Patents by Inventor Edward Yee Ly

Edward Yee Ly 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).

  • Method and apparatus for selective visual formatting of an electronic document
    Patent number: 9842089
    Abstract: A method for managing display of electronic documents is described. A user interface is generated for a visual style set of visual styles that affect display of electronic document content. A visual style of the visual style set comprises a style element set of style elements. A lock status for a style element of the style element set is received via the user interface. The lock status indicates whether the style element is editable or non-editable by a user of an electronic document associated with the visual style set. The visual style set is stored with the lock status for the style element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Marks, Winston Joseph Chappell, Edward Yee Ly, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alan Joseph Streit, John Patrick Ryan
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE VISUAL FORMATTING OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20160132465
    Abstract: A method for managing display of electronic documents is described. A user interface is generated for a visual style set of visual styles that affect display of electronic document content. A visual style of the visual style set comprises a style element set of style elements. A lock status for a style element of the style element set is received via the user interface. The lock status indicates whether the style element is editable or non-editable by a user of an electronic document associated with the visual style set. The visual style set is stored with the lock status for the style element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Joel Alan Marks, Winston Joseph Chappell, Edward Yee Ly, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alan Joseph Streit, John Patrick Ryan
  • Method and apparatus for selective visual formatting of an electronic document using a style element lock status
    Patent number: 9239820
    Abstract: A method for managing display of electronic documents is described. A user interface is generated for a visual style set of visual styles that affect display of electronic document content. A visual style of the visual style set comprises a style element set of style elements. A lock status for a style element of the style element set is received via the user interface. The lock status indicates whether the style element is editable or non-editable by a user of an electronic document associated with the visual style set. The visual style set is stored with the lock status for the style element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Alan Marks, Winston Joseph Chappell, Edward Yee Ly, Edward Joseph Cupps, Alan Joseph Streit, John Patrick Ryan
  • Methods and a computing device for configuring a waterfall chart
    Patent number: 9122668
    Abstract: A computing device (e.g., a processor executing instructions on the computing device) receives an input (e.g., from a user or from a data stream) into a cell of a table (e.g., a cell of a spreadsheet, worksheet, or workbook). If the input is a sum (e.g., a formula whose result is the sum of previous cells), then the computing device renders a total column representing the sum on a waterfall chart (e.g., on a user interface rendered on an electronic display). Otherwise, if the input is a static value (e.g., an integer or decimal number), then the computing device renders a change column representing the static value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Wacha, Dustin John Holmes, Kyle James McMorrow, Edward Yee Ly, Timothy Lee Gilbert, Sidney Robert Pitt, Tucker Douglas Hays, Kent Wesley Iverson, Rick Warren Maples