Patents by Inventor Peter Engrav
Peter Engrav 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: 9436927Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for web-based multiuser collaboration. These tools may provide methods that enable users to collaborate remotely on documents using respective browsers. These methods may send representations of portions of a given document to the browsers, and associate portions of the documents with particular users. The browsers may receive representations of commands as provided by the users, and may determine whether to execute the commands at the browser. The methods may also include receiving from the browsers revisions to the portions of the document, and storing these portions of the document in storage areas that are configured for storing content that has changed relatively recently.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Hani Saliba, Peter Engrav
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Patent number: 7751623Abstract: A handwriting guide including an active and/or inactive writing guide is rendered by displaying a shaded outline object having a line for receiving electronic ink, displaying the active writing guide thereby indicating a location of a current active context, and expanding the active and/or inactive writing guide up to a maximum width of the outline object in response to receiving more electronic ink within a line. The active writing guide can comprise a bracket displayed on each corner of a writing area distinguished on a line and can correspond to an insertion point upon switching to text mode. A drawing guide that includes an active and/or inactive drawing guide is rendered by displaying a shaded drawing guide and the active drawing guide in response to detecting ink strokes within the drawing guide. The active drawing guide can comprise a bounding rectangle encompassing a drawing area that receives ink strokes.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Benoit Barabe, Peter Engrav, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Kentaro Urata
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Publication number: 20090235181Abstract: Tools and techniques are described for web-based multiuser collaboration. These tools may provide methods that enable users to collaborate remotely on documents using respective browsers. These methods may send representations of portions of a given document to the browsers, and associate portions of the documents with particular users. The browsers may receive representations of commands as provided by the users, and may determine whether to execute the commands at the browser. The methods may also include receiving from the browsers revisions to the portions of the document, and storing these portions of the document in storage areas that are configured for storing content that has changed relatively recently.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Hani Saliba, Peter Engrav
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Patent number: 7533338Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for making rich, flexible, and more natural electronic ink annotations in an electronic document include creating a first context node associated with a first portion of a base portion of an electronic document; creating a second context node associated with an annotation to the base portion; and linking the second context node with the first context node.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard Duncan, Bodin Dresevic, Jamie Wakeam, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi, Jerome Turner, Todd Landstad, Thomas Wick, Alex Simmons, Peter Engrav, Kevin Phillip Paulson, Kentaro Urata, Steve Dodge, David M. Bargeron, Michael Shilman
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Patent number: 7370274Abstract: A method and system can format objects on a first page of an electronic document being created by applying the formatting from corresponding objects contained in a separate formatting source where these objects have been formatted using the existing tools of the application. In this way, when a page is created that has formatting information that is preferred by a user, subsequent pages can be created by referring to the page that has the preferred formatting information.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2003Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Stuart Jay Stuple, Krista Bendig, Peter Engrav, Christopher Pratley, Owen C. Braun
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Publication number: 20070201053Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting printing settings to optimize the fit of text, data and/or images on printed pages. Once selected text or data is designated for printing, a determination is made as to whether the selected text or data may be printed on a single page or whether multiple pages are required. The best fit of the text or data on a single or multiple pages is accomplished by incrementally adjusting a number of different print settings until an optimum fit of the text or data is achieved on a single page or on a set of pages. Print settings include margins, scale, and orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy Sellers, Nam-Yul Kwon, John Griffin, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Peter Engrav, Stuart Stuple
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Publication number: 20060257025Abstract: Displaying a writing guide for a free-form document editor by detecting electronic ink, classifying the detected ink as corresponding to handwriting or a drawing, and displaying a handwriting guide or a drawing guide in response to classifying the detected ink as handwriting or a drawing, respectively. The writing guides can provide feedback regarding the classification of the detected ink and can be resized as additional ink is detected. The handwriting guide can comprise a writing area, writing guide portion, bullet guide, indent marker, character notches, gesture guide, or sacrificial guide to create meaningful structure within an outline object of an electronic document.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Kentaro Urata, Peter Engrav, Christopher Pratley, Owen Braun, Stuart Stuple
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Publication number: 20060212812Abstract: A note-taking application is provided which includes a free-form selection tool. In certain embodiments, a particular selection may be based in part on the speed or velocity of a user selection. The free-form selection tool is configured to provide more or less precise selections based in part on the speed of a selection. The free-form selection tool is further operable to recognize when a user is attempting to retry a selection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2005Publication date: September 21, 2006Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alex Simmons, Ian McGraw, Owen Braun, Benoit Barabe, Peter Engrav
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Publication number: 20050044106Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for making rich, flexible, and more natural electronic ink annotations in an electronic document include creating a first context node associated with a first portion of a base portion of an electronic document; creating a second context node associated with an annotation to the base portion; and linking the second context node with the first context node.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: February 24, 2005Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard Duncan, Bodin Dresevic, Jamie Wakeam, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Reghupathy, Timothy Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi, Jerome Turner, Todd Landstad, Thomas Wick, Alex Simmons, Peter Engrav, Kevin Paulson, Kentaro Urata, Steve Dodge, David Bargeron, Michael Shilman