Patents by Inventor Oliver H. Foehr
Oliver H. Foehr 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).
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Publication number: 20160026782Abstract: Described is a technology by which the identity of a person (e.g., a customer in a commercial transaction) is determinable without active identification effort, via biometric data is obtained without action by the person. Machine processing of the biometric data over a set of possible persons, determined from secondary proximity sensing, is used to determine or assist in determining the identity of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton, Ronnie Chaiken, Weidong Cui, Oliver H. Foehr, Jacob Rubin Lorch, David Molnar, Bryan Jeffrey Parno, Stefan Saroiu, Alastair Wolman
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Patent number: 9152868Abstract: Described is a technology by which the identity of a person (e.g., a customer in a commercial transaction) is determinable without active identification effort, via biometric data is obtained without action by the person. Machine processing of the biometric data over a set of possible persons, determined from secondary proximity sensing, is used to determine or assist in determining the identity of the person.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton, Ronnie Chaiken, Weidong Cui, Oliver H. Foehr, Jacob Rubin Lorch, David Molnar, Bryan Jeffrey Parno, Stefan Saroiu, Alastair Wolman
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Patent number: 9128653Abstract: An implementation of a print job processing sub-system includes a first bundle configured for rendering print jobs for a first print device and a second bundle configured for rendering print jobs for a second print device. The sub-system also includes a regionally-aware component configured to direct print jobs to the first or second bundles.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Khaled S. Sedky, Oliver H. Foehr
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Patent number: 8954396Abstract: This document describes tools capable of validating and enabling validation of a package's structure. To do so, constraint grammar is provided that is capable of enabling a person to build a set of machine-readable constraints for a package's structure. Based on this set of constraints, a package validator module may accurately and automatically validate that a package's structure meets these constraints.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Arthur C. Leonard, Andrey Shur, Kevin J. Boske, Igor Belianski, Jerry J. Dunietz, Oliver H. Foehr, Young Gah Kim, Jesse D. McGatha, Joshua M. Pollock
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Patent number: 8661332Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jerry Dunietz, Charles P. Jazdzewski, David Ornstein, Rob Relyea, Oliver H. Foehr, Michael J. Hillberg, Joseph D. Ternasky, Robert A. Little, Christopher L. Anderson
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Patent number: 8639723Abstract: Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information includes a multi-level hierarchy of nodes, including a job level that represents the entire job, a document level that represents a document to be processed within the job; a rendition level that represents a rendition of the document to be processed; and a page level that represents a page associated with the rendition. In addition, filter logic processes job information based on capabilities of a target entity utilizing the job information.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Khaled S. Sedky, Harvinder Pal Singh, Feng Yue, Adina M. Trufinescu, Oliver H. Foehr
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Publication number: 20130251216Abstract: Described is a technology by which the identity of a person (e.g., a customer in a commercial transaction) is determinable without active identification effort, via biometric data is obtained without action by the person. Machine processing of the biometric data over a set of possible persons, determined from secondary proximity sensing, is used to determine or assist in determining the identity of the person.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton, Ronnie Chaiken, Weidong Cui, Oliver H. Foehr, Jacob Rubin Lorch, David Molnar, Bryan Jeffrey Parno, Stefan Saroiu, Alastair Wolman
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Publication number: 20130155237Abstract: A mobile device is described herein which includes functionality for recognizing gestures made by a user within a vehicle. The mobile device operates by receiving image information that captures a scene including objects within an interaction space. The interaction space corresponds to a volume that projects out from the mobile device in a direction of the user. The mobile device then determines, based on the image information, whether the user has performed a recognizable gesture within the interaction space, without touching the mobile device. The mobile device can receive the image information from a camera device that is an internal component of the mobile device and/or a camera device that is a component of a mount which secures the mobile device within the vehicle. In some implementations, one or more projectors provided by the mobile device and/or the mount may illuminate the interaction space.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Timothy S. Paek, Paramvir Bahl, Oliver H. Foehr
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Patent number: 8363232Abstract: Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information includes a multi-level hierarchy of nodes, including a job level that represents the entire job, a document level that represents a document to be processed within the job; a rendition level that represents a rendition of the document to be processed; and a page level that represents a page associated with the rendition. The hierarchical structure can also include resource nodes and metadata nodes associated with any level of the hierarchy, respectively representing resources and metadata. The hierarchy can optionally be composed using one or more selection and sequence parts.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Khaled S. Sedky, Feng Yue, Harvinder P. Singh, Oliver H. Foehr, Daniel F. Emerson
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Patent number: 8331677Abstract: A combined image and text document is described. In embodiment(s), a scanned image of a document can be generated utilizing a scanning application, and text representations of text that is included in the document can be generated utilizing a character recognition application. Position data of the text representations can be correlated with locations of corresponding text in the scanned image of the document. The scanned image can then be rendered for display overlaid with the text representations as a transparent overlay, where the scanned image and the text representations are independently user-selectable for display. A user-selectable input can be received to display the text representations without the scanned image, the scanned image without the text representations, or to display the text representations adjacent the scanned image.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Oliver H. Foehr, Alan John Michaelis
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Patent number: 8243317Abstract: A hierarchical spooling data structure includes a plurality of nodes. In accordance with certain aspects, the plurality of nodes include at least four nodes: a first node representing a fixed page of the job; a second node representing a fixed document of the job, the second node including a reference to the first node; a third node containing data representing a fixed sequence of documents of the job, the third node including a reference to the second node; and a fourth node containing data representing a root of the job, the fourth node including a reference to the third node.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Khaled S. Sedky, Daniel F. Emerson, Feng Yue, Harvinder Pal Singh, Oliver H. Foehr
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Patent number: 8237973Abstract: In embodiments of print plug-in isolation, a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Frank Gorgenyi, Oliver H. Foehr, Adrian F. Maxa
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Patent number: 8122350Abstract: Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents reliably and consistently. The framework and format have been designed in a flexible and extensible fashion. In addition to this general framework and format, a particular format, known as the reach package format, is defined using the general framework. The reach package format is a format for storing paginated documents. The contents of a reach package can be displayed or printed with full fidelity among devices and applications in a wide range of environments and across a wide range of scenarios.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Andrey Shur, Daniel F. Emerson, David Ornstein, Joseph King, Oliver H. Foehr, Wei Zhu, Jerry Dunietz, Sriram Subramanian
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Publication number: 20120013932Abstract: In embodiments of print plug-in isolation, a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Frank Gorgenyi, Oliver H. Foehr, Adrian F. Maxa
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Patent number: 8049918Abstract: Print plug-in isolation is described. In embodiment(s), a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Frank Gorgenyi, Oliver H. Foehr, Adrian F. Maxa
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Patent number: 8040533Abstract: Techniques are provided for performing font subsetting. One or more font subsetting parameters are received. The one or more font subsetting parameters indicate a granularity level for which font subsetting is performed for portions of a data container. The font subsetting parameters indicate a font subsetting granularity level other than an entire document associated with the data container. A first portion of the data container is determined in accordance with the font subsetting granularity level. A subset of font data for at least one font family is determined in accordance with what font data for the at least one font family is actually used by the first portion. The subset of font data is embedded in an output for a consumer.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian S. Adelberg, Khaled S. Sedky, Mahmood A. Dhalla, Oliver H. Foehr, Clifton Kerr
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Patent number: 8024648Abstract: Planar rendering is described. In an implementation, a method includes approximating a shape that corresponds to an overlapping portion of at least one graphical element that is translucent with another graphical element. A color is computed for the approximated shape from respective colors of each of the graphical elements and the translucence of the at least one graphical element. The approximated shape having the computed color is formed into a communication for output to a printer.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Oliver H. Foehr, Joseph D. Ternasky
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Patent number: 7869068Abstract: A software plug-in module extends the functionality of a standard printer driver. For example, the plug-in facilities the ability to provide a customizable user interface. The plug-in also facilitates the use of multiple forms of color management and half-tone screening. Further, the plug-in provides a system and method for determining the status of a printing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Zoran CorporationInventors: Oliver H. Foehr, Marc C Kunz, Brian D. Dodge
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Patent number: 7836399Abstract: Various technologies and techniques detect lists in vector graphics based documents and use them in meaningful ways. The system detects at least one list in a vector graphics based document using a set of rules. Pattern detection logic identifies characters, symbols, numbers, letters, and/or images that may start a list. Additional pattern detection logic determines if a list exists. The system can identify and parse bulleted lists, numbered or lettered lists, and nested lists that are any combination of both. Once identified, the content is translated into a modified format. The content can be output to a destination application in the modified format that is more suitable for output or use by the destination application.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ahmet Gurcan, Eric S. Leese, Jeffrey G. Brown, Jerry J. Dunietz, Jesse D. McGatha, Khaled S. Sedky, Ming Liu, Oliver H. Foehr, Rodrigo Lopez
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Patent number: 7796309Abstract: A document with one or more analog markups is obtained. An original electronic document corresponding to the document is also identified. The one or more analog markups are converted to one or more digital annotations, and the one or more digital annotations are stored in one or more parts of a package of the original electronic document.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Vladimir Sadovsky, Joseph D. Ternasky, Hubert Van Hoof, Michael D. Stokes, Oliver H. Foehr