Patents by Inventor Carl W. Orthlieb

Carl W. Orthlieb 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).

  • Patent number: 8256016
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 8239754
    Abstract: A method for annotating an electronic document includes associating a first electronic annotation to a data point of a data structure associated with an electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Carl W. Orthlieb
  • Publication number: 20110167504
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 7913314
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James D. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 7653876
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to create and use a reversible format document. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: obtaining an electronic document in a binary format, reforming the electronic document in a markup language format using information selected from the binary format document according to predefined extraction parameters, and inserting an encoded version of the electronic document in the binary format into the electronic document in the markup language format. A markup language document can include a first and second portions, the first portion including a subset of information, including rules governing how the electronic document is processed by a machine, from a binary format document corresponding to the second portion, and the second portion including an encoded version of the binary format document, where the electronic document is fully transformable to the binary format after a modification to the electronic document in the markup language format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Ethier, John P. Brinkman, Gavin McKenzie, Carl W. Orthlieb
  • Patent number: 7213269
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20040199876
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to create and use a reversible format document. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: obtaining an electronic document in a binary format, reforming the electronic document in a markup language format using information selected from the binary format document according to predefined extraction parameters, and inserting an encoded version of the electronic document in the binary format into the electronic document in the markup language format. A markup language document can include a first and second portions, the first portion including a subset of information, including rules governing how the electronic document is processed by a machine, from a binary format document corresponding to the second portion, and the second portion including an encoded version of the binary format document, where the electronic document is fully transformable to the binary format after a modification to the electronic document in the markup language format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher Ethier, John P. Brinkman, Gavin McKenzie, Carl W. Orthlieb
  • Publication number: 20030159035
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling capabilities of a user software application. A user software application is provided, the user software application including a set of disabled operations. Content capable of being operated on by one or more of the disabled operations in the set of disabled operations is received. Application rights information operable to enable an operation in the set of disabled operations to operate on content within a context specified in the application rights information are received and the operation in the set of disabled operations is enabled to operate on the received content. Methods and apparatus for providing content to be operated on by a user software application and methods and apparatus for providing a configurable, context-dependent user software application are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Carl W. Orthlieb, James P. Pravetz, Sarah Rosenbaum