Patents Examined by Dough Hutton
  • Patent number: 8595622
    Abstract: The subject matter of this document can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes displaying a visual representation of an electronic document. The method also includes receiving an input to affect a modification of the electronic document, the modification including two or more document change operations, and causing each of the two or more document change operations to be applied to the electronic document. The method also includes determining a redraw approach for redrawing a portion of the visual representation of the electronic document based on the two or more document change operations, such that the redraw approach includes fewer redraws than document change operations. The method further includes performing a redraw of a portion of the visual representation of the electronic document based on the redraw approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Luiz Pereira, Olga Belomestnykh, Edgard Lindner
  • Patent number: 8543915
    Abstract: According to techniques described herein, print job attributes are checked to identify potential conflicts and potential invalid settings. According to one embodiment of the invention, a job setting manager process executing on a printing device is configured to examine and store print job attributes as detected by print interpreter modules. According to an embodiment of the invention, the job setting manager maintains a data structure comprising print job attributes, their values, and other information. As each interpreter module detects a job setting in the print data, the job setting manager receives this setting and its value and checks the data structure to identify conflicts between previously-set job attributes and whether the requested job attribute is supported by the destination printing device. According to an embodiment of the invention, if a conflict is identified, a notification is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yue Liu, Kurt Knodt
  • Patent number: 7627819
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and method for viewing electronic documents. Briefly described, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes an electronic viewer application to display contents of an electronic document; and a visual indicator logic configured to display at least one visual indicator on the electronic display, each visual indicator indicating a portion of the contents that are to be subsequently displayed on the electronic display in response to a navigation command. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James Carlton Bedingfield, Sr.
  • Patent number: 7602972
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates detecting white space tables within a document, wherein a white space table is comprised of text arranged in rows and columns, wherein at least some of the rows and columns are separated by bands of white space rather than by lines. The system operates by identifying an area that includes consecutive lines of text objects with an amount of white space between text objects greater than a specified value. Note that a text object is a string of text without an amount of white space greater than the specified value. The system then determines if the text objects on consecutive lines have widths that are within a specified tolerance of each other. If so, the system checks the spaces between the consecutive lines of text objects to determine if they belong to a single white space table or multiple white space tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems, Incorporated
    Inventors: Bryan Z. Wei, Shawn A. Gaither
  • Patent number: 6442798
    Abstract: A hinge for connecting a door to a piece of furniture with a frame includes a base plate mounted on the frame. The base plate bears a hinge arm to which a hinge boss is connected by a hinge pin. The base plate is fixed to the frame by a fixing screw. The base plate is provided with a bridge spanning the hinge arm, and an adjustment device is provided for adjusting the position of the hinge arm on the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rupprechter