Patents by Inventor Robert Dan Anderson

Robert Dan Anderson 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).

  • Automated conversion of CALS-compatible tables to accessible HTML tables
    Patent number: 7089492
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method support the automated conversion of a table formatted in a CALS-compatible format to an HTML-compatible format, e.g., for use by presentation of the table by a screen reader or other application requiring knowledge of what headers apply to a given cell in a table. A table may be converted from a CALS-compatible format to an HTML-compatible format by assigning an identifier to each header cell in the table, in particular by embedding the identifier in an HTML identifier attribute for such header cell. Then, for each non-header cell in the table, any overlapping header cells therefor may be detected, and the identifier for any detected overlapping header cell may be embedded in an HTML headers attribute for such non-header cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Dan Anderson
  • Automated conversion of CALS-compatible tables to accessible HTML tables
    Publication number: 20040199870
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product and method support the automated conversion of a table formatted in a CALS-compatible format to an HTML-compatible format, e.g., for use by presentation of the table by a screen reader or other application requiring knowledge of what headers apply to a given cell in a table. A table may be converted from a CALS-compatible format to an HTML-compatible format by assigning an identifier to each header cell in the table, in particular by embedding the identifier in an HTML identifier attribute for such header cell. Then, for each non-header cell in the table, any overlapping header cells therefor may be detected, and the identifier for any detected overlapping header cell may be embedded in an HTML headers attribute for such non-header cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert Dan Anderson