Compound Document Patents (Class 715/209)
  • Patent number: 8468442
    Abstract: A method of viewing information associated with data in a spreadsheet, includes providing a document including data and information associated with the data, parsing the document to retrieve the associated information, processing the associated information to break the associated information down into at least one sentence, categorizing the at least one sentence to determine whether the at least one sentence corresponds to at least one category in a taxonomy corresponding to the data, assigning an association strength to the categorized at least one sentence, the association strength indicating a likelihood that the categorized at least one sentence actually corresponds to the at least one category in the taxonomy, filtering the at least one categorized sentence based on the association strength to determine whether to match the categorized at least one sentence with the at least one category in the taxonomy and outputting only the categorized at least one sentence matched with the at least one category in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: RR Donnelley Financial, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Chopin, Robert Krugman, Marc Strausberg, Leslie Barrett
  • Publication number: 20130145243
    Abstract: A task management system including a monitor and a processing unit is provided. The monitor is for displaying a task schedule, which sequentially tabulates multiple time spots and multiple corresponding tasks. The processing unit is for operating an object at a to-be-executed time spot when the object is dragged to the to-be-executed time spot of the task schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qian Huang, Li-Juan Xu
  • Patent number: 8456721
    Abstract: A mosaic image generating apparatus comprises: a segmenting unit which segments a target image into a plurality of blocks; a target image processing unit which calculates, as a target density value, an average density value of each basic color in each of the blocks; a determining unit which determines from the plurality of blocks a placement block on which the material image is to be placed, without being restricted by the image of the placement block; a calculating unit which calculates an average density value of each basic color in the material image; and a color correcting unit which performs a color correction on the material image such that the average density value of each basic color in the material image becomes the target density value of each basic color in the placement block while maintaining the density value distribution ratio of each basic color in the material image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Pitmedia Marketing Incorporated
    Inventors: Hiroshi Arimura, Junko Fujimaru, Junichi Yokooji
  • Patent number: 8458586
    Abstract: A method for creating a web application adapted to run in a Silverlight® run time environment from an X/HTML source file. The visual elements of the X/HTML source are converted to a corresponding Silverlight® custom control with a comparable visual presentation. The X/HTML source file is first converted to XAML which is then combined with the Silverlight custom controls into a web application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Jasim George Schluter
  • Patent number: 8458147
    Abstract: Techniques for the association, customization and automation of content from multiple sources on a single display device are described. A method includes storing an association rule as defined by a user, where the association rule defines a main content source and an associated content source. When the user accesses the main content source, automatically receiving content from the main content source and content from the associated content source as defined by the association rule. Then, causing the display of the associated content overlayed on the main content via a user interface on a display device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Payne, Brian David Johnson, Cory J. Booth
  • Patent number: 8453044
    Abstract: Methods and systems relating to inferential networks are provided herein. This technology is further directed to methods and systems for making and using inferential networks. Still further, this technology is generally directed to making one or more inferential networks by using data generated from directed searches of collections of linked databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Within3, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Markus, Heather A. Markus, Brian N. Smith
  • Patent number: 8453046
    Abstract: A document processing apparatus for generating a binder document by binding a plurality of original documents makes access to a storage unit for storing the binder attribute information of the binder types of a plurality of kinds of binder documents, and acquires the binder attribute information corresponding to the binder type of the binder document to be generated. Also, the document processing apparatus acquires the document type of each of the plurality of original documents selected to be bound into the binder document to be generated. The binder document is generated employing the plurality of selected original documents, based on the document type acquired regarding the plurality of selected original documents and the binder attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ken Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20130132810
    Abstract: A frame mounts to a display surface for supporting an interactive sign with a first surface and a second surface, which faces the display surface. The frame includes a front and back side. The back side faces the display surface. The front side includes an opening that covers at least two opposite edges of the interactive sign. The frame includes a top, bottom, right, and left edges. The frame includes a lip portion positioned along at least one edge of the frame. An adhesive material connects to the back side of the frame. The adhesive material forms a connection to the display surface. The adhesive material is applied to at least two edges of the frame. At least part of the lip portion of the frame is sized so a combined thickness of the lip portion and the adhesive material is greater than a thickness of the interactive sign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: THOMAS JANDT & ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas E. Jandt
  • Patent number: 8446620
    Abstract: In order to display the more detailed print status of an electronic document having a tree structure, information about the tree structure is added to a print command. Furthermore, for information management, the information about the tree structure is associated with a corresponding page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideki Honda
  • Publication number: 20130124955
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for storing the settings of a last edited page or a last viewed page of a document and preprocessing the document to generate a thumbnail of the document. In an embodiment of the invention, the thumbnail comprises a representation of the last edited page or last viewed page of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Naveen GOEL, Rekha Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8442981
    Abstract: A method of and apparatus for storage and retrieval of résumé images in a manner which preserves the appearance, organization, and information content of the original document. In addition, summaries or “outlines” of résumé images, broken down into multiple fields, are stored, and can be searched field by field. A user interface is provided which is based on a familiar paper-based method already in common use, thus reducing the training required to effectively use the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle Taleo LLC
    Inventors: Richard L. Hartman, Mary M. Hartman, Roy P. Massena
  • Publication number: 20130111319
    Abstract: A navigable view of objects (e.g. charts, tables, graphs, data sources, individual sheets of a workbook, . . .) that are obtained from one or more electronic object sources are displayed as graphical objects. The objects may be automatically/manually organized within the navigable display (e.g. by type, by sheet, by relationship, by data source, . . .). A user may navigate through the displayed objects. For example, a user may zoom in on an object to see a full screen version of the object. When zoomed in on an object, the navigable display may be panned (e.g. left, right, up or down) to see adjacent objects. From one object, the user may explore related elements using the same shared data (e.g. exploring a table object also shows a data source element). A user may also perform supported operations on the objects (e.g. sort/filter/drill down/drill up) that affect a display of the related objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amy Lin, Gabhan Berry
  • Patent number: 8432563
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a dynamic re-configuration with a DFE imager and caching modules to optimize RIP performance by analyzing pages within the job that collect page with job heuristics and statistics. Enabling the functionality to assess the information, thereby re-configuring a digital printer's imager and caching module dynamically during the job RIP to achieve improved overall RIP performance. Accordingly, a system collects and assesses job statistics across multiple jobs to enable optimum performance over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Eric S. Barnes
  • Patent number: 8433997
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for formatting electronic documents involves obtaining, at a computer system, an electronic document in a source format. The process also involves processing the electronic document by optimizing sizes of one or more images embedded in the electronic document, optimizing sizes of one or more Type 1 fonts in the electronic document, and removing object duplicates in the electronic document. In addition, the process involves generating the document in a target format based on the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Szabo
  • Patent number: 8433800
    Abstract: A resource may be identified according to multiple Uniform Resource Locators (“URL”) according to systems and methods for encapsulating an alternative URL inside a primary “carrier” URL to form a compound URL or “smart link” and for processing smart links thereby formed. A preferred URL may be encapsulated into a smart link for use by client devices that support handling of the preferred URL, while other client devices may use a default or fallback URL that is also encapsulated into the smart link. The alternative URL is indicated by a pre-determined key included in the primary carrier URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Mskynet Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse Chor
  • Patent number: 8422796
    Abstract: Eliminating the need for a user to provide settings of a thumbnail image every time a document is scanned by detecting a format of a document by analyzing fields of the document, determining which of the fields are to be included in a thumbnail image of the document and positions of the fields to be included in the thumbnail image based on the format, and generating the thumbnail image accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsubasa Kitai
  • Patent number: 8413041
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for verifying the validity of an XML document when an XML application operates in an embedded device having a relatively low-performance processor and a small memory so as to prevent errors in the XML application due to wrong information. An XML parser using an external XML validator includes an XML receiver, an external XML validator caller, and a DOM/SAX tree generator. The external XML validator includes a schema/DTD receiver, an XML validator, and an XML validity result transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-shin Lee, Kyoung-hoon Yi
  • Patent number: 8412543
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for providing a moveable summary column for a patient based medical flow sheet. The summary column can provide various summations of the patient's data records for any time period depending on where the moveable summation column is placed. The summation of the various patient data depends on the summation parameters defined in the medical flow sheet. The summary column can be moved by the user to any spot in the patient data portion of the medical flow sheet to sum up different intervals of data. The moveable summation column will present summary data for each of the patient parameters as designated by the medical flow sheet developers depending on the placement of the summation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: David Murawski
  • Patent number: 8407257
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for techniques for enabling mutation of an instantiated object between multiple underlying object types at run time. The object may alter its behavior from one object type to another at anytime without requiring a new object to be instantiated. The object's behavior may be implemented by other objects which are retrieved at run time, thus disconnecting the direct link between the object's behavior and the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Vivek Nama, Chandra Mora
  • Patent number: 8397155
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for formatting electronic documents involves obtaining, at a computer system, an electronic document in a source format. The process also involves processing the electronic document by optimizing sizes of one or more images embedded in the electronic document, optimizing sizes of one or more Type 1 fonts in the electronic document, and removing object duplicates in the electronic document. In addition, the process involves generating the document in a target format based on the processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Szabo
  • Patent number: 8397153
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for rendering a presentation document on a plurality of client computing devices by a server. A method includes creating a base layer for a page in the presentation document, wherein the base layer comprises a plurality of placeholder elements wherein each placeholder element has an absolute position and size. The method further includes creating an interactive layer for the page in the presentation document, wherein the interactive layer comprises a plurality of interactive element overlays representing a plurality of interactive elements and each interactive element overlay has an absolute position and size that corresponds to the absolute position and size of a placeholder element in the base layer. The method further includes sending the base layer and interactive layer of the page to each client computing device for rendering, wherein each interactive element overlay is rendered on top of its corresponding placeholder element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Wei Lee, Matthew Albright
  • Patent number: 8392823
    Abstract: A system detects hidden elements in a document that includes a group of elements. The system may identify each of the elements in the document and create a structural representation of the document. The structural representation may provide an interconnection of the group of elements in the document. The system may also determine whether one or more elements of the group of elements are hidden based at least in part on locations or other attributes or properties of the one or more elements in the structural representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Fritz Schneider, Matt Cutts
  • Patent number: 8386919
    Abstract: A system includes a display, a processor executing an application program for displaying an annotation file, and memory storing program instructions of the application program. The processor associates an annotation with a programming module of a baseline file to display, in an unsegmented window of a graphical user interface, the baseline file as a hierarchical structure having nodes. Each node represents a programming module of the baseline file. Displayed is an annotation in the unsegmented window of the GUI proximate to the node that represents the programming module with which the annotation is associated. The displayed annotation includes selectable messages displayed proximate to each other to facilitate visual comparison. Each selectable message describes a modification made to the baseline file by a different contributor. The annotation indicates that the modifications produce a conflict. The conflict is resolvable within the unsegmented window by a selection of one of the selectable messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kim Letkeman, Geoffrey M Clemm, Scot A Aurenz
  • Patent number: 8386945
    Abstract: A system and method for managing production printing workflow is disclosed. The system includes workflow management software which manages and facilitates the procedural stages of the workflow including job origination, job preparation, job submission and job fulfillment. The workflow management software provides an integrated object oriented interface which visually reflects and interacts with the workflow. The software further provides functionality to create, manage and manipulate compound documents as ordered collections of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David R. Hansen, Robert K. Holzwarth
  • Patent number: 8380713
    Abstract: Provides is an apparatus for question answering based on answer trustworthiness including: an answer indexer that indexes documents of which document trustworthiness satisfying a threshold value among documents included in a document collection and stores it in a knowledge Bases; an answer candidate extractor that extracts answer candidate documents for a user's question from the knowledge Bases; an answer source trustworthiness measurement unit; an answer extraction strategy trustworthiness measurement unit; and a trustworthiness integrator that generates an answer candidate trustworthiness list by ranking the answer candidate documents on the basis of the document trustworthiness, the source trustworthiness, and the extraction strategy trustworthiness of the answer candidate documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyo-Jung Oh, Chung-Hee Lee, Soo-Jong Lim, Jeong Heo, Hyun-Ki Kim, Mi-Ran Choi, Yeo-Chan Yoon, Chang-Ki Lee, Yi-Gyu Hwang, Myung-Gil Jang
  • Patent number: 8381089
    Abstract: A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided for book marking a combination of frame URLs within a frameset and allowing the sharing on multiple PCs the saved form data that may have been filled in. The system uses an image as a hotspot, containing a complex target destination in the form of an XML structure with multiple URLs for multiple frames as well as captured form data. This system combines file types such as XML and JPG, e.g. as in sample file name ‘MyCapturedFramesAndFormData.XML.JPG’ or ‘MyCapturedFramesAndFormData.XML.GIF’. This combination provides a surprising effect compared to the prior systems, namely, launching the image in an enhanced web browser or in a web browser containing a new plug-in, displays the frame just as it was when saved, including frame set and data input to displayed forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Flemming Boegelund, Steven Earl Hicks
  • Patent number: 8381169
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a unified process system that includes placeholders for editable content that extends unified process methods. The unified process system can store, manage, organize, and present information and artifacts associated with a unified process. The unified process system can include a placeholder defining tool configured to permit an authorized process engineer to associate placeholders with base methods of the unified process. Unified process consumers can input content to the placeholders, where the input content is thereafter automatically stored by the unified process system and is accessible to other unified process consumers having access to the unified process system. More specifically, placeholders can include a collaborative section for guidance content concerning a related base method and a dynamic section, dynamically built in response to received requests, which includes items to assist consumers to conduct a task for an associated base method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Boyer, Eoin Lane, Bertrand H. Portier
  • Patent number: 8375081
    Abstract: Calendar repair may be provided. Calendar events, such as appointments and meetings, may be created and copied to a plurality of attendee calendars. A first copy of the event may be compared to a second copy of the event, and an event property of the second event may be updated to match a corresponding event property of the first event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Vanessa C. Feliberti, Cliff M. Don, Firdosh R. Ghyara, Sina Hakami, Matthias Leibmann, Roberto Ribeiro Da Fonseca Mendes, Paul David Tischhauser
  • Patent number: 8375107
    Abstract: The present invention provides a relay server-based web page pre-reading and integrated browsing method and system. The method includes: based on a page visit request sent from a mobile terminal for page data of a web page having a plurality of sub-pages, requesting the page data of the web page from a network resource server; after receiving the page data of the web page from the network resource server, performing a pre-reading process starting from the received page data of the web page and ending with pre-reading page data of a predetermined levels of sub-pages of the web page from the network resource server. By using the present invention, effective sub-pages can be flexibly obtained and the obtained sub-pages can be merged and rearranged. The web page display can be more flexible, user-friendly, and fast, reducing the user's operating processes and enhancing the user experience when browsing web pages having multiple sub-pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Guangzhou UCWeb Computer Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jie Liang
  • Patent number: 8373873
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus allocates a page number in a record to each of a plurality of records of a variable data print job and performs a preflight check every page number. After that, the data processing apparatus extracts the records in which the same kind of (or same) problem has occurred in a page of the same page number from the records included in the variable data print job. The data processing apparatus calculates a ratio of the extracted records to all records having the page of the page number and presumes whether the problem relates to a master object or relates to a variable object according to the ratio. The data processing apparatus displays whether the problem in the page relates to the master object or relates to the variable object every page having the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Negishi
  • Patent number: 8370117
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest from the CAD object, and comparing the extracted items with the rules. An example item of interest is a drawing note on the CAD object and an example rule includes a plurality of keywords.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dewey McKinley Sims, Jr., Baljit Bains
  • Patent number: 8356242
    Abstract: A method, system, and article of manufacture for quickly and easily obtaining information about a list of elements. One embodiment of the invention comprises receiving a selection of at least one desired summary function, generating a configuration file containing the at least one desired summary function, receiving a selection of a list of numbers, copying the list of numbers into a clipboard, parsing the configuration file to extract the least one desired function, calculating the at least one desired summary function using the list of desired numbers to generate summary information, displaying the summary information in a pop-up window, and replacing the selected list of numbers with the summary information. The results window may be a pop-window, a hover-help window, or a clipboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Gregory Paul Andrews
  • Publication number: 20130007580
    Abstract: Optimizing a layout of an electronic document. An electronic document can be processed to identify a plurality of document sections within the document. A plurality of document sections can be recursively combined in at least a first page of a modified document and a presentation size of content within the document sections can be reduced. With each recursive combination of document sections, a first perceptual delta value can be generated based on perceptual differences between the document sections as originally presented in the electronic document and the document sections as presented when combined into the first page. When the first perceptual delta value at least equals the first threshold value, the recursive combination of document sections into the first page can cease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: ILEANA BELFIORE, STANLEY K. JERRARD-DUNNE, BRENDAN P. MURRAY
  • Publication number: 20130007581
    Abstract: A gathering, manipulating and analyzing tool for reviewing, displaying and creating reports on composite documents, wherein a composite document is made up of multiple component documents. The present method allows for entry and editing of metadata associated with component documents of the composite document. This allows for more highly refined classifying and bookmarking, which leads to more highly refined searching and displaying abilities. A graphical user interface is provided that allows a user to easily designate multiple sections of the composite document and enter and edit the data and metadata associated with the composite document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Landon IP, Inc.
    Inventors: George V. Shreck, Andre Luiz Gomes
  • Patent number: 8341554
    Abstract: A system and method is described for editing, in its native application, a source file of an object or image in a first application, wherein the source file includes computer-readable code or script associated with the source file and editable in either the first or native applications. The first application graphically displays an edit option selectable by the user to launch the source file's native application. The native application opens the source file and code or script associated with the object or image in the first application. Within the workspace of the native application edit session, an end function or button is displayed to the user. Upon selection of the end function in the native application, the native application automatically saves the edited source file and associated code or script, sends the edited data to the first or calling application which then automatically reintegrates the edited source file and any edited script or code into the object or image associated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas S. Benson, Alain M. Dumesny
  • Patent number: 8339642
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for processing character data is provided, which selects a format of the character data to be used for generating print data. When a user instruction for printing character data according to character command data specifying the output of the character data is received, the format of the character data is selected based on the character command data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi Ono
  • Patent number: 8332742
    Abstract: A method performed by a computer system. The method includes storing a version of a mass-produced printed paper, identifying at least a subset of characters within the version, and in response to the identified subset, forming at least one hyperlink within the version, the version being displayable on a display device as a likeness of the paper including an indicator of a hyperlink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Libredigital, Inc.
    Inventor: Billy P. Taylor
  • Patent number: 8327255
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer program product that includes electronic transcripts, exhibits, and an association therebetween. In one example, the method includes providing one or more electronic transcript files; providing one or more exhibit files associated with the one or more electronic transcript files; and providing an executable viewer file. The transcript and exhibit image files and their association, as well as the executable viewer file, may be stored in a local, remote, or removable media. In this manner, a user can activate the viewer and view the electronic transcripts and associated exhibits without the need for any additional software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: West Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Koch, Grover Mundell
  • Publication number: 20120304046
    Abstract: An application can receive a request to insert one file into another file opened for editing within the application. The request can be either in-line or through a menu system of the application. The request can include a context for the file to be inserted. The system can then identify a set of files that can satisfy the context, from which a user can choose what file is to be inserted. The chosen file can then be inserted into the file opened for editing, all without leaving the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NOVELL, INC.
    Inventors: Allan W. Neill, Scott A. Isaacson
  • Patent number: 8315601
    Abstract: A system and method for processing attachments to messages sent to a mobile device is described herein. Embodiments described herein apply to encrypted messages comprising multiple message parts, in which different encryption keys (e.g. session keys) have been used to encrypt the different message parts. In at least one example embodiment, the encrypted session keys for every message content part comprising an attachment is received at the mobile device. In one embodiment, all of the encrypted session keys are stored together in a main message header. The mobile device may then decrypt the encrypted session key associated with a user requested attachment, and transmits the decrypted session key to one or more remote servers in an attachment request for use in decrypting the requested attachment. Data associated with the requested attachment, in decrypted form, is returned to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Michael Kenneth Brown, Michael Grant Kirkup, Michael Stephen Brown
  • Patent number: 8312428
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying GUI widgets of software are provided, comprising: during runtime of the software, determining a GUI window object and an ID thereof; determining all GUI widgets or all GUI widgets belonging to a same type in the GUI window object; partitioning the display area of the GUI window object into a plurality of areas such that each of the GUI widgets is uniquely contained in one area; specifying a unique ID for each area containing a GUI widget; and, identifying a GUI widget using the ID of the GUI window object and the ID of the area where the GUI widget resides, or the ID of the GUI window object, the ID of the type to which the GUI widget belongs and the ID of the area where the GUI widget resides, as the ID property of the GUI widget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Nai Y. Zhao
  • Patent number: 8305628
    Abstract: A printing apparatus analyzes whether or not each page in form data has been given a designation of blank page printing, carries out a process based on a result of analysis, of invalidating the designation of blank page printing of a page that has been given the designation of blank page printing in the form data, merges form data and print data, and performs printing of merged data that has been obtained by merging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuto Harada
  • Patent number: 8291311
    Abstract: A system which converts a first Web display program designed for a first communication terminal apparatus to a second Web display program for a second communication terminal apparatus. The system of the present invention stores a segment list created by dividing the first Web display program into segments, assigning identification information to tags contained in the segments, and listing the identification information, stores a conversion condition created for the segments for changing a display setting described in the first Web display program to a display setting of the second Web display program, and stores a conversion program for causing a conversion process for converting the first Web display program to the second Web display program to be executed using he segment list and the conversion condition. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conversion process is executed by the second communication terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Showcase-TV Inc.
    Inventor: Toyoshi Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120254713
    Abstract: Techniques for an electronic montage system are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to provide a presentation surface having multiple presentation tiles, receive control directives to associate content files with presentation tiles, generate tile objects for the content files based on content file types for the content files, and store the presentation surface and tile objects as a montage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tali Roth, Scott Stiles, Matthew Wood, Michael Affronti, Jodie Draper, Malia Douglas, Janet Schorr, Zeyad Rajabi, Robin Troy
  • Publication number: 20120254714
    Abstract: A form layout system includes a form layout tool that provides a flexible way to lay out forms on a web page. The form layout tool configures a web configuration file with the location of form layout styles, and uses the form layout styles, a number of columns, a number of fields, and a “size” of each field to include in the component of a page layout to create a page layout for a target application. The form layout tool generates a revised application page with the created page layout by applying the form layout style to the created page layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Accenture Global Serives Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Peters, Matthew R. Foster
  • Patent number: 8274674
    Abstract: A data processing apparatus allocates a page number in a record to each of a plurality of records of a variable data print job and performs a preflight check every page number. After that, the data processing apparatus extracts the records in which the same kind of (or same) problem has occurred in a page of the same page number from the records included in the variable data print job. The data processing apparatus calculates a ratio of the extracted records to all records having the page of the page number and presumes whether the problem relates to a master object or relates to a variable object according to the ratio. The data processing apparatus displays whether the problem in the page relates to the master object or relates to the variable object every page having the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Negishi
  • Publication number: 20120240022
    Abstract: A word processing or spreadsheet application is augmented by a plug-in and templates for computer aided design of electronic hardware entities. The plug-in utilizes the application programming interface to provide a menu system and executable code which inserts templates, reads and validates data entered into the template, computes addresses, annotates addresses and error messages back to a word processing document for display in the editor of the word processing document, and upon selection and request, generates output files for target simulators or synthesis tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: AGNISYS, INC.
    Inventor: ANUPAM BAKSHI
  • Publication number: 20120233532
    Abstract: An apparatus for a vector-based form field document includes a reference module referencing document content for a vector-based document and referencing form field information corresponding to the document content. A loading module loads the document content in a vector-based document viewer. An insertion module inserts one or more form fields onto the document content in the viewer. The one or more form fields are inserted based on the form field information. Each form field includes a field for user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Jason Porter Rickabaugh
  • Patent number: 8266242
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable medium for propagating a poster of host site content to remote clients over the World Wide Web includes hosting a configuration session at a host site, in real time, including receiving input from a remote client to configure at the host site a propagative poster of host site content based on at least one configuration selection input by the remote client; generating a propagative poster identifier that references the propagative poster; generating a Web code segment that includes the propagative poster identifier and a link to the host site; and forwarding the Web code segment to the remote client, wherein the Web code segment is configured to be inserted into a Web page of the remote client, to create a propagative poster on the Web page of the remote client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Archeron Limited L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael G. Foulger, Peter B. van Gorder
  • Patent number: 8261291
    Abstract: A network apparatus connected to at least one terminal apparatus via a network is disclosed. The terminal apparatus instructs operation of hardware unique to the network apparatus. The network apparatus includes an interface part for communicating with the terminal apparatus by using the same protocol as the terminal apparatus. The interface part receives an instruction to operate the hardware from various types of software executed in the terminal apparatus and instructs the hardware to operate in accordance with the received instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yokoyama, Osamu Suzuki, Eijiro Inoue, Du Xiaojun