Patents by Inventor Michael Duncan Trent

Michael Duncan Trent 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).

  • Associating an object with a relevant data source
    Patent number: 8621375
    Abstract: Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Peter William Rapp, Michael Duncan Trent, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • ASSOCIATING AN OBJECT WITH A RELEVANT DATA SOURCE
    Publication number: 20110271218
    Abstract: Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Peter William Rapp, Michael Duncan Trent, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Associating an object with a relevant data source
    Patent number: 8006194
    Abstract: Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Peter William Rapp, Michael Duncan Trent, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Selective grouping and manipulation of chart components
    Publication number: 20100083184
    Abstract: Selective grouping and manipulation of chart components is disclosed. In some embodiments, exploding chart components comprises receiving an indication of a selection of an option to explode a subset of chart components as a single unit and exploding the subset of chart components as a single unit, wherein a relative spacing and positioning between chart components in the subset is preserved when the subset is exploded as a single unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Duncan Trent, Chaokuo Lin, Ian Patrick McCullough
  • Associating an object with a relevant data source
    Publication number: 20090044121
    Abstract: Associating an object with a relevant data source is disclosed. In some embodiments, an object pasted into a destination document is associated with a data source included in the destination document. In various embodiments, the data source associated with the object may comprise a data source concurrently pasted with the object into the destination document, a data source already existing in the destination document prior to the object being pasted into the destination document, or a data source generated in the destination document using data extracted from the pasted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Peter William Rapp, Michael Duncan Trent, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer