Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Pierce

Kenneth D. Pierce 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).

  • System and method for defining specifications for outputting content in multiple formats
    Patent number: 8484553
    Abstract: A system and method for defining specifications for outputting content to multiple formats. More specifically, a system and method for creating a single multi-purpose stylesheet file from a single user interface, the single multi-purpose stylesheet being capable of designing multiple output media formats. For example, the multi-purpose stylesheet may convert input XML content to HTML, PDF, PostScript, WML, or other output formats. The method may include creating or modifying a multipurpose stylesheet containing formatting rules corresponding to various properties of different output media formats. A user can configure the multi-purpose stylesheet by selecting different formatting properties for different output media formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Arbortext, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Lloyd, David L. White, Paul B. Grosso, Peter G. Bartlett, Robert M. Lambert, Kenneth D. Pierce, Samuel S. Brow, Joyce M. Svechota