Patents by Inventor Christopher R. Bank

Christopher R. Bank 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: 10802680
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a pixel-aligned layout grid. In some examples, a method may include receiving an input that quantifies a selected one of multiple horizontal dimensions, a number of columns, a column width, a gutter width, and a margin width, of a layout grid. The method may also include, responsive to receiving the input, calculating respective integer values for the remaining multiple horizontal dimensions based on the received input quantifying the selected one of the multiple horizontal dimensions. The method may further include generating a layout grid based on the integer values for the remaining multiple horizontal dimensions and the received input quantifying the selected one of the multiple horizontal dimensions, and rendering the generated layout grid as a pixel-aligned layout grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Randall James Edmunds, Christopher R. Bank, Ashley Margaret Huang
  • Publication number: 20190354247
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for generating a pixel-aligned layout grid. In some examples, a method may include receiving an input that quantifies a selected one of multiple horizontal dimensions, a number of columns, a column width, a gutter width, and a margin width, of a layout grid. The method may also include, responsive to receiving the input, calculating respective integer values for the remaining multiple horizontal dimensions based on the received input quantifying the selected one of the multiple horizontal dimensions. The method may further include generating a layout grid based on the integer values for the remaining multiple horizontal dimensions and the received input quantifying the selected one of the multiple horizontal dimensions, and rendering the generated layout grid as a pixel-aligned layout grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Randall James Edmunds, Christopher R. Bank, Ashley Margaret Huang
  • Patent number: 9892097
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses that enable absolute positioning with publishable HTML code. These techniques permit a designer to place objects at absolute positions in a design interface and see how a webpage will actually look in response to that placement. A designer need not publish the design before seeing how it will actually look because the design interface determines and then uses publishable HTML code to present the design, even in real time. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the techniques provide real-time feedback showing parameters of the publishable HTML code, thereby permitting the designer to quickly and easily change the publishable HTML code by altering the shown parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher R. Bank, Jacob Aaron Surber, Kristofer G. Joseph
  • Publication number: 20140298163
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses that enable absolute positioning with publishable HTML code. These techniques permit a designer to place objects at absolute positions in a design interface and see how a webpage will actually look in response to that placement. A designer need not publish the design before seeing how it will actually look because the design interface determines and then uses publishable HTML code to present the design, even in real time. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the techniques provide real-time feedback showing parameters of the publishable HTML code, thereby permitting the designer to quickly and easily change the publishable HTML code by altering the shown parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher R. Bank, Jacob Aaron Surber, Kristofer G. Joseph