Patents Assigned to Inkling Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10860187
    Abstract: A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. The system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Peter S Cho, Chatree Campiranon, Aaron Haney, Kevin Ballard, Scott William Kyle, Anne K Halsall, Jonathan Wight
  • Patent number: 10810365
    Abstract: A system for the management of content creation includes a content management component configured to store portions of an electronic content work and to implement version control of the electronic content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the electronic content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the electronic content work for publication; and an integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the electronic content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline component to format the electronic content work for publication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan Shea Myers, Robert Benjamin Scott, Bradley Keith Neuberg, Huan Zhao, Robert Cromwell, Arthur Kopatsy, Bradford Vogel, Kerryck Jones, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Joshua John Forman
  • Patent number: 10534842
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating, editing and publishing cross-platform interactive digital content works include a content management component configured to store portions of a digital content work and to implement version control of the digital content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the digital content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the digital content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the digital content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the digital content work for publication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter S. Cho, Joyce Myra Croft, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Thomas Charles Genoni, Christopher William Hunt, Avi Itskovich, Jessica Summer Jenkins, Kerryck Arthur Clemens Jones, Arthur Kopatsy, Eric Todd Lovett, Olof Alexander Mathe
  • Patent number: 10169311
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods and machine readable media for the management of content creation. In some examples the system includes a content management component configured to store portions of an electronic content work and to implement version control of the electronic content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the electronic content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the electronic content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the electronic content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the electronic content work for publication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan Shea Myers, Robert Benjamin Scott, Bradley Keith Neuberg, Huan Zhao, Robert Cromwell, Arthur Kopatsy, Bradford Vogel, Kerryck Jones, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Joshua John Forman
  • Patent number: 10095681
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for populating a customized library of pattern templates for editing content works, such as publications using markup language, via a user interface having panel of patterns, are presented. The disclosure includes approaches for defining aspects of a pattern template library to balance control, flexibility, and efficiency during the publishing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony DiSpezio, Melinda Kilner, Kesha Seeley, Veronica Thompson
  • Patent number: 10042530
    Abstract: A system and method of social interaction includes receiving interaction information for an interaction created by a first user of an electronic content work, the interaction information comprising an identification number of a portion of the electronic content work associated with the interaction. The system and method includes storing the received interaction information. The system and method also includes receiving a request from a second user requesting interaction information for a requested portion of the electronic content work. the system and method also includes sending the received interaction information in response to determining that the identification number associated with the received interaction information matches the identification in the request for interaction information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Robert Cromwell, Joshua John Forman, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Peter S Cho, Chatree Campiranon, Aaron Haney, Kevin Ballard, Scott William Kyle, Anne K Halsall, Jonathan Wight
  • Patent number: 10007669
    Abstract: Systems and methods for exporting and automatically converting files that make up a digital content work from a first proprietary format to a second format, the second format being a format compatible with an open standards format. Such automatic conversion includes parsing a designated table of contents metadata file to build a list of the files referenced therein. For one or more respective files identified from the table of contents metadata file, each respective file is converted to an HTML5 file, from which a set of EPUB (or other open standards format) -compatible metadata files are created. The EPUB files include a manifest and a spine, which, together with the HTML5 files, are collectively packaged in an EPUB (or other open standards format) container file for distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Forman, William Schwarzenbach
  • Patent number: 9990102
    Abstract: Icons representing a library of predefined media objects for insertion in a digital content work open for editing within a content creation and editing tool may be displayed in a graphical user interface of the content creation and editing tool. Thus, the content creation and editing tool may include an interface which displays, simultaneously, a presentation view and a code view of content comprising the digital content work along with icons representing the library of predefined media objects. Computer-readable code corresponding to a selected one of the library of predefined media objects may be inserted within the digital content work at a user-specified location, e.g., responsive to user action specifying a desire to insert code. Also, an explanation of a selected one of the media objects of the library may be displayed responsive to a user action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hunt, Olof Alexander Mathé, Chanpory Rith
  • Patent number: 9910835
    Abstract: A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for editing content works, such as publications using markup language, via a user interface having panel of patterns, are presented. The disclosure includes approaches for editing and creating patterns based on selected representations of markup elements and other content, and also features of the user interface that enable use of the patterns for modifying content works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Hunt, Chanpory Rith, Chatree Campiranon, Olof Alexander Mathé, Andy Perelson, Michael Chen
  • Patent number: 9880709
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying, responsive to user-designation of a desired set of media object previews for view, the previews of the media objects of an electronic content work within a single view on a display of a computer system. The view presents those previews of the media objects of the electronic content work appropriate for one or more target rendering environments, according to user-specified display criteria. The previews may be images of the media objects captured when the subject media objects were rendered in a simulated target rendering environment. In some cases, these may be images of the media objects captured with the media objects were in desired states during rendering thereof in the simulated target rendering environment. The view may present the previews according to user-defined size criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Genoni, Aashay Desai
  • Patent number: 9720566
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for managing user interface elements. In some embodiments, a first positioning of a user interface indicator is detected within a target region of a user interface, responsive to the first positioning, at least a portion of a user interface element is overlaid onto the user interface and at least one user interface control for receiving input on incorporation options for the user interface element into the user interface is presented, and the user interface is presented based on whether incorporation option input is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Logan Falconer Smyth, Olof Alexander Mathé, Chanpory Rith
  • Patent number: 9632985
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples is a system for electronic learning support, the system having a content-ingestion module to generate a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: INKLING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles M MacInnis, Joshua John Forman, Robert Cromwell, Kevin Ballard, Peter S. Cho, Anne K. Halsall, Scott William Kyle
  • Patent number: 9619445
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for conversion of content to formats suitable for digital distributions. In some embodiments, a transformation of selected markup elements within a content item into semantic markup elements is performed, where the transformation provides receipt of a selection indicative of a mapping between a chosen markup element and a pattern element of a defined pattern, the defined pattern defining at least one of a semantic markup tag and a semantic attribute for each pattern element, and processing of the transformation by assigning to the chosen markup element at least one of a semantic markup tag and a semantic attribute defined for the pattern element mapped to the chosen markup element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Keith Neuberg, Varun Arora, Peter Sungil Cho, Dana Dowling Lindsay, Yi Liu, Olof Alexander Mathé, Nolan Shea Myers, David Matthew Rau, Geoffry Thomas Svacha, Chanpory Rith
  • Patent number: 9519624
    Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying, responsive to user-designation of a desired set of media object previews for view, the previews of the media objects of an electronic content work within a single view on a display of a computer system. The view presents those previews of the media objects of the electronic content work appropriate for one or more target rendering environments, according to user-specified display criteria. The previews may be images of the media objects captured when the subject media objects were rendered in a simulated target rendering environment. In some cases, these may be images of the media objects captured with the media objects were in desired states during rendering thereof in the simulated target rendering environment. The view may present the previews according to user-defined size criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Genoni, Aashay Desai
  • Patent number: 9449126
    Abstract: A user interface for presenting a set of related pages of an electronic content work for view at the same time. The pages are sized according to a target format for presentation of the electronic content work, and may also be formatted according to user-defined font and zoom criteria. Each of the related pages comprises a media object, for example a markup language object. Responsive to user manipulation of presentation criterion for the set of related pages, the set of related pages is reformatted and so presented in near real-time. In some instances, a user may manipulate controls of the user interface to isolate a content object included within the set of related pages, have information regarding that content object presented and even edit the content object in-line with the present view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Charles Genoni, Peter S. Cho, Norris Hung, Eric Todd Lovett, Huan Zhao
  • Patent number: 9317496
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods and machine readable media for the management of content creation. In some examples the system includes a content management component configured to store portions of an electronic content work and to implement version control of the electronic content work; a defect tracking component configured to store a defect record related to a stored portion of the electronic content work; a publication pipeline component configured to format the electronic content work for publication; and a integration component configured to present a graphical user interface which allows for editing the stored portions of the electronic content work, editing the defect record, and instructing the publication pipeline to format the electronic content work for publication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan Shea Myers, Robert Benjamin Scott, Bradley Keith Neuberg, Huan Zhao, Robert Cromwell, Arthur Kopatsy, Bradford Vogel, Kerryck Jones, Kenneth Lorenz Knowles, Joshua John Forman
  • Patent number: 9317677
    Abstract: Content items are distributed to a content delivery network using identifiers that expresses relationships between the content items and at least one associated content element. When making requests to content delivery network, a requesting Web browser may thus specify the content items according to uniform resource locators that include credentials that allow the content delivery network to verify that the browser is authorized to receive the content items. These uniform resource locators may uniquely associate the content items with the associated content element and the requesting browser in a cryptographically secure manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Benjamin Scott, Arthur Kopatsy, Ned Todd Birdwell Rockson
  • Patent number: D762687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chatree Campiranon, Peter Cho
  • Patent number: D762707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chatree Campiranon, Peter Cho
  • Patent number: D763304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Inkling Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Cho