Patents by Inventor Nathan Raleigh

Nathan Raleigh 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).

  • Methods and a computing device for maintaining comments and graphical annotations for a document
    Patent number: 10585980
    Abstract: In various implementations, a first computing device (such as a cloud-based server) receives, from a second computing device (e.g., a notebook computer, tablet computer, or smartphone) a graphical annotation for a document displayed on the second computing device. The first computing device stores the graphical annotation in a database in a graphical annotation data entity and creates an association between an entity containing the portion of the document to which the graphical annotation is to be anchored and the graphical annotation entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Raleigh, Todd Kaji, Brandon Carpenter, Shane Sawyer, Jason Moore
  • METHODS AND A COMPUTING DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING COMMENTS AND GRAPHICAL ANNOTATIONS FOR A DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20190042553
    Abstract: In various implementations, a first computing device (such as a cloud-based server) receives, from a second computing device (e.g., a notebook computer, tablet computer, or smartphone) a graphical annotation for a document displayed on the second computing device. The first computing device stores the graphical annotation in a database in a graphical annotation data entity and creates an association between an entity containing the portion of the document to which the graphical annotation is to be anchored and the graphical annotation entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Raleigh, Todd Kaji, Brandon Carpenter, Shane Sawyer, Jason Moore
  • Methods and a computing device for maintaining comments and graphical annotations for a document
    Patent number: 10114810
    Abstract: In various implementations, a first computing device (such as a cloud-based server) receives, from a second computing device (e.g., a notebook computer, tablet computer, or smartphone): (a) a graphical annotation for a document displayed on the second computing device, and (b) a comment for the graphical annotation. The first computing device stores the graphical annotation in a database in a graphical annotation data entity, stores the comment in the database in a comment data entity, and associates the graphical annotation data entity with the comment data entity within the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Workiva Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Raleigh, Todd Kaji, Brandon Carpenter, Shane Sawyer, Jason Moore
  • METHODS AND A COMPUTING DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING COMMENTS AND GRAPHICAL ANNOTATIONS FOR A DOCUMENT
    Publication number: 20180032493
    Abstract: In various implementations, a first computing device (such as a cloud-based server) receives, from a second computing device (e.g., a notebook computer, tablet computer, or smartphone): (a) a graphical annotation for a document displayed on the second computing device, and (b) a comment for the graphical annotation. The first computing device stores the graphical annotation in a database in a graphical annotation data entity, stores the comment in the database in a comment data entity, and associates the graphical annotation data entity with the comment data entity within the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Raleigh, Todd Kaji, Brandon Carpenter, Shane Sawyer, Jason Moore