Patents by Inventor Alistair Langford-Wilson

Alistair Langford-Wilson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electronic publishing system
    Patent number: 6589292
    Abstract: The present invention has application in electronic and printed media such as newspapers, magazines and computer text systems. The present invention relates to a mechanism by which text and images for publishing can be prepared and/or edited. The invention has particular application in the layout of newsholes. The present application discloses an electronic media publishing system comprising a data base in which there is stored, inter alia, a layout style, a layout family, layout children and layout cousins. There is also disclosed a method of preparing a layout of information in which a newshole is selected and resized if necessary in accordance with user definable rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Cybergraphic Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alistair Langford-Wilson
  • Electronic publishing system
    Patent number: 5953733
    Abstract: The present invention has application in electronic and printed media such as newspapers, magazines and computer text systems. The present invention relates to a mechanism by which text and images for publishing can be prepared and/or edited. The invention has particular application in the layout of newsholes.The present application discloses an electronic media publishing system comprising a data base in which there is stored, inter alia, a layout style, a layout family, layout children and layout cousins. There is also disclosed a method of preparing a layout of information in which a newshole is selected and resized if necessary in accordance with user definable rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Cybergraphic Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Alistair Langford-Wilson