Patents by Inventor Philip Andrew Mansfield

Philip Andrew Mansfield 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).

  • Publication number: 20100174982
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method of analyzing an unstructured document. The method receiving the unstructured document that includes a number of primitive graphic elements, each of which is defined as a single object in the unstructured document. The unstructured document has a drawing order that indicates the order in which the primitive graphic elements are drawn when the unstructured document is displayed. The method identifies positional relationships between successive primitive graphic elements in the drawing order. Based on the positional relationships, the method defines a single structural graphic element from several of the primitive graphic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20100174978
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for analyzing an unstructured document that includes a number of words. Each word is an associated set of glyphs and each glyph has location coordinates. The method identifies clusters of words based on the location coordinates. Based on the identified clusters, the method defines a set of boundary elements for the glyphs that identify a set of borders for the glyphs. The method defines a structured document for the unstructured document based on the glyphs and the defined boundary elements. To identify clusters of words, the method orders the location coordinates and identifies several partitions of the location coordinates. Each partition specifies a particular grouping of the coordinates into subsets. For each partition, the method identifies a particular set of subsets of location values that satisfy a particular set of constraints and determines a set of subsets of location values that optimizes a particular measure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20100174732
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method that receives an unstructured document including a number of primitive elements. The method identifies a default set of document reconstruction operations for reconstructing the unstructured document to define a structured document the method performs at least one of the document reconstruction operations from the default set. Based on results of the performed document reconstruction operations, the method identifies a profile for the unstructured document. The method modifies the set of document reconstruction operations for reconstructing the unstructured document according to the identified profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Robert Levy, Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20100174980
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a for analyzing a document that includes a number of primitive elements. The method identifies boundaries between sets of primitive elements and identifies regions bounded by the boundaries. The method uses the identified regions to define structural elements for the document. The method defines a structured document based on the primitive elements and the structural elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20100174985
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for analyzing an unstructured document that includes a number of glyphs, each of which has a position in the unstructured document. Based on positions of the glyphs in the unstructured document, the method creates associations between different sets of glyphs in order to identify different sets of glyphs as different words. The method creates associations between different sets of words in order to identify different sets of words as different paragraphs. The method defines associations between paragraphs that are not contiguous in order to define a reading order for the paragraphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Robert Levy, Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20100174983
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for defining a selection of text in an unstructured document that includes a number of glyphs. The method identifies associated sets of glyphs and a reading order that specifies a flow of reading through the glyphs. The method displays the document. The method receives a start point and end point for a selection of text within the displayed document. The method defines a selection of text from the start point to the end point by using the identified sets of glyphs and intended flow of reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Robert Levy, Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20100174975
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for analyzing an unstructured document that includes a number of glyphs. The method identifies boundaries between sets of glyphs. The method identifies that several of the boundaries form a table. The method defines a tabular structural element based on the table. The tabular structural element includes several cells arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each of which includes an associated set of glyphs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Patent number: 7667148
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a portable communications device with a click wheel and a display detects a plurality of finger contacts with the click wheel. Each finger contact includes an angular displacement of the finger contact on the click wheel between an initial location and a final location of the finger contact. The device displays an image that includes digits arranged in a circle. The image rotates, in response to each finger contact, by an amount determined in accordance with the angular displacement of the finger contact. For each finger contact, the device determines a digit. The determined digit is independent of the initial location of the finger contact on the click wheel. The device performs a task using the determined digits. Exemplary tasks include dialing a telephone number and sending numeric input to a remote computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20090327285
    Abstract: Determining a semantic relationship is disclosed. Source content is received. Cluster analysis is performed at least in part by using at least a portion of the source content. At least a portion of a result of the cluster analysis is used to determine the semantic relationship between two or more content elements comprising the source content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy, Yuri Khramov, Darryl Will Fuller
  • Patent number: 7603351
    Abstract: Determining a semantic relationship is disclosed. Source content is received. Cluster analysis is performed at least in part by using at least a portion of the source content. At least a portion of a result of the cluster analysis is used to determine the semantic relationship between two or more content elements comprising the source content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy, Yuri Khramov, Darryl Will Fuller
  • Publication number: 20090184980
    Abstract: Scale-adaptive fonts and graphics are disclosed. In some embodiments, an indication of a desired overall size for the graphic is received. The graphic is scaled to the desired overall size. A shape of the graphic is adapted to the desired overall scale at least in part by adjusting a thickness of at least a portion of the graphic in a manner that preserves one or more stylized features of the shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Patent number: 7535471
    Abstract: Scale-adaptive fonts and graphics are disclosed. In some embodiments, an indication of a desired overall size for the graphic is received. The graphic is scaled to the desired overall size. A shape of the graphic is adapted to the desired overall scale at least in part by adjusting a thickness of at least a portion of the graphic in a manner that preserves one or more stylized features of the shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20080276168
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a portable communications device with a click wheel and a display detects a plurality of finger contacts with the click wheel. Each finger contact includes an angular displacement of the finger contact on the click wheel between an initial location and a final location of the finger contact. The device displays an image that includes digits arranged in a circle. The image rotates, in response to each finger contact, by an amount determined in accordance with the angular displacement of the finger contact. For each finger contact, the device determines a digit. The determined digit is independent of the initial location of the finger contact on the click wheel. The device performs a task using the determined digits. Exemplary tasks include dialing a telephone number and sending numeric input to a remote computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20080259022
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for text entry includes receiving entered text from a user, selecting a set of candidate sequences for completing or continuing the sequence, and presenting the candidate sequences to the user, wherein the candidate sequences include partial words. The candidate sequences are identified based on usage frequency weights stored in a tree data structure. A graphical user interface for text entry includes displaying a current input sequence of characters and the identified partial words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Andrew Mansfield, Michael Robert Levy
  • Publication number: 20080238927
    Abstract: Rendering glyphs is disclosed. A set of glyphs to be flowed along a nonlinear path are received. A first glyph included in the set is placed at a corresponding location along the nonlinear path such that the first glyph is spaced from a second glyph, at a point nearest the second glyph, by at least a prescribed distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Philip Andrew Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20070162842
    Abstract: Selective imaging of webpage content is disclosed. It is determined automatically whether an item of content or a portion thereof satisfies one or more of a set of one or more criteria to be included as an image in a webpage as published. An image of the item of content is generated and included in the webpage as published if it is determined that the item of content satisfies one or more of the set of one or more criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Ashley Ambachtsheer, Richard Cave, Darryl Will Fuller, Philip Andrew Mansfield