Patents by Inventor Anusha Nirmalananthan
Anusha Nirmalananthan 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).
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Patent number: 8711395Abstract: We describe a method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerised electronic device, the method comprising: running a document display management program on said second electronic device; using said management program to invoke an application running on said second electronic device to open said document on said second electronic device, such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user; using an intermediary code module, in particular a printer driver for said application, coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device; and displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Duncan Barclay, Anusha Nirmalananthan, William Reeves
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Patent number: 8539341Abstract: We describe a method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background color and at least one margin having said background color, the method comprising: inputting page data defining a page for display; processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Duncan Barclay, Steven Farmer, Carl Hayton, Simon Joines, Anusha Nirmalananthan, Paul A. Cain, Barry Merrick
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Patent number: 8203546Abstract: This invention generally relates to an electronic document reading device, that is to a device such as an electronic book which presents a document to a user on a display to enable the user to read the document. A portable flex-tolerant electronic document reading device, the device including a flex-tolerant display coupled to a flex-tolerant layer of pixel driver circuitry, and wherein said device has a physical configuration comprising a planar display surface and a rear surface having a frame around its outer perimeter to stiffen the device, the frame defining a central region of relatively reduced thickness compared with a thickness of said frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Patent number: 7920320Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices, in particular consumer electronic devices, including an electrophoactive display, as well as to electronic document reading devices, sometimes called e-readers, such as electronic books. We describe an electronic device including an electroactive display and a light to illuminate said display, wherein said display has a viewing surface, and wherein said light is configured to illuminate said display from in front and to one side of an edge of said viewing surface, across said viewing surface and through a front-most surface of said display.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Publication number: 20090109498Abstract: We describe a method of displaying one or more pages of a document on an electronic document reading device using a second, computerised electronic device, the method comprising: running a document display management program on said second electronic device; using said management program to invoke an application running on said second electronic device to open said document on said second electronic device, such that said opening of said document is hidden from said user; using an intermediary code module, in particular a printer driver for said application, coupled to said application to generate image data representing an image of a said page of said document to be displayed on said electronic document reading device; sending said image of said page to said electronic document reading device; and displaying said image of said page on said electronic document reading device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Duncan Barclay, Anusha Nirmalananthan, William Reeves
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Publication number: 20090113291Abstract: We describe a method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background colour and at least one margin having said background colour, the method comprising: inputting page data defining a page for display; processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITEDInventors: Duncan Barclay, Paul A. Cain, Steven Farmer, Carl Hayton, Simon Jones, Barry Merrick, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Publication number: 20090109185Abstract: We describe a display device for displaying an electronic document page comprising a central rewritable portion, a non-rewritable border with external lateral physical dimensions defined by the display edges, wherein said border is coloured to substantially match a background colour of said central rewritable portion such that when a foreground part of said document page is displayed on said central rewritable portion the appearance of margins of said document page is provided by said background coloured border whereby in use said displayed electronic document page appears to extend up to said display edges, and wherein the surface of the display is substantially flat over the lateral physical dimensions from the central rewritable portion across the border to the display edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicant: PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITEDInventors: Duncan Barclay, Steven Farmer, Carl Hayton, Simon Jones, Anusha Nirmalananthan, Paul A. Cain, Barry Merrick
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Publication number: 20080298083Abstract: The invention relates to electronic devices, in particular consumer electronic devices, including an electrophoactive display, as well as to electronic document reading devices, sometimes called e-readers, such as electronic books. We describe an electronic device including an electroactive display and a light to illuminate said display, wherein said display has a viewing surface, and wherein said light is configured to illuminate said display from in front and to one side of an edge of said viewing surface, across said viewing surface and through a front-most surface of said display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Publication number: 20080297496Abstract: This invention generally relates to an electronic document reading device, that is to a device such as an electronic book which presents a document to a user on a display to enable the user to read the document. A portable flex-tolerant electronic document reading device, the device including a flex-tolerant display coupled to a flex-tolerant layer of pixel driver circuitry, and wherein said device has a physical configuration comprising a planar display surface and a rear surface having a frame around its outer perimeter to stiffen the device, the frame defining a central region of relatively reduced thickness compared with a thickness of said frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, David Fisher, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Patent number: D585888Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Patent number: D603398Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Patent number: RE41501Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Carl Hayton, David Fisher, Anusha Nirmalananthan
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Patent number: D622273Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Plastic Logic LimitedInventors: Carl Hayton, Ben Watson, Nick Sandham, Duncan Barclay, Simon Jones, Anusha Nirmalananthan, David Fisher