Patents Examined by Benjamin Smith
  • Patent number: 8433999
    Abstract: A method and system for WYSIWYG editing of dynamic content on editable web pages. Generated content is content that is received periodically from a dynamic source. Generated content may be represented on an editable web page by instructions that describe how to generate the dynamic content. The generated content system presents generated elements in a non-editable manner while allowing modification of their instructions and also allowing complete editing functionality of any surrounding static content. Thus, the generated content system allows the user to include generated content in an editable web page in a way that clearly identifies the generated content during editing and still allows the user to modify the content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: wetpaint.com, inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Hicks, Alex Berg, Simon Gershey, Steve Apel
  • Patent number: 8429526
    Abstract: A technique for differencing XML documents is provided. An edit graph is generated for computing the cost of possible edits that may be applied to a first XML document in order to generate a second XML document. A hash value is assigned to nodes included in the axes of the edit graph, where one axis includes nodes in the first XML document and the other axis includes nodes in the second XML document. The hash value may be generated based on a particular node's name and attributes, and the hash value of the name and attributes of each child node of the particular node. A technique for patching an XML document is also provided. Events are generated for each node in the input document and for at least one operation specified in the edit script. The edit script is applied to the input document by performing one or more operations specified in the operation events on one or more node events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Balasubramanyam Sthanikam, Nipun Agarwal
  • Patent number: 8418053
    Abstract: The present invention provides an information processing method converting a format of a structured document, comprising: a first step copying, a first storage unit, information of a pre-converted first structured document sequentially by a predetermined amount beginning from the head; a second step adding start tags and/or end tags, and an identifier tag for identifying the aforementioned start and/or end tags so that the information copied to the first storage unit becomes one complete second structured document; a third step converting the second structured document built up in the first storage unit to a target format and outputting it to a second storage as a third structured document; and a fourth step removing the start tags and/or end tags and the identifier tag added to in the second step from the third structured document retained by the second storage unit and merging with a fourth structured document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Shigeru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8392821
    Abstract: In a system and method for displaying a video and an overlay or tag, an application that runs through a browser on a client is used to send a request from the client to a server over a computer network. In response to the request, at least the following is sent from the server to the client: a first uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to a location on the network where the video is stored, a second URL corresponding to a location on the network where the overlay or tag is stored, and playlist data. The first and second URLs are associated with different servers on the computer network. The first and second URLs and the playlist data are used at the client to retrieve the video and the overlay or tag, and build a playlist. The client merges the video and the overlay into an integrated media sequence that is played to a user via the browser in accordance with the playlist, and displays the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Viddler, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. DeMarco, Robert A. Sandie
  • Patent number: 8381099
    Abstract: A method, system and a computer program product for generating and printing documents 100, 110, 120 from a variable-data printing document template 130 comprising a layout of document portions 150, at least one of the document portions 150 comprising a flow that contains content which is variable in response to input data 140. There is provided a way of expressing and treating a flow across copy-holes (document portions comprising variable content) in different pages, thus enabling the creation of complex document designs for variable-data publishing material used in Digital Publishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Fabio Giannetti
  • Patent number: 8375298
    Abstract: A plurality of other contents are placed in one content placement region so that a priority content to which a priority attribute is set is displayed larger than the other contents to which the priority attribute is not set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Taisuke Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 8352860
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing device and an image processing method, which prevent printing mishaps from occurring in printed matter when a user performs a printing process without knowing a compressed image is included on a page layout. When a compressed image is detected, a warning is generated to request selection of the next process. For this reason, when interruption of printing is designated, the printing process may be interrupted. The use of a warning color or application of an outline may be designated, and a drawing setting may also be performed according to the designation. An output of a warning page is designated, and a setting may also be performed such that a print output is obtained by either extracting the compressed image or by deleting the compressed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Ishizuka, Mari Kodama, Yasushi Nishide
  • Patent number: 8307276
    Abstract: A method of verifying content, for example webpage content, including receiving, at an indexing system (100), a first copy (240) of a document (220) from a hosting server (210), then processing the first copy (240) to obtain first indicating data including one or more properties of the first copy (240). Also obtaining second indicating data, the second indicating data obtained by processing a second copy (255) of the document (220) from the hosting server (210), the second copy (255) received by a client terminal (250), the second indicating data including one or more properties of the second copy (255). Then the first indicating data and the second indicating data can be compared, and the first copy (240) of the document (220) received by the indexing system (100) can be determined to be verified or not verified based on a comparison between the first indicating data and the second indicating data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Symantec Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Repasi, Simon Clausen
  • Patent number: 8266526
    Abstract: A document management system includes a memory portion that stores an original document identifier and a first derived document identifier in association with a second apparatus identifier, the original document identifier being provided to an original document, the first derived document identifier being provided to a first derived document created when the original document is copied, printed, edited, or sent by a first apparatus, the second apparatus identifier being provided to a second apparatus that further copies, prints, edits, or sends the first derived document; and a search portion that searches for a distribution path of the original document with the use of the association of the original document identifier, the first derived document identifier, and the second apparatus identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Masuda, Kazuhisa Ando
  • Patent number: 8250469
    Abstract: Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for document layout extraction are described. In embodiments, textual data in an electronic format is received and the textual data is converted from the electronic format to an independent interface format, the independent interface format including coordinates to one or more structural elements of the textual data. Further, in embodiments, a structure and layout analysis of the textual data is performed to generate a set of structure and layout information. Still further, in embodiments, the textual data and the set of structure and layout information is stored in an enriched interface format, the enriched interface format providing for search and navigation of the textual data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bodin Dresevic, Oren Trutner, Sasa Tomasevic, Aleksandar Uzelac, Dejan Lukacevic
  • Patent number: 8230328
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device display content localization. Some aspects relate to methods and systems for sending geographical-locale-related information from an imaging device to a remote computing device where the geographical-locale-related information is matched with related data comprising a language and at least one of a time format, a date format, an address format, a calendar format, a currency type and a geographical-locale-related cultural custom, which is then sent to the imaging device for output to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yamamura, Joey P. Lum, Mark Liu Stevens
  • Patent number: 8201077
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for modifying and managing form documents with an application that receives input from an imaging device user interface and from other sources. Some aspects relate to an input field definition file that obtained or generated at a device that is remote to the imaging device and which comprises display parameters and UI options for prompting a user for field input and as well as instructions for obtaining field data from other sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Amarender Reddy Kethi Reddy, Shinichi Yamamura
  • Patent number: 8185820
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with document generation are disclosed. For example, methods, apparatuses, devices, and systems associated with formatting content for display are disclosed. Including method apparatuses, devices, and systems to read a data file and a template file, create one or more sub-assemblies based at least in part on said template file and/or said data file; and execute one or more tags in said template file to populate said one or more sub-assemblies with data from said data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Charles Good
  • Patent number: 8176414
    Abstract: A method for formatting an electronic document for display on an electronic device includes receiving a first electronic document, determining a first entropy value associated with a first line that divides the first electronic document into two portions, determining a second entropy value associated with a second line that divides the first electronic document into two portions, and generating a second electronic document that includes at least a portion defined by the line having the lower entropy value. The first and second entropy values may comprise summing portion entropy values associated with the portions defined by the first line to obtain the first entropy value and summing portion entropy values associated with the portions defined by the second line to obtain the second entropy value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Shumeet Baluja
  • Patent number: 8171404
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents. According to one aspect of the present invention, the responses, from multiple examinees, to a question on an examination may be combined to form a combined document associated with the question for grading, scoring or other analysis. According to a second aspect of the present invention, markings made by the examination grader, on the combined document, associated with an examinee may be combined with the examinee's examination document to produce a modified examination document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Eugene Borchers, Rono James Mathieson
  • Patent number: 8166390
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that provide ways to position, size, and/or anchor page elements for display on varying output devices. A user can assign rendering specifications to both text and graphic elements. Rendering specifications include, but are not limited to width, height, anchor(s), and/or offset(s) to one, some, or all page elements. Page elements will appear in the positions and relationships to each other as specified in the source document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Filipe Fortes, Gregory A. Hermann, Grzegorz A. Zygmunt
  • Patent number: 8156424
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods and devices for imaging device dynamic document creation and organization. Some aspects relate to imaging device dynamic document creation and organization, wherein a document format, a dynamic field structure and document static content are selected on an imaging device user interface and combined to form a dynamic document on the imaging device. Some aspects of the present invention relate to imaging device dynamic document creation and organization, wherein dynamic document menu options are sent to an imaging device from a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy K. Chrisop, Tanna Marie Richardson
  • Patent number: 8122346
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for generating, managing, and publishing documents based on document level objects and software level objects. In one aspect, a method is provided for managing documents in a computing system environment. The method includes identifying a placeholder object included in a document having a document level object, the placeholder object having metadata corresponding to a software level object. Software level object content is identified in response to a query message and is included within a response to the query message. A format of the software level object content included in the response is transformed into a second format based on a second set of constraints, and merged in the document based on the placeholder object. An output document may be generated such that the transformed software level object content replaces the placeholder object in the output document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Vladislav Bezrukov, Nikhil Dhairyawan, Matthias Jensen, Ilya Khandamirov, Christian Lieske, Andreas Hirche, Matthias Kammerer
  • Patent number: 8082496
    Abstract: Producing a set of operations from an output description is disclosed. Producing includes receiving a description of a desired result, where the description is associated with a metalanguage, determining a set of operations such that executing the set of operations would produce the desired result, and providing the set of operations as input to one or more applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bennett Michael Leeds, Donald Ray Walling, Jr., Janice Kendall
  • Patent number: 8069410
    Abstract: Systems and methods of retrieving and presenting partial (skipped) document content are provided. A typical system includes a document parsing stage, a device request for content stage and a delivery of requested content stage. A target device can include a device presentation of the requested content stage. The system parses the content of an electronic document and generates a document object model (DOM) representation of the electronic document, where each source and destination target is assigned a document object model identifier (DOM ID). In some instances, upon completion of parsing, the document object model is then paginated in computer memory into segments of a certain size called chunks; in such instances the pagination operation can update each DOM ID with an additional information attribute containing the chunk index with the purpose of establishing a relationship between a document object model identifier and the corresponding chunk index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Jianwei (Oliver) Yuan, Dan Dumitru