Patents by Inventor Graham I. Cummins
Graham I. Cummins 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).
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Patent number: 11861300Abstract: A system for maintaining links and revisions for documents is described. The system comprises a productivity server configured to provide a document collaboration service and having processors and a memory storing program data. The program data configures the processors to: receive requests indicating revisions on the documents, including a first request that indicates a first revision to a first document, and a second request that indicates a second revision to a second document. For each request, a workspace revision counter shared by, and indicating a revision state of, the documents is incremented. The workspace revision counter is incremented a first time for the first request and a second time for the second request. Revisions corresponding to the each request are queued in a workspace revision queue shared by the documents. The revisions are caused to be performed on the documents that correspond to the each request.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: WORKIVA INC.Inventors: MacLeod Gordon Broad, Dustin Lee Hiatt, Joel Patrick Barbour, Graham I Cummins, Mark David Erickson, Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Robert Ray Lamb, Tanner Davis Miller, Travis Lee Smith
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Publication number: 20230135875Abstract: A system for maintaining links and revisions for documents is described. The system comprises a productivity server configured to provide a document collaboration service and having processors and a memory storing program data. The program data configures the processors to: receive requests indicating revisions on the documents, including a first request that indicates a first revision to a first document, and a second request that indicates a second revision to a second document. For each request, a workspace revision counter shared by, and indicating a revision state of, the documents is incremented. The workspace revision counter is incremented a first time for the first request and a second time for the second request. Revisions corresponding to the each request are queued in a workspace revision queue shared by the documents. The revisions are caused to be performed on the documents that correspond to the each request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: MacLeod Gordon Broad, Dustin Lee Hiatt, Joel Patrick Barbour, Graham I Cummins, Mark David Erickson, Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Robert Ray Lamb, Tanner Davis Miller, Travis Lee Smith
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Patent number: 11544451Abstract: A method for maintaining links and revisions for a plurality of documents is described. The method is carried out by one or more computing devices. Requests that indicate revisions to be carried out on the plurality of documents are received, at least one of the requests corresponding to revisions for different documents of the plurality of documents. For each request: a workspace revision counter that is shared by the plurality of documents is incremented, the workspace revision counter indicating a revision state of the plurality of documents, the revision is queued in a workspace revision queue that is shared by the plurality of documents, and the revision indicated by the request is caused to be performed on one or more documents of the plurality of documents that correspond to the request.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: WORKIVA INC.Inventors: Macleod Gordon Broad, Dustin Lee Hiatt, Joel Patrick Barbour, Graham I Cummins, Mark David Erickson, Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Robert Ray Lamb, Tanner Davis Miller, Travis Lee Smith
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Publication number: 20220050959Abstract: A method for maintaining links and revisions for a plurality of documents is described. The method is carried out by one or more computing devices. Requests that indicate revisions to be carried out on the plurality of documents are received, at least one of the requests corresponding to revisions for different documents of the plurality of documents. For each request: a workspace revision counter that is shared by the plurality of documents is incremented, the workspace revision counter indicating a revision state of the plurality of documents, the revision is queued in a workspace revision queue that is shared by the plurality of documents, and the revision indicated by the request is caused to be performed on one or more documents of the plurality of documents that correspond to the request.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: MacLeod Gordon Broad, Dustin Lee Hiatt, Joel Patrick Barbour, Graham I. Cummins, Mark David Erickson, Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Robert Ray Lamb, Tanner Davis Miller, Travis Lee Smith
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Patent number: 11100281Abstract: A method for maintaining links and revisions for a plurality of documents is described. The method is carried out by one or more computing devices. Requests that indicate revisions to be carried out on the plurality of documents are received, at least one of the requests corresponding to revisions for different documents of the plurality of documents. For each request: a workspace revision counter that is shared by the plurality of documents is incremented, the workspace revision counter indicating a revision state of the plurality of documents, the revision is queued in a workspace revision queue that is shared by the plurality of documents, and the revision indicated by the request is caused to be performed on one or more documents of the plurality of documents that correspond to the request.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: WORKIVA INC.Inventors: MacLeod Gordon Broad, Dustin Lee Hiatt, Joel Patrick Barbour, Graham I Cummins, Mark David Erickson, Matthew Peter Hinrichsen, Robert Ray Lamb, Tanner Davis Miller, Travis Lee Smith
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Patent number: 8943608Abstract: A method of storing a document on a server, including: extracting document content from a document stored on the server, using a processor on the server; dividing the document content into a plurality of document content sections; generating a parallel data structure for the plurality of document content sections based on a viewing size, where the parallel data structure includes a plurality of selectors, and the plurality of selectors includes pagination selectors; and storing the plurality of document content sections in a plurality of locations on the server. The method may further include storing the parallel data structure in a location on the server separate the plurality of document content sections; generating a table of contents based on the pagination; and rendering the plurality of document content sections into a plurality of document pages based on the plurality of selectors in the parallel data structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Workiva LLCInventors: Shane K. Sizer, Graham I. Cummins, Bert Jeffrey Lutzenberger, Gary D. Orser, Benjamin P. Echols, Jeffrey D. Trom
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Publication number: 20140245458Abstract: A method of storing a document on a server, including: extracting document content from a document stored on the server, using a processor on the server; dividing the document content into a plurality of document content sections; generating a parallel data structure for the plurality of document content sections based on a viewing size, where the parallel data structure includes a plurality of selectors, and the plurality of selectors includes pagination selectors; and storing the plurality of document content sections in a plurality of locations on the server. The method may further include storing the parallel data structure in a location on the server separate the plurality of document content sections; generating a table of contents based on the pagination; and rendering the plurality of document content sections into a plurality of document pages based on the plurality of selectors in the parallel data structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Shane K. Sizer, Graham I. Cummins, Bert Jeffrey Lutzenberger, Gary D. Orser, Benjamin P. Echols, Jeffrey D. Trom
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Patent number: 8504827Abstract: A method of storing a document on a server, including: extracting document content from a document stored on the server, using a processor on the server; dividing the document content into a plurality of document content sections; generating a parallel data structure for the plurality of document content sections based on a viewing size, where the parallel data structure includes a plurality of selectors, and the plurality of selectors includes pagination selectors; and storing the plurality of document content sections in a plurality of locations on the server. The method may further include storing the parallel data structure in a location on the server separate the plurality of document content sections; generating a table of contents based on the pagination; and rendering the plurality of document content sections into a plurality of document pages based on the plurality of selectors in the parallel data structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Webfilings LLCInventors: Shane K. Sizer, Graham I. Cummins, Bert Jeffrey Lutzenberger, Gary D. Orser, Benjamin P. Echols, Jeffrey D. Trom