Patents by Inventor David Eugene Auter

David Eugene Auter 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).

  • System and method of locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image that matches a user-defined description of the region
    Patent number: 7050630
    Abstract: A method of locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image that matches a user-defined description of the region includes comparing non-textual regions of each of a corpus of electronic documents with the user-defined description and identifying non-textual regions of the electronic documents that match the user-defined description according to pre-determined criteria. A system for locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image based on a user-defined description of the region includes a user interface for creation of the user-defined description of the region, and a zoning analysis engine for segmenting the electronic document into regions including non-textual regions, comparing the non-textual regions with the user-defined description and identifying non-textual regions which match the user-defined description according to pre-determined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Steven John Simske, David Eugene Auter
  • System and method of locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image that matches a user-defined description of the region
    Publication number: 20030223637
    Abstract: A method of locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image that matches a user-defined description of the region includes comparing non-textual regions of each of a corpus of electronic documents with the user-defined description and identifying non-textual regions of the electronic documents that match the user-defined description according to pre-determined criteria. A system for locating a non-textual region of an electronic document or image based on a user-defined description of the region includes a user interface for creation of the user-defined description of the region, and a zoning analysis engine for segmenting the electronic document into regions including non-textual regions, comparing the non-textual regions with the user-defined description and identifying non-textual regions which match the user-defined description according to pre-determined criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Steve John Simske, David Eugene Auter