Patents by Inventor Chadlee R. Slater

Chadlee R. Slater 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).

  • Publication number: 20240232508
    Abstract: Aspects related to a font activation platform are provided. The platform may monitor user input to a computing device. The platform may identify a target asset for retrieval. The platform may extract one or more fonts from the target asset. The platform may store the one or more fonts to a staging location. The platform may generate one or more font activation rules corresponding to the one or more fonts. The platform may automatically activate the one or more fonts based on the one or more font activation rules. The platform may monitor the target asset to identify one or more font changes. The platform may update the one or more font activation rules based on the one or more font changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Chadlee R. Slater
  • Publication number: 20140280693
    Abstract: A method, system, and architecture for a font service and a software development kit (SDK) to provide developers with the means to design user-interfaces and content using a wide variety of font typefaces. The SDK may download a font from a font service as needed and activate the font to be rendered in the software application's user interface or other textual content within the application. A subscription service may be provided which comprises user account information or other data relating to permissions for one or more client devices to access one or more font files located in a font library. Further, one or more font files may be optimized according to an operating system in which the target application is operating and/or a screen resolution of a client device on which the target application is operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Celartem, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Schwanitz, Steven J. Russell, Chadlee R. Slater
  • Publication number: 20140035927
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for enabling non-system fonts are presented. A listing of a plurality of non-system fonts may be provided within an application. Responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of non-system fonts by a user of the application, the one of the plurality of non-system fonts may be enabled within the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: CELARTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. BUCKLEY, Clinton T. DAEUBLE, Cassidy K. PATZUK-RUSSELL, Steven J. RUSSEL, Chadlee R. SLATER
  • Patent number: 8234336
    Abstract: A method, system, and architecture for providing a virtual conference center that effectively increases the number of accounts supported by a conference center. The virtual conference center architecture provides a virtual conference center that interfaces with multiple conference centers that each support a certain number of accounts. The virtual conference center provides an interface through which users can access their accounts on the conference centers as if their accounts were created on a single conference center. The users access their accounts and join conferences through the virtual conference center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chadlee R. Slater, Natasha Desai, Jay L. Vernon, Jeremy B. Smith, Robert D. George, Kyle Hagel