Patents by Inventor Joshua S. Bell

Joshua S. Bell 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).

  • Designer-created aspect for an electronic form template
    Patent number: 7725834
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods that enable addition of a designer-created aspect originating from one electronic form template into another electronic form template are described. The systems and/or methods may also, in one embodiment, enable a user to graphically package designer-created aspects of an existing electronic form template into a component capable of being added to another electronic form template. In another embodiment, these systems and/or methods may enable mapping of an existing non-structural designer-created aspect originating from one electronic form template onto a data structure of another electronic form template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua S. Bell, Scott M. Roberts, Jun Jin, Brian C. Teutsch, Laurent Mollicone
  • Enabling selection of an inferred schema part
    Patent number: 7613996
    Abstract: Systems and/or methods (“tools”) are described that convert or present conversion problems for electronic documents. The tools may convert a generally unstructured electronic document to a generally structured electronic document using non-visual textual and layout information of the unstructured document. The tools can also present possible problems with this or other types of conversion. And the tools can enable a user to alter an electronic document's schema without altering its visual layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas K Dallett, Scott M. Roberts, Brian C. Teutsch, Jun Jin, Willson Kulandai-Raj David, Joshua S. Bell, David M Snow, Aleksandr Tysbert, Shuk-Yan Lai
  • Identifying design issues in electronic forms
    Patent number: 7587661
    Abstract: A technology for identifying design issues during an electronic form generating process is provided. In one method approach, a user selected runtime environment to be applied to an electronic form is received. A form design check is performed on the electronic form. A reporting object generates a list of design issues identified by the form design check. The list of design issues is displayed in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua S. Bell, Nicholas K. Dallett, Willson Kulandai Raj David, David M. Snow, Dafina I. Toncheva, Aleksandr Tsybert
  • Building a view on markup language data through a set of components
    Patent number: 7168035
    Abstract: A designer uses a forms designer application to build electronic forms from hierarchical data. Displays of hierarchical data, facilitation of selection of a portion of the hierarchical data, and displays of one or more suggested transformation-language components associated with a selected portion of hierarchical data are described. From the transformation-language components selected by a designer, generation of an electronic form is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua S. Bell, Alessandro Catorcini, Andrew Paul Begun, Jean D. Paoli, Jun Jin, Laurent Mollicone, Willson Kulandai Raj