Patents by Inventor Peter Patrick Baer

Peter Patrick Baer 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).

  • Method and system for deriving and matching local formatting in an electronic document
    Patent number: 9122654
    Abstract: Determining and applying format attributes associated with content in an electronic document that is cut or copied from an electronic document and pasted into the same or different electronic document. The determination may be based on the format attributes of the content within a region of an electronic document containing the cut or copied content and the format attributes of a region of content that includes the location where the cut or copied text may be pasted. Local formatting may be associated with the source region of content and the destination region of content. Direct, or emphasis formatting, may be associated with content that has been cut or copied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Stuple, Mark Yalovsky, Christopher Pratley, Owen C. Braun, Peter Loren Engrav, Peter Patrick Baer
  • Method and System for Deriving and Matching Local Formatting in an Electronic Document
    Publication number: 20100241954
    Abstract: Determining and applying format attributes associated with content in an electronic document that is cut or copied from an electronic document and pasted into the same or different electronic document. The determination may be based on the format attributes of the content within a region of an electronic document containing the cut or copied content and the format attributes of a region of content that includes the location where the cut or copied text may be pasted. Local formatting may be associated with the source region of content and the destination region of content. Direct, or emphasis formatting, may be associated with content that has been cut or copied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart Stuple, Mark Yalovsky, Christopher Pratley, Owen C. Braun, Peter Loren Engrav, Peter Patrick Baer
  • Method and system for deriving and matching local formatting in an electronic document
    Patent number: 7757165
    Abstract: Determining and applying format attributes associated with content in an electronic document that is cut or copied from an electronic document and pasted into the same or different electronic document. The determination may be based on the format attributes of the content within a region of an electronic document containing the cut or copied content and the format attributes of a region of content that includes the location where the cut or copied text may be pasted. Local formatting may be associated with the source region of content and the destination region of content. Direct, or emphasis formatting, may be associated with content that has been cut or copied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventors: Stuart Stuple, Mark Yalovsky, Christopher Pratley, Owen C. Braun, Peter Loren Engrav, Peter Patrick Baer
  • Method and system for providing data reference information
    Patent number: 7373603
    Abstract: Reference information related to data that is copied using computer software is provided. The data can be copied from a first computer application to a memory. Reference information related to the data can also be copied to the memory. The copied data can be pasted to a second computer application. The reference information related to the data can also be pasted to the second application, so that the reference information can be reviewed along with the data. The data and reference information can also be copied and pasted among one or more documents using a single computer application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Yalovsky, Peter Patrick Baer, Timothy D. Sellers