Patents by Inventor Joan Catharine Weaver
Joan Catharine Weaver 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: 11301437Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for creating a milestone associated with a version of an electronic file. A milestone creation input associated with the particular version of the electronic file is received. Milestone content to be associated with the particular version of the electronic file is further received. The milestone content is stored, and, the stored milestone content and the particular version of the electronic file are associated. Further described herein is a system and method for using a milestone associated with a version of an electronic file. Milestone indicator(s) are displayed, each milestone indicator associated with a milestone of a version of an electronic file. A selection of a particular milestone indicator is received. Milestone content associated with the selected particular milestone indicator is presented. The milestones can be searchable.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joan Catharine Weaver, Douglas Lane Milvaney
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Patent number: 11244100Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for visualizing changes in documents. In an implementation, one or more computers, employing a change visualization process, maintain a record of changes made to a document over a period of time. The one or more computers identify a document scope within which to focus a visualization of one or more changes made to the document, wherein the document scope comprises a timeframe of interest. The one or more computers also identify, from the record of the changes, one or more changes made to the document within the document scope and surface a visualization of the one or more changes.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Arthur David Berman, Christopher Ryan Botaish, Joan Catharine Weaver, Lyndsy Marie Stopa
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Patent number: 11240320Abstract: A document modification event management system for notification of specific edits made to electronic content items, and a method of determining the relevance of the modification. As an example, a first user may make an edit to a portion of a document. A second user may receive a notification of this edit if the system determines the edit was relevant to the second user. In addition, during review of an electronic content item, a reader may select a specific portion of content and view the modifications that have occurred to only the selected portion. These tools can provide collaborative document users the ability to more readily monitor document development and stay up-to-date with changes that are important to them.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Joan Catharine Weaver, Christopher Ryan Botaish, Lyndsy Marie Stopa, Arthur David Berman
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Publication number: 20200356623Abstract: Technology is disclosed herein for visualizing changes in documents. In an implementation, one or more computers, employing a change visualization process, maintain a record of changes made to a document over a period of time. The one or more computers identify a document scope within which to focus a visualization of one or more changes made to the document, wherein the document scope comprises a timeframe of interest. The one or more computers also identify, from the record of the changes, one or more changes made to the document within the document scope and surface a visualization of the one or more changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Douglas Lane Milvaney, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Arthur David Berman, Christopher Ryan Botaish, Joan Catharine Weaver, Lyndsy Marie Stopa
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Publication number: 20200162561Abstract: A document modification event management system for notification of specific edits made to electronic content items, and a method of determining the relevance of the modification. As an example, a first user may make an edit to a portion of a document. A second user may receive a notification of this edit if the system determines the edit was relevant to the second user. In addition, during review of an electronic content item, a reader may select a specific portion of content and view the modifications that have occurred to only the selected portion. These tools can provide collaborative document users the ability to more readily monitor document development and stay up-to-date with changes that are important to them.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Douglas Lane MILVANEY, Benjamin Gustav WILDE, Joan Catharine WEAVER, Christopher Ryan BOTAISH, Lyndsy Marie STOPA, Arthur David BERMAN
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Publication number: 20190318007Abstract: Described herein is a system and method for creating a milestone associated with a version of an electronic file. A milestone creation input associated with the particular version of the electronic file is received. Milestone content to be associated with the particular version of the electronic file is further received. The milestone content is stored, and, the stored milestone content and the particular version of the electronic file are associated. Further described herein is a system and method for using a milestone associated with a version of an electronic file. Milestone indicator(s) are displayed, each milestone indicator associated with a milestone of a version of an electronic file. A selection of a particular milestone indicator is received. Milestone content associated with the selected particular milestone indicator is presented. The milestones can be searchable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joan Catharine WEAVER, Douglas Lane MILVANEY
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Patent number: 10230731Abstract: Inline command functionality for automatically sharing a document with user access permissions is provided. Automatic sharing of a document is performed in response to a trigger entry within the document. When a trigger entry and a user identifier entry is received, an auto-share system automatically resolves user access permissions in the background, detects sharing permissions, and shares the document with user access permissions without requiring the user who is sharing the document to manually input data. A notification is provided to the sharing user informing the user that the document is being shared, and another notification is provided to the user with whom the document is being shared including a link to the document. If the document was unintentionally shared, the sharing user is enabled to select the notification, and quickly and easily make modifications to the user access permissions for the document.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.Inventors: Joan Catharine Weaver, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Patrick Michael Gan, Jade Kessler, Erin M. O'Connell, Suzan Marashi, Derik Stenerson
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Publication number: 20170353466Abstract: Inline command functionality for automatically sharing a document with user access permissions is provided. Automatic sharing of a document is performed in response to a trigger entry within the document. When a trigger entry and a user identifier entry is received, an auto-share system automatically resolves user access permissions in the background, detects sharing permissions, and shares the document with user access permissions without requiring the user who is sharing the document to manually input data. A notification is provided to the sharing user informing the user that the document is being shared, and another notification is provided to the user with whom the document is being shared including a link to the document. If the document was unintentionally shared, the sharing user is enabled to select the notification, and quickly and easily make modifications to the user access permissions for the document.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.Inventors: Joan Catharine Weaver, Benjamin Gustav Wilde, Patrick Michael Gan, Jade Kessler, Erin M. O'Connell, Suzan Marashi, Derik Stenerson