Patents by Inventor Lori O. Toomey

Lori O. Toomey 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).

  • Systems and methods for generating and controlling temporary digital ink
    Patent number: 7286141
    Abstract: Techniques for generating temporary digital ink on media are provided. Marks or gestures are made using one or more temporary digital inks on media, such as an digital document. Digital ink may be dynamically determined to be permanent or temporary. Each mark or gesture using temporary digital inks may fade based on at least one condition. The conditions include a predetermined time determined based on, a first stroke of the temporary digital ink, completion of the temporary digital ink, appearance of the temporary digital ink to another user, a first stroke of a succeeding group of digital ink, and a stroke of the succeeding digital ink is completed. Conditions may also include changing display attributes, such as color and thickness of digital ink, and fading or switching in reaction to an audio or video signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eleanor G. Rieffel, Lori O. Toomey
  • Systems and methods for generating and controlling temporary digital ink
    Publication number: 20030043189
    Abstract: Techniques for generating temporary digital ink on media are provided. Marks or gestures are made using one or more temporary digital inks on media, such as an digital document. Digital ink may be dynamically determined to be permanent or temporary. Each mark or gesture using temporary digital inks may fade based on at least one condition. The conditions include a predetermined time determined based on, a first stroke of the temporary digital ink, completion of the temporary digital ink, appearance of the temporary digital ink to another user, a first stroke of a succeeding group of digital ink, and a stroke of the succeeding digital ink is completed. Conditions may also include changing display attributes, such as color and thickness of digital ink, and fading or switching in reaction to an audio or video signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eleanor G. Rieffel, Lori O. Toomey