Patents by Inventor Maged N Zaher

Maged N Zaher 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 processing digital annotations
    Patent number: 7519900
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for storing a digital annotation is provided. The method includes obtaining a notification of a creation of a digital annotation and identifying an anchor associated with the digital annotation. Once the digital annotation has been received and the anchor identified, a resource: locators representative of a location of the anchor is stored. The resource: locators includes a locator that contains at least one locator part. Additionally, a determination is made as to whether there is a content associated with the digital annotation, and if so, a resource: contents representative of the content associated with the digital annotation is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Maged N Zaher, Axel Kramer, Rafael R Ruiz, David M Bargeron