Patents by Inventor Michael Collins Allers

Michael Collins Allers 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).

  • Generating formatted documents based on collected data content
    Patent number: 8856645
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a document generator, which is implemented using a computing system with one or more computing devices, to generate a formatted document associated with a collection of data page units. The document generator or can include a collector, an organization unit, and a formatting unit. The collector facilitates collecting data page units in response to a user selection. The data page units are collected intact and in their original format and are associated with a first ordered sequence. The organization unit facilitates re-sequencing the data page units to associate the data page units with a second ordered sequence. The formatting unit facilitates outputting a formatted document incorporating the collected data page units in the second ordered sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein, Michael Collins Allers
  • Generating Formatted Documents Based on Collected Data Content
    Publication number: 20100241951
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein include a document generator, which is implemented using a computing system with one or more computing devices, to generate a formatted document associated with a collection of data page units. The document generator or can include a collector, an organization unit, and a formatting unit. The collector facilitates collecting data page units in response to a user selection. The data page units are collected intact and in their original format and are associated with a first ordered sequence. The organization unit facilitates re-sequencing the data page units to associate the data page units with a second ordered sequence. The formatting unit facilitates outputting a formatted document incorporating the collected data page units in the second ordered sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Russell Vandervort, Venkatesh Guru Rao, Jesse Silverstein, Michael Collins Allers