Patents by Inventor Josh Pollock

Josh Pollock 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: 7836094
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Patent number: 7770180
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for embedding an object in a receiving or client document such that a client application may operate on the embedded object to include interrogation and modification of data contained in the embedded object. When a given document object is embedded into a receiving document, data representing the embedded object is saved to a data stream storage for the receiving document. When the embedded object in the receiving document is subsequently requested in response to an operation executed on the embedded object, the receiving application obtains the data representation of the embedded object from the data stream storage. Once the receiving application obtains the data representation of the embedded object, the receiving application may perform operations on the embedded object by accessing the embedded object via its data representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Villaron, Brian Jones, Chad Rothschiller, Robert Little, Sharad Garg, Su-Piao Bill Wu, Josh Pollock, Andrew Bishop, Dan Jump
  • Patent number: 7752235
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Patent number: 7620650
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Patent number: 7617229
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for breaking a computer-generated document into a number of components where the components have explicit relationships with each other. A relationship representation is generated for the components of the document. A user may then navigate the relationships between the components to quickly understand the nature of the document and its components and to locate particular portions of the document that are important to the user. In addition, the user may open, edit and reuse particular components of the document apart from the rest of the document and without having to open or edit the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Bishop, Ashley Morgan, Brian Jones, Chad Rothschiller, Charles S. Walker, Eoin Burke, Josh Pollock, Robert Little, Sharad K. Garg, Shawn Alan Villaron, Su-Piao Bill Wu
  • Patent number: 7603390
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for recovering data. The disclosed systems and methods may include locating a central directory in a file archive. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that a local header located in the file archive is authentic if at least one of a plurality of records in the local header match at least one of a corresponding record in the central directory. The local header may be located in the file archive using an offset specified in the central directory. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that the local header is valid and recovering item data associated with the local header if the local header is authentic and valid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Jump, Li Hua, Simon Leet, Josh Pollock, Scott Walker
  • Patent number: 7549118
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Shur, Jerry Dunietz, Joe King, Josh Pollock, Wei Zhu, Oliver H. Foehr, Sarjana Sheth, David Ornstein, Daniel F. Emerson
  • Patent number: 7523392
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mapping between components of a packaging model and features of a physical representation of a package are provided. Components of a packaging model may include, by way of example only, a part name, a content type, the contents of a part, and/or a growth hint. Physical representations of a package may include, by way of example only, physical persistence formats and/or various transports, e.g., network-based protocols. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing the disclosed methods, as well as computers programmed to perform the disclosed methods, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry J. Dunietz, Josh Pollock, Isaac E. Nichols, Oliver H. Foehr, Charels S. Walker, Kirk N. Shoop, David B. Ornstein, Sarjana Sheth, Andrey Shur, Jean-Marie H. Larcheveque
  • Patent number: 7512878
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Shur, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Daniel Emerson, Mike Hillberg, Young Gah Kim, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth, David Ornstein, Jean Paoli, Brian Jones
  • Patent number: 7451156
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Patent number: 7437659
    Abstract: A publishing program can provide continuous and real-time feedback on possible design problems while a document is being edited or created. The feedback can include displaying a user interface that has a real-time list of any design problems that may be a result of the current edits or creations in a document. The list is updated as the document is being created or edited. A user can toggle between the list and the document as often as desired. The list can identify all current potential publication problems of an electronic document as well as the types of the publication problems that may be present in an electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: George Taniwaki, Nitin Chopra, Benjamen Eric Ross, Matt Wood, Donald Elman, Josh Pollock
  • Patent number: 7418652
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are describe. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Jean Paoli, Mike Hillberg, Oliver Foehr, Josh Pollock, Jerry Dunietz
  • Patent number: 7359902
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Publication number: 20070016547
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for recovering data. The disclosed systems and methods may include locating a central directory in a file archive. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that a local header located in the file archive is authentic if at least one of a plurality of records in the local header match at least one of a corresponding record in the central directory. The local header may be located in the file archive using an offset specified in the central directory. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods may include determining that the local header is valid and recovering item data associated with the local header if the local header is authentic and valid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Jump, Li Hua, Simon Leet, Josh Pollock, Scott Walker
  • Publication number: 20060271574
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for embedding an object in a receiving or client document such that a client application may operate on the embedded object to include interrogation and modification of data contained in the embedded object. When a given document object is embedded into a receiving document, data representing the embedded object is saved to a data stream storage for the receiving document. When the embedded object in the receiving document is subsequently requested in response to an operation executed on the embedded object, the receiving application obtains the data representation of the embedded object from the data stream storage. Once the receiving application obtains the data representation of the embedded object, the receiving application may perform operations on the embedded object by accessing the embedded object via its data representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Villaron, Brian Jones, Chad Rothschiller, Robert Little, Sharad Garg, Su-Piao Wu, Josh Pollock, Andrew Bishop, Dan Jump
  • Publication number: 20060242566
    Abstract: Methods and systems for mapping between components of a packaging model and features of a physical representation of a package are provided. Components of a packaging model may include, by way of example only, a part name, a content type, the contents of a part, and/or a growth hint. Physical representations of a package may include, by way of example only, physical persistence formats and/or various transports, e.g., network-based protocols. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for performing the disclosed methods, as well as computers programmed to perform the disclosed methods, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry Dunietz, Josh Pollock, Isaac Nichols, Oliver Foehr, Charles Walker, Kirk Shoop, David Ornstein, Sarjana Sheth, Andrey Shur, Jean-Marie Larcheveque
  • Publication number: 20060206794
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Publication number: 20060149758
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Publication number: 20060149785
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth
  • Publication number: 20060143195
    Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Ornstein, Andrey Shur, Mike Hillberg, Brian Jones, Daniel Emerson, Jerry Dunietz, Oliver Foehr, Bruce MacKenzie, Jean Paoli, Josh Pollock, Sarjana Sheth