Patents by Inventor Ed A. Taft

Ed A. Taft 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).

  • Prescriptions for nonsupported features of an electronic document
    Patent number: 8489536
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes receiving an electronic document that comprising a list of one or more features specified for use during processing of the electronic document by an application. The method also includes determining if one or more specified features from the list of specified features is not supported by the application. The method includes executing an operation that is defined by a prescription associated with one or more specified features, in response to a determination that the one or more specified features is not supported by the application, wherein the prescription defines at least one of an operation to be performed or a restriction to be applied by the application as part of subsequent processing of the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeff Young, Ed A. Taft