Patents by Inventor Karl S. Black

Karl S. Black 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: 20040205572
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a provisioning repository receives content from multiple content sources. Content in the provisioning repository may be used to populate page regions of a template. Documents based on the template may be created and then published in a computer network. In another embodiment, a workflow system is employed to manage the creation, editing, and publication of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Wendell Fields, Ajay Kumar, Kevin H. Jackson, Karl S. Black
  • Publication number: 20040133595
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and computer programs embodied in a computer readable medium are provided for the persistence of document object models for use in creating markup documents by copying and alteration, etc. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises the steps of parsing a markup document into document object model (DOM), inputting a selection of a number of DOM elements of the DOM that are to be included in a template, creating the template and storing the template in a nonvolatile memory, conditioning selected ones of the DOM elements to be added to the template, and, adding the selected ones of the DOM elements to the template in the nonvolatile memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Karl S. Black
  • Publication number: 20040133854
    Abstract: Various systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer readable medium are provided for generating a document template repository. The document template repository includes various document object model elements that may be reused to create markup files or pages. In one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises the steps of isolating a number of document object model (DOM) elements in a DOM, generating and storing a template in a database, conditioning the DOM elements for storage in the database, associating the DOM elements with the template, and, storing the DOM elements in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Karl S. Black