Patents by Inventor Eric S Leese

Eric S Leese 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: 8677186
    Abstract: The debugging of a program in a data parallel environment. A connection is established between a debugging module and a process of the data parallel environment. The connection causes the data parallel environment to notify the debugging module of certain events as they occur in the execution of the process. Upon notification of such an event, the process execution is paused, and the debugging module may query the data parallel environment for information regarding the process at the device independent virtual machine layer. Upon completion of this querying, the process may then resume execution. This may occur repeatedly if multiple events are encountered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Paul E. Maybee, Eric S. Leese, John Lee Rapp, Maria K. Blees
  • Publication number: 20120159258
    Abstract: The debugging of a program in a data parallel environment. A connection is established between a debugging module and a process of the data parallel environment. The connection causes the data parallel environment to notify the debugging module of certain events as they occur in the execution of the process. Upon notification of such an event, the process execution is paused, and the debugging module may query the data parallel environment for information regarding the process at the device independent virtual machine layer. Upon completion of this querying, the process may then resume execution. This may occur repeatedly if multiple events are encountered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul E. Maybee, Eric S. Leese, John Lee Rapp, Maria K. Blees
  • Patent number: 7940273
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for determining Unicode points from glyph elements are provided. The tools may receive indications of commands that relate to text containing glyphs. Responding to the commands, the tools may convert the glyphs to corresponding Unicode representations. The tools may also provide glyph substitution tables that include Unicode fields for storing Unicode representations of characters, along with first and second glyph fields for storing glyphs of the characters. The glyph substitution tables may include links pointing from the second glyph fields to the first glyph fields, and may also include links pointing from the first glyph fields to the Unicode fields. The tools may provide character mapping tables that include Unicode fields for storing Unicode representations of characters. The character mapping tables may also include glyph fields for storing glyphs of the characters, and may include links pointing from the glyph fields to the Unicode fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmet Gurcan, Eric S. Leese, Khaled S. Sedky, Clifton E. Kerr
  • Patent number: 7836399
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques detect lists in vector graphics based documents and use them in meaningful ways. The system detects at least one list in a vector graphics based document using a set of rules. Pattern detection logic identifies characters, symbols, numbers, letters, and/or images that may start a list. Additional pattern detection logic determines if a list exists. The system can identify and parse bulleted lists, numbered or lettered lists, and nested lists that are any combination of both. Once identified, the content is translated into a modified format. The content can be output to a destination application in the modified format that is more suitable for output or use by the destination application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmet Gurcan, Eric S. Leese, Jeffrey G. Brown, Jerry J. Dunietz, Jesse D. McGatha, Khaled S. Sedky, Ming Liu, Oliver H. Foehr, Rodrigo Lopez
  • Patent number: 7721198
    Abstract: Techniques relating to story tracking for fixed layout markup documents are described. In one instance, a process identifies stories contained in a fixed layout markup document. The process also determines which portions of the fixed layout markup document relate to an individual story.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse D. McGatha, Eric S Leese, Ahmet Gurcan, Ming Liu, Rodrigo Lopez, Khaled S Sedky, Oliver H Foehr, Jerry Dunietz
  • Patent number: 7707488
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques detect tables in vector graphics based documents and use them in meaningful ways. The system detects at least one table in a vector graphics based document using a set of rules. The rules include analyzing a set of content representing horizontal and vertical lines to find intersections and identifying table cells based on the intersections. Once identified, the table content is translated into a modified format. The content can be output to a destination application in the modified format that is more suitable for output or use by the destination application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmet Gurcan, Eric S. Leese, Jeffrey G. Brown, Jerry J. Dunietz, Jesse D. McGatha, Khaled S. Sedky, Ming Liu, Oliver H. Foehr, Rodrigo Lopez
  • Patent number: 7676741
    Abstract: Techniques relating to structural context for fixed layout markup documents are described. In one instance, a process defines content and associated positional information of a document with a set of content markup. The process also specifies a structural configuration for the document relative to at least some of the content markup, such that the structural configuration is separate from the content markup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse D. McGatha, Eric S Leese, Ahmet Gurcan, Ming Liu, Rodrigo Lopez, Khaled S Sedky, Oliver H Foehr, Jerry Dunietz
  • Publication number: 20070180357
    Abstract: Techniques relating to story tracking for fixed layout markup documents are described. In one instance, a process identifies stories contained in a fixed layout markup document. The process also determines which portions of the fixed layout markup document relate to an individual story.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse D. McGatha, Eric S. Leese, Ahmet Gurcan, Ming Liu, Rodrigo Lopez, Khaled S. Sedky, Oliver H. Foehr, Jerry Dunietz
  • Publication number: 20070180358
    Abstract: Techniques relating to structural context for fixed layout markup documents are described. In one instance, a process defines content and associated positional information of a document with a set of content markup. The process also specifies a structural configuration for the document relative to at least some of the content markup, such that the structural configuration is separate from the content markup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse D. McGatha, Eric S. Leese, Ahmet Gurcan, Ming Liu, Rodrigo Lopez, Khaled S. Sedky, Oliver H. Foehr, Jerry Dunietz