause the attached content item to be displayed in an immersive view in proximity to an electronic communication pane in which an electronic communication may be conducted about any topic including the content item that is displayed in proximity to the electronic communication pane. During editing of a content item, an electronic communication may be generated from a user interface in which the content item is being generated, or alternatively a new content item may be generated out of an electronic communications user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., Michael B. Palmer
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Patent number: 11301121Abstract: Inline document collaboration workflows are provided. When a user receives an electronic communication that includes an attached content item, the receiving user may select the attached content item and cause the attached content item to be displayed in an immersive view in proximity to an electronic communication pane in which an electronic communication may be conducted about any topic including the content item that is displayed in proximity to the electronic communication pane. During editing of a content item, an electronic communication may be generated from a user interface in which the content item is being generated, or alternatively a new content item may be generated out of an electronic communications user interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., Michael B. Palmer
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Patent number: 10917370Abstract: Electronic communication-based storage of content items to support multiple workflows is provided. When an attached content item is received with an electronic communication, a receiving user may select the attached content item for review and editing in an immersive view pane that may be launched adjacent to or in proximity to an electronic mail viewing pane. When the received content item is edited, a copy of the edited content item is temporarily stored with the electronic communication with which the content item was received at an associated electronic communication server. When the receiving user then desires to dispose of the edited content item, for example, by replying back to the sending user with the edited content item as an attachment, the edited content item may be retrieved from the electronic communication server automatically for attachment to the responsive communication.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Nathan Waddoups, Russell L. Simpson, Jr., Michael B. Palmer, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Kenneth Fern
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Patent number: 10698591Abstract: An adaptive layout and workflow engine. The adaptive layout and workflow engine allows various applications to dynamically render scaled views of content based on the characteristics of the display on the device being used to consume the content. The adaptive layout and workflow engine may select an appropriate view of the content to render based on the size, resolution, or aspect ratio of the display. The rendered size of the content and/or the user interface of the content application is evaluated relative to the characteristics of the display. Embodiments may provide different controls via the user interfaces based on the characteristics of the display and/or content. The adaptive layout and workflow engine may provide customized work flows via the user interface to improve the user experience depending on the display capabilities of the device used to consume the content.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., David Paul Limont, Michael B. Palmer
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Publication number: 20190372922Abstract: Electronic communication-based storage of content items to support multiple workflows is provided. When an attached content item is received with an electronic communication, a receiving user may select the attached content item for review and editing in an immersive view pane that may be launched adjacent to or in proximity to an electronic mail viewing pane. When the received content item is edited, a copy of the edited content item is temporarily stored with the electronic communication with which the content item was received at an associated electronic communication server. When the receiving user then desires to dispose of the edited content item, for example, by replying back to the sending user with the edited content item as an attachment, the edited content item may be retrieved from the electronic communication server automatically for attachment to the responsive communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Nathan Waddoups, Russell L. Simpson, JR., Michael B. Palmer, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Kenneth Fern
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Patent number: 10404637Abstract: Electronic communication-based storage of content items to support multiple workflows is provided. When an attached content item is received with an electronic communication, a receiving user may select the attached content item for review and editing in an immersive view pane that may be launched adjacent to or in proximity to an electronic mail viewing pane. When the received content item is edited, a copy of the edited content item is temporarily stored with the electronic communication with which the content item was received at an associated electronic communication server. When the receiving user then desires to dispose of the edited content item, for example, by replying back to the sending user with the edited content item as an attachment, the edited content item may be retrieved from the electronic communication server automatically for attachment to the responsive communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Nathan Waddoups, Russell L. Simpson, Jr., Michael B. Palmer, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Kenneth Fern
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Publication number: 20180075093Abstract: A document sharing system includes a plurality of different data provider implementations. The document sharing system exposes a common application programming interface to a plurality of different clients and receives data requests identifying a given data provider, from the clients. The document sharing system then uses the data provider implementation for the data provider identified in the request, in order to obtain the requested data, and place it in a common data structure that is returned to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: David L. Meyers, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D.S. Correa, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern
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Patent number: 9798769Abstract: A document sharing system includes a plurality of different data provider implementations. The document sharing system exposes a common application programming interface to a plurality of different clients and receives data requests identifying a given data provider, from the clients. The document sharing system then uses the data provider implementation for the data provider identified in the request, in order to obtain the requested data, and place it in a common data structure that is returned to the client.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David L. Meyers, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D. S. Correa, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern
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Publication number: 20170012985Abstract: A user generates a message by adding a recipient in order to send the message to the recipient. The message has a link to an attached object which is automatically detected and it is determined whether the recipient has rights to the object. If not, the recipient's rights are automatically modified so that the recipient has rights to the object, and the user is notified of the modified permissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: David L. Meyers, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D.S. Correa
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Patent number: 9491177Abstract: A user generates a message by adding a recipient in order to send the message to the recipient. The message has a link to an attached object which is automatically detected and it is determined whether the recipient has rights to the object. If not, the recipient's rights are automatically modified so that the recipient has rights to the object, and the user is notified of the modified permissions.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: David L. Meyers, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D. S. Correa
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Publication number: 20150277722Abstract: An adaptive layout and workflow engine. The adaptive layout and workflow engine allows various applications to dynamically render scaled views of content based on the characteristics of the display on the device being used to consume the content. The adaptive layout and workflow engine may select an appropriate view of the content to render based on the size, resolution, or aspect ratio of the display. The rendered size of the content and/or the user interface of the content application is evaluated relative to the characteristics of the display. Embodiments may provide different controls via the user interfaces based on the characteristics of the display and/or content. The adaptive layout and workflow engine may provide customized work flows via the user interface to improve the user experience depending on the display capabilities of the device used to consume the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Lloyd Meyers, Jr., David Paul Limont, Michael B. Palmer
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Publication number: 20150281150Abstract: Inline document collaboration workflows are provided. When a user receives an electronic communication that includes an attached content item, the receiving user may select the attached content item and cause the attached content item to be displayed in an immersive view in proximity to an electronic communication pane in which an electronic communication may be conducted about any topic including the content item that is displayed in proximity to the electronic communication pane. During editing of a content item, an electronic communication may be generated from a user interface in which the content item is being generated, or alternatively a new content item may be generated out of an electronic communications user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, David Lloyd Meyers, JR., Michael B. Palmer
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Publication number: 20150277724Abstract: Inline document collaboration workflows are provided. When a user receives an electronic communication that includes an attached content item, the receiving user may select the attached content item and cause the attached content item to be displayed in an immersive view in proximity to an electronic communication pane in which an electronic communication may be conducted about any topic including the content item that is displayed in proximity to the electronic communication pane. During editing of a content item, an electronic communication may be generated from a user interface in which the content item is being generated, or alternatively a new content item may be generated out of an electronic communications user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Nathan Waddoups, Kenneth Fern, David Paul Limont, David Lloyd Meyers, JR., Michael B. Palmer
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Publication number: 20150281149Abstract: Electronic communication-based storage of content items to support multiple workflows is provided. When an attached content item is received with an electronic communication, a receiving user may select the attached content item for review and editing in an immersive view pane that may be launched adjacent to or in proximity to an electronic mail viewing pane. When the received content item is edited, a copy of the edited content item is temporarily stored with the electronic communication with which the content item was received at an associated electronic communication server. When the receiving user then desires to dispose of the edited content item, for example, by replying back to the sending user with the edited content item as an attachment, the edited content item may be retrieved from the electronic communication server automatically for attachment to the responsive communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Masterson, Jeremy de Souza, Nathan Waddoups, Russell L. Simpson, JR., Michael B. Palmer, Jin Ma, Elena Catrinescu, Kenneth Fern
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Publication number: 20150149456Abstract: A document sharing system includes a plurality of different data provider implementations. The document sharing system exposes a common application programming interface to a plurality of different clients and receives data requests identifying a given data provider, from the clients. The document sharing system then uses the data provider implementation for the data provider identified in the request, in order to obtain the requested data, and place it in a common data structure that is returned to the client.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2013Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: David L. Meyers, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D.S. Correa, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern
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Publication number: 20150106877Abstract: A user generates a message by adding a recipient in order to send the message to the recipient. The message has a link to an attached object which is automatically detected and it is determined whether the recipient has rights to the object. If not, the recipient's rights are automatically modified so that the recipient has rights to the object, and the user is notified of the modified permissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David L. Meyers, David P. Limont, Kenneth Fern, Michael B. Palmer, Betsy Y. McIntyre, Mirela D.S. Correa