Patents by Inventor William H. McCoy

William H. McCoy 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).

  • Patent number: 9582477
    Abstract: Methods, systems and program products for providing a first visual region, the first visual region configured to present content determined by a document. A distinct second visual region is provided, the second visual region not defined by the document and configured to present content that is not contained in the document. One or more attributes are identified in the electronic document. Based on the one or more attributes, the presentation of ad content in the second visual region is enabled or disabled. The electronic document is presented in the first visual region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: William H. McCoy, Richard Wright, Peter Sorotokin
  • Publication number: 20140245133
    Abstract: Methods, systems and program products for providing a first visual region, the first visual region configured to present content determined by a document. A distinct second visual region is provided, the second visual region not defined by the document and configured to present content that is not contained in the document. One or more attributes are identified in the electronic document. Based on the one or more attributes, the presentation of ad content in the second visual region is enabled or disabled. The electronic document is presented in the first visual region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: WILLIAM H. MCCOY, Richard Wright, Peter Sorotokin
  • Publication number: 20110153051
    Abstract: The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or combinations to specify a workflow. The tasks can be linked for direct, serial processing and/or for conditional processing that includes branching and/or looping. The invention also improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with extensible actions. The invention provides, further, improved methods and apparatus for workflow definition and processing which utilize workflow variables for communication of data and control information among tasks within a workflow. The invention provides, still further, improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with enhanced messaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: INVENSYS SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: George E. Bachman, Robert A. DeRemer, Lorin V. Grubb, Paul W. LeMert, William H. McCoy, JR., Steven M. Weinrich, Julia Wright
  • Patent number: 7886226
    Abstract: Methods, systems and program products for providing a first visual region, the first visual region configured to present content determined by a document. A distinct second visual region is provided, the second visual region not defined by the document and configured to present content that is not contained in the document. One or more attributes are identified in the electronic document. Based on the one or more attributes, the presentation of ad content in the second visual region is enabled or disabled. The electronic document is presented in the first visual region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: William H. McCoy, Richard Wright, Peter Sorotokin
  • Publication number: 20030217053
    Abstract: The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or combinations to specify a workflow. The tasks can be linked for direct, serial processing and/or for conditional processing that includes branching and/or looping. The invention also improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with extensible actions. The invention provides, further, improved methods and apparatus for workflow definition and processing which utilize workflow variables for communication of data and control information among tasks within a workflow. The invention provides, still further, improved methods and apparatus of workflow definition and processing with enhanced messaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: George E. Bachman, Robert A. DeRemer, Lorin V. Grubb, Paul W. LeMert, William H. McCoy, Steven M. Weinrich, Julia Wright
  • Patent number: 5634064
    Abstract: A reader for displaying an electronic document stored in a predetermined format and allowing articles of the document to be read in the direction of their content information flow. The reader includes a selector to select an article of the document to be read. A displayer displays a first portion of the article in a manner which promotes comfortable viewing, and a navigator permits the display of the next and remaining sequential portions of the article in content flow (or reverse content flow) order. Preferably, the displayer pans and zooms, as necessary, to position the article portion in an article viewing window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: John E. Warnock, William H. McCoy, Richard J. Cohn, Allan P. Padgett