Patents by Inventor David Russell Vandervort

David Russell Vandervort 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: 20130066792
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system to manage licensing information associated with an aggregate document. In accordance with the method, a selection of an aggregate document that includes at least one associated sub-document is received. Each of the at least one sub-document is associated with at least one copyright flag. A sub-document is selected from the at least one sub-document. A copyright flag is selected from the at least one copyright flag associated with the selected sub-document. It is determined whether the selected copyright flag is resolved. The selected sub-document is exported to an export document capable of being transmitted to a computing system associated with a user if it is determined that the selected copyright flag is resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein
  • Publication number: 20120331571
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system to manage multiple levels of privacy in a document having a plurality of elements. In accordance with the method, a selection of a first element in the document is received. The first element is tagged with a selected first privacy level of a hierarchical privacy level list. The list includes a plurality of hierarchical levels of privacy associated with a controlling authority. A selection of a second element in the document is received. The selected second element is tagged with a selected second privacy level of the hierarchical privacy level list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Russell Vandervort
  • Patent number: 8321382
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to validating an aggregate document. An instance signature can be generated for a first instance of a data page retrieved for inclusion in the aggregate document and can be compared to a baseline signature associated with a second instance of the data page. A similarity value can be calculated in response to the comparison. The similarity value indicates a degree of similarity between the first instance and the second instance of the data page. Based on the similarity value it can be determined whether to delete or bypass the data page in the aggregate document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein
  • Publication number: 20120109957
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to generating a subset aggregate document from an existing aggregate document. Data pages in an existing aggregate document that satisfy node selection criteria are identified. An aggregate document slice is created that includes the data pages that satisfy the node selection criteria. Connections between the data pages from the existing aggregate document to the aggregate document slice are imported to form at least one continuous path with the data pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: David Russell Vandervort
  • Patent number: 8082448
    Abstract: A system and method for user authentication include a user instructing component and a voice authentication component. The user instructing component generates an instruction for authenticating a voice of a user. The instruction includes a first instruction to recite one or more non-language words. The voice authentication component analyzes a sound signal which includes a response to the instruction. The voice authentication component can authenticate the voice of the user using the response to the instruction including a response to the first instruction to recite the one or more non-language words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: David Russell Vandervort
  • Publication number: 20110238632
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to validating an aggregate document. An instance signature can be generated for a first instance of a data page retrieved for inclusion in the aggregate document and can be compared to a baseline signature associated with a second instance of the data page. A similarity value can be calculated in response to the comparison. The similarity value indicates a degree of similarity between the first instance and the second instance of the data page. Based on the similarity value it can be determined whether to delete or bypass the data page in the aggregate document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein
  • Publication number: 20100241951
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a document generator, which is implemented using a computing system with one or more computing devices, to generate a formatted document associated with a collection of data page units. The document generator or can include a collector, an organization unit, and a formatting unit. The collector facilitates collecting data page units in response to a user selection. The data page units are collected intact and in their original format and are associated with a first ordered sequence. The organization unit facilitates re-sequencing the data page units to associate the data page units with a second ordered sequence. The formatting unit facilitates outputting a formatted document incorporating the collected data page units in the second ordered sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein, Michael Collins Allers
  • Publication number: 20100241940
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a trail generator for implementing a content trail associated with selected data pages. The trail generator retrieves references to data pages selected from the Internet from storage and generates a content trail for the data pages selected from the Internet. The content trail is generated using the references by organizing the references into a user-defined, ordered sequence in the content trail and interconnecting the reference using user-assigned relationships to define at least one path in the content trail that is navigable by a viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein, James Walter Reid, David Russell Vandervort
  • Publication number: 20100106975
    Abstract: A system and method for user authentication include a user instructing component and a voice authentication component. The user instructing component generates an instruction for authenticating a voice of a user. The instruction includes a first instruction to recite one or more non-language words. The voice authentication component analyzes a sound signal which includes a response to the instruction. The voice authentication component can authenticate the voice of the user using the response to the instruction including a response to the first instruction to recite the one or more non-language words.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: David Russell Vandervort