Patents by Inventor Rick S. Seeler

Rick S. Seeler 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).

  • Publication number: 20130125241
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and/or systems relating to a license manager are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventor: Rick S. Seeler
  • Patent number: 7853564
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for retrieving a first version copy of a first stock content item from a first content hosting server storing a plurality of stock content items, each item having one or more stock content versions, each item having a content identifier that uniquely identifies the item at the first content hosting server; adding identifier metadata to the first version copy, the identifier metadata including the content identifier of the first stock content item, and storing the first version copy with the added metadata as a first designer copy in a designer storage for later use in a designer system; and in connection with a user interaction with the designer system involving the first designer copy, using the identifier metadata from the first designer copy to retrieve a second version copy of the first item from the first content hosting server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Mierau, Rick S. Seeler
  • Patent number: 7743014
    Abstract: One of several methods comprises selecting one or more parameters based, at least in part, on a ranking of a relative desirability of said one or more specified parameters and selecting a subset of a set of electronic content for use in at least a portion of an electroniccompilation, wherein said subset may be selected based, at least in part, on said one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: James Alexander, Karen A. Melchior, Rick S. Seeler, Shafath Syed
  • Patent number: 7676743
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for type-fitting text in multiple text frames of a page layout application. The text frames are associated with a group, and permissible variances of parameters of type fitting attributes are assigned to the group using a graphical user interface. In one embodiment, to type-fit the text, a best-individual-fit setting for the text of each text frame is first individually assessed to determine parameters of the attributes that would result in the text substantially fitting within its associated text frame. Thereafter, one best-group-fit setting for all frames in the group is determined by sorting through the best-individual-fit settings for each of the frames to determine which frame's best-individual-fit parameters results in the highest degree of text shrinkage or the least degree of text expansion. In accordance with this embodiment, the frames, when fitted, will be uniformly scaled in accordance with a scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems, Incorporated
    Inventor: Rick S. Seeler