Patents by Inventor Joshua Allen Beam

Joshua Allen Beam 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).

  • Publication number: 20210319172
    Abstract: A method for rendering linked content in a first document having a table with a plurality of cells is described. A first user entry of a first link in a cell of the plurality of cells is received at a computing device. The first link refers to a first set of content having a source location that is external to the cell. The cell is displayed in a user interface that displays the first document. Displaying the cell includes retrieving, by the computing device, the first set of content using the first link. Displaying the cell also includes updating, by the computing device, the user interface to display, within the cell, both the first set of content and a second set of content that is distinct from the first set of content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Taylor Anderson, Joshua Allen Beam, Brian David Bolton, Kaitlyn Alise Childers, Mark David Erickson, Grant Nelson, John Christopher Pillar, Madelyn Renee Stephens
  • Patent number: 10769361
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: WORKIVA INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Lee Hiatt, Travis Lee Smith, John Pillar, Joshua Allen Beam
  • Publication number: 20190188253
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Dustin Lee Hiatt, Travis Lee Smith, John Pillar, Joshua Allen Beam
  • Patent number: 10255263
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin Lee Hiatt, Travis Lee Smith, John Pillar, Joshua Allen Beam
  • Publication number: 20180203838
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a data storage and retrieval system includes a computing device that configures the computer memory according to an RTree (a type of logic tree) representing a structure of a spreadsheet. The computer memory may be internal to or external to the computing device. In an embodiment, the RTree has a plurality of nodes, at least some of which contain one or more minimum bounding rectangles. Each minimum bounding rectangle (“MBR”) encompasses cells of the spreadsheet from a different one of a plurality of columns of the spreadsheet, but does not encompass cells of any of the other columns of the plurality of columns. A node of the RTree may hold multiple MBRs or a single MBR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Dustin Lee Hiatt, Travis Lee Smith, John Pillar, Joshua Allen Beam