Patents Examined by Tionna Smith
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Patent number: 8010884Abstract: A method and apparatus simultaneously displays the main text and/or more attached filed of a message received in a mobile terminal. This simultaneous display allows a user to confirm the main text and attached files in the message. The main text and attached files may be shown in respective areas of the display.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jae Jun Jang
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Patent number: 7984373Abstract: Creating an electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction from a description of the EDI schema. The description defines the EDI schema in a non-EDI structure. The description of the EDI schema is received. A plurality of data units included in the received description of the EDI schema is identified. The plurality of data units describes the content of the EDI schema. The identified plurality of data units is analyzed to determine the content of the EDI schema. The document definition is generated for the EDI schema as a function of the analyzed plurality of data units. The document definition is used to create an EDI transaction according to the EDI schema.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Surendra Machiraju, Suraj Gaurav
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Patent number: 7979790Abstract: A method and system to manage rendering of multimedia content are provided. A theme specifies a collection of layouts defining multimedia content placement. The multimedia content is processed to extract one or more characteristics. The layouts are selected and populated with multimedia content based on the one or more characteristics associated with the multimedia content. The multimedia content is rendered by transitioning through the selected layouts.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benjamin Nicholas Truelove, Chunkit Chan, Jae Pum Park, Shabbir Abbas Shahpurwala, William Mountain Lewis
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Patent number: 7930627Abstract: The present application relates to an image processing apparatus and a method for matching and combining two documents with at least some overlap area. Layout features are extracted from the two documents and used to determine common layout areas of the first and second documents, where the common layout area has the same layout in the first and the second documents. Text data in the common layout areas of the first and second documents are also detected and used to determine common text data of the first and second documents, where the common text data is the same in the first and the second documents. Feature points are extracted from the common layout areas of the first and second documents based on the common text data and the first and second documents may be combined based on the feature points.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Konica Minolta Systems Laboratory, Inc.Inventor: Wei Ming
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Patent number: 7904808Abstract: A computer-readable recording medium on which a document management program capable of calculating an evaluation value for objectively judging information transparency in an organization is recorded. When an original document is inputted, a document input section stores the document in a document store section. After that, a document correction section corrects a character string of the document stored in the document store section in response to operation input and registers a correction history including a number of characters deleted by a character string deletion process and a correction history including a number of characters before replacement by a replacement process in a correction history table.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Hiroaki Harada
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Patent number: 7890859Abstract: In a method for identifying a table of contents in a document (8), an initial indexing text fragment at about the middle of an ordered sequence of indexing text fragments (14) is associated with an initial set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments selected from an ordered sequence of body text fragments (16). A lower-ordered indexing text fragment at lower order than the initial indexing text fragment is associated with a set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments at lower order than the highest order member of the initial set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments. A higher-ordered indexing text fragment at higher order than the initial indexing text fragment is associated with a set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments at higher order than the lowest order member of the initial set of one or more candidate linked body text fragments.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Jean-Luc Meunier
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Patent number: 7870476Abstract: A system and method for creating graphical presentations is disclosed. A pre-existing graphical presentation is scanned. Data points are extracted from the pre-existing graphical presentation. Corresponding data points are extracted from tabulated data. These corresponding data points are then inserted into the pre-existing graphical presentation to create a new graphical presentation. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Efficient Analytics, Inc.Inventor: Richard W Dorwart
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Patent number: 7861163Abstract: A computer executable process for simultaneous visual depiction of plural text hierarchies of a visually displayable machine readable text, including provisions for a visual cue as to a location of a user select text within the simultaneous visual depiction of plural text hierarchies is provided. A text hierarchy is extracted for a reader select text of a machine read text accessible by at least a data processing portion of a data processing and display system. Units of a select element of elements of the text hierarchy are formatted for display and displayed upon a display of the data processing and display system. A portion of text of the machine read text present in the select unit of a select element of elements of the text hierarchy is selected such that when said selected portion of text is present in a particular hierarchical representation, units the select element of elements of the text hierarchy are selectively of moved or positioned.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Walker Reading Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Randall C. Walker
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Patent number: 7861151Abstract: A graph representation of a web site is generated by identifying blocks of links on web pages. Each block of links is represented by a node in the graph representation and connections between the nodes provide information on the re-use of blocks between pages.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Natasa Milic-Frayling, Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Shashank Pandit
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Patent number: 7861148Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for defining a base line for a sparkline having vertical or horizontal bars representing positive and negative values of a set, with the bars representing negative values extending to one side of the base line and the bars representing positive values extending to the other side of the base line. The diagram is located in a space having two borders.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Inventor: Nicolas Bissantz
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Patent number: 7844898Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for exporting a document in multiple formats. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating a metafile including content associated with the document and injecting comments into the metafile. The comments may comprise semantic information corresponding to the document. Also, the metafile may be parsed to create at least one call. The at least one call may be configured to enable an export engine to render the document. Furthermore, the at least one call may be sent to the export engine configured to render the document in an output format associated with the export engine. In addition, the export engine maybe selected from a plurality of export engines based upon user input indicating the output format associated with the selected export engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benjamen E. Ross, Stephen M. Blanding, Zhenjun Zhu
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Patent number: 7840891Abstract: A method for presenting content in a form including extracting, from an open format for rendering the form, a plurality of elements on the form, wherein the plurality of elements represent the content in the form, identifying a plurality of contextual relationships between the plurality of elements, wherein identifying the plurality of contextual relationships that includes identifying a first attribute of a first element of the plurality of elements, identifying a second attribute of a second element of the plurality of elements, and relating the first element with the second element when a difference between the first attribute and the second attribute is within a predefined threshold, generating a representation of the form, wherein the representation that includes information about the plurality of contextual relationships, and presenting the content in the form based on the representation.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Intuit Inc.Inventors: Jay Jie-Bing Yu, Evan Worley
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Patent number: 7818668Abstract: Fields for presentable files can be determined by an application (i) based on a field type and at least one parameter of the fields and (ii) responsive to raw data and a separate transformation engine, even when the application is unaware of the mechanics of the separate transformation engine. In a described implementation for a given field, the field type indicates that the given field is to be evaluated based on raw data that is referenced by the at least one parameter of the given field. The transformation engine is applied to the referenced raw data to produce a result for the given field that is suitable for presentation. In an example implementation, the transformation engine includes multiples sets of presentation rules that may be selectively established for application to the fields. In an example embodiment, respective presentation rule subsets target respective types of raw data.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2005Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jennifer P Michelstein, Joe K Yap
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Patent number: 7818661Abstract: For applications of web-based analytics and business intelligence reporting, methods and systems are provided for exporting a data table as a spreadsheet pivot table by automatic creation of formatted spreadsheet pivot tables with application specific initial views. The views are specified by templates allowing a user to view multiple pivot tables in a single spreadsheet book. Pivot tables are created by a remote server that performs the exporting of the data table so that a user can save the pre created pivot table in his/her local machine. In one embodiment of the invention, the data table on which a pivot table is subject to have a limited number of rows of a spreadsheet data sheet. In another embodiment, the data table on which a pivot table is subject to can exceed the limit of the number of rows of a spreadsheet data sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Inventor: Dilip Patel
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Patent number: 7788581Abstract: Techniques for dynamic content insertion are described, including converting an electronic document having content to a statically formatted electronic document having the content, extending an edge of the statically formatted electronic document to create an extended area, and inserting other content into the extended area.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Benjamin Bauermeister
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Patent number: 7783976Abstract: Thumbnails of pages of a key document are arranged sequentially according to a page order in a row. Thumbnails of pages of a target document are arranged sequentially according to a page order in a row parallel to the row of the key document. A key page of the key document is compared with each page of the target document. When a page of the target document that is most similar to the key page is found, the row of the target document is shifted in a horizontal direction so that the page of the target document that is most similar to the key page is positioned next to the key page.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Susumu Endo, Takayuki Baba, Shuichi Shiitani, Yusuke Uehara, Shigemi Nagata
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Patent number: 7783965Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for managing links in a collection of documents. A plurality of links are identified in a collection of one or more documents. A visual representation of the identified links is displayed to a user. Each link has an associated source and destination. The source represents a location in the collection of documents from which the link points. The destination represents a location to which the link points. The visual representation includes information describing the sources and destinations for each of the identified links. Two or more of the links are simultaneously selectable for modification in response to user input in the visual representation.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Stephen C. Dowd, Yohko A. Kelley
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Patent number: 7783973Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for generating a change approval plan for a computing system. The computing system has at least one component and at least two user groups, and each user group has an approver. A request to change at least one said component is received. It is determined which components are affected by the change request. An initial set of approvals to be obtained from at least one of said approvers is determined based on dependencies of the affected components with other components, and based on the approvers required for each affected and dependent component. The initial set of approvals is rearranged into sub-groups such that components falling within each sub-group are dependent only upon components within a respective same group.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Vijay Krishnarao Naik, Biplav Srivastava
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Patent number: 7779348Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for rendering multiple segment hypertext script. An identification module identifies a plurality of segments in a hypertext script. Each segment is delimited by at least one tag and includes an instruction for rendering a segment display region that is a portion of a display image described by the hypertext script. A calculation module calculates display coordinates for each segment display region. The display coordinates specify the spatial location and dimensions of the segment display region. A format module formats each segment as an independently displayable formatted segment hypertext script configured to be displayed within the corresponding segment display region. A rendition module renders each formatted segment hypertext script within the corresponding segment display region as a Java object using Java functionality.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Philip Matthew Doatmas, Brian Sean McCain, Matthew John Ward
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Patent number: 7774696Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for generating a change approval plan for a computing system. The computing system has at least one component and at least two user groups, and each user group has an approver. A request to change at least one said component is received. It is determined which components are affected by the change request. An initial set of approvals to be obtained from at least one of said approvers is determined based on dependencies of the affected components with other components, and based on the approvers required for each affected and dependent component. The initial set of approvals is rearranged into sub-groups such that components falling within each sub-group are dependent only upon components within a respective same group.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar, Vijay Krishnarao Naik, Biplav Srivastava