Patents by Inventor Angela Selman

Angela Selman 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).

  • Automatic designation of XBRL taxonomy tags
    Patent number: 8176003
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to new and alternate systems and methods to associate XBRL tags with financial data. A business user creates a design template that can be used one or more times to create an instance of an XBRL document. A user can select a user interface element to have a system automatically map the XBRL taxonomy tags with portions of financial information. Upon selecting the user interface element, the system determines the best matches for the financial information and the XBRL taxonomy. The matches are recorded or stored in the design template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Allen Bush, Daniel Barnett, Jeffrey B. Cutting, Angela Selman
  • Automatic Designation of XBRL Taxonomy Tags
    Publication number: 20090006472
    Abstract: The embodiments described herein generally relate to new and alternate systems and methods to associate XBRL tags with financial data. A business user creates a design template that can be used one or more times to create an instance of an XBRL document. A user can select a user interface element to have a system automatically map the XBRL taxonomy tags with portions of financial information. Upon selecting the user interface element, the system determines the best matches for the financial information and the XBRL taxonomy. The matches are recorded or stored in the design template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Allen Bush, Daniel Barnett, Jeffrey B. Cutting, Angela Selman