Patents by Inventor Charles Lee Johnson

Charles Lee Johnson 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: 7864186
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. According to some embodiments, visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The server system can perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, images at the client device, and so on. The approach can be “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20100194753
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. According to some embodiments, visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The server system can perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, images at the client device, and so on. The approach can be “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Patent number: 7688327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20090319571
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of marking up subject data streams and associating objects with locations in the data streams via the resulting markups. In particular, the present invention renders the subject data stream in a user interface capable of overlaying predefined markups on top of the data stream and recording user-defined markups. Indications of each markup and indications of the markup's respective location in the data stream are stored in a data store. By associating markups with objects, the objects are associated with locations in the data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Charles Lee Johnson, Timothy R. Wall, Mattew B. Wall
  • Patent number: 7242406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Searchlite Advances, LLC
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20040239681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: ZFrame, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Patent number: 6704024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: ZFrame, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss
  • Publication number: 20020015064
    Abstract: A method of navigating within a plurality of bit-maps through a client user interface, comprising the steps of displaying at least a portion of a first one of the bit-maps on the client user interface, receiving a gesture at the client user interface, and in response to the gesture, altering the display by substituting at least a portion of a different one of the bit-maps for at least a portion of the first bit-map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson
  • Publication number: 20020015042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to display of visual content on a client device using server-side rasterization of visual content. Visual content is rendered on a server system, transformed into bitmaps compatible with the display attributes of a client device, and transmitted for display on the client device. The invention allows the server to perform, in effect, as a remote browser for displaying Web pages, e-mail, e-mail attachments, electronic document and forms, database queries and results, drawings, presentations, and images at the client device. The approach is “remote” because the server does the rendering and the client provides the interface; “multi-level” because rendered visual content is represented as a multi-level set of raster representations; and constitutes a “browsing system” because the client and server share data about the source visual content element being browsed, and the client performs a specific browsing function assisted by the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: John S. Robotham, Charles Lee Johnson, Howard P. Weiss