Patents Assigned to Workiva LLC
  • Patent number: 8943608
    Abstract: A method of storing a document on a server, including: extracting document content from a document stored on the server, using a processor on the server; dividing the document content into a plurality of document content sections; generating a parallel data structure for the plurality of document content sections based on a viewing size, where the parallel data structure includes a plurality of selectors, and the plurality of selectors includes pagination selectors; and storing the plurality of document content sections in a plurality of locations on the server. The method may further include storing the parallel data structure in a location on the server separate the plurality of document content sections; generating a table of contents based on the pagination; and rendering the plurality of document content sections into a plurality of document pages based on the plurality of selectors in the parallel data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Workiva LLC
    Inventors: Shane K. Sizer, Graham I. Cummins, Bert Jeffrey Lutzenberger, Gary D. Orser, Benjamin P. Echols, Jeffrey D. Trom
  • Patent number: 8856234
    Abstract: A method and associated system are provided for performing calculations in a distributed networked environment, comprising: updating a source element on a first computer; sending a calculate update signal to a target calculated element for updating on a target element computer that may be the first computer or a second computer connected to the first computer that uses the source element in a calculation; obtaining the updated source element by a process on the target element computer associated with the target calculated element in response to the sending; and performing a calculation to update the target calculated element using the obtained updated source element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Workiva LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Kluin, Beau D. Lyddon