Patents Examined by Adam Basehoar
  • Patent number: 8078963
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method that efficiently designs a document. The method initially provides the user with a selection of templates, each with a default configuration for content. After the user selects a template, the method provides the user with a selection of page designs to add to the selected template. When the user selects one of the page designs, the method adds the page design to a document that it presents to the user based on the selected template. Some embodiments provide methods for modifying default content of template documents that have several default text fields. When a user selects a default text field, the method of some embodiments selects the entire default text field for immediate editing by the user. In some embodiments, the method highlights a text field selected by the user. Also, in some embodiments, the method deletes the entire default content of the text field when the user provides new content for the selected field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Rosner, Richard Cave, Chris Rudolph, Jay Capela
  • Patent number: 8074163
    Abstract: The state of a label at an optional time point, such as a past time point, can be recognized, while the label can be regenerated even when the label has been deleted. When a label on which can be pasted an object, such as text, picture or sound, is acted upon (yes at step S141) the difference of the label information is computed (step S142) and the computed difference information is stored (steps S144, S145). The label state is then regenerated based on the time information stored in association with the label and the difference information. Also, time is displayed, plural time intervals are displayed (step S201), a desired one of the plural time intervals is selected (step S202) and time display is controlled responsive to the selected time intervals (steps S203 to S206), to facilitate retrieval of the information corresponding to the specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Nishimura, Takayuki Kori
  • Patent number: 8069407
    Abstract: A software application for enabling automated notification of applied structural changes to electronic information pages hosted on a data packet network is provided. The software application comprises, a developer-interface module for enabling developers to build and modify navigation templates using functional logic blocks, a navigation system-interface module for integrating the software application to a proxy-navigation system for periodic execution of the templates, a change-notification module for indicating a point in process where a navigation routine has failed and for creating a data file containing parameters associated with the failed navigation routine and a database interface module for interfacing the software application to a data repository for storing the data file. The software application periodically submits test navigation and interaction routines to the navigation system for execution by virtue of the interface with the navigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Yodlee.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Armandpour, Masroor Malik
  • Patent number: 8065603
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes generating code for displaying a two-dimensional media programming schedule grid, receiving a command to compress the grid at a first location along a first dimension, and generating code for displaying the grid with visible graphical fold marks defining a fold area near the first location along the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Gossweiler, III, Mehran Sahami, Thomas H. Taylor, John Blackburn, David A. Brown, Neha Gupta, Manish G. Patel