Patents by Inventor Robin Glover

Robin Glover 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: 20230214366
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for comparing electronic documents that are created on different software platforms or that are in different data formats by traversing the two hierarchical representations of the documents in a manner so as to selectively ignore nodes in the hierarchy and attempt to resynchronize the sequence of traversing when nodes have no matching content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 11567907
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for comparing electronic documents that are created on different software platforms or that are in different data formats by traversing the two hierarchical representations of the documents in a manner so as to selectively ignore nodes in the hierarchy and attempt to resynchronize the sequence of traversing when nodes have no matching content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WORKSHARE, LTD.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20210368001
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for automatically managing the movement of document files from a first document storage sub-system to a second document storage sub-system, tracking such movement and applying security policies before the movement is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Barrie Hadfield, Richard Preen, Tim Tanner, Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 11182551
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for determining the genealogy of versions of a document by inspection of content extracted from the document. In one embodiment, the invention extracts a set of revision identifier values from each version of a document and then applies logical rules to the extracted set of revision identifier values to determine which versions of the document are ancestors of the other versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20210326310
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying a comparison of a group of related electronic documents in order that changes generated by a comparison of last versions of the group can be automatically displayed and manipulated on a single summary output screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Robin Glover, Ben Ridgway, Owen Oliver, Barrie Hadfield
  • Patent number: 11080462
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying the comparison output of two versions of a spreadsheet document such that the source formatting of the spreadsheet can be selectively suppressed to enhance the legibility of the comparison output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony Currenti, Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 11030163
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying a comparison of a group of related electronic documents in order that changes generated by a comparison of last versions of the group can be automatically displayed and manipulated on a single summary output screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Workshare, Ltd.
    Inventors: Robin Glover, Ben Ridgway, Owen Oliver, Barrie Hadfield
  • Publication number: 20210149842
    Abstract: A system utilizing a remote, client device for displaying comparison of two versions of a document that utilizes a server to obtain two versions of the document and perform the comparison, and transmit back to the remote device a comparison output data in a format that utilizes an application operating on the remote device to display the comparison output result, where the remote device receives and utilizes static and dynamic resources to display the comparison output and permit a user operating the remote device to interact with the displayed comparison output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 10880359
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for automatically managing the movement of document files from a first document storage sub-system to a second document storage sub-system, tracking such movement and applying security policies before the movement is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Workshare, Ltd.
    Inventors: Barrie Hadfield, Richard Preen, Tim Tanner, Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 10853319
    Abstract: A system utilizing a remote, client device for displaying comparison of two versions of a document that utilizes a server to obtain two versions of the document and perform the comparison, and transmit back to the remote device a comparison output data in a format that utilizes an application operating on the remote device to display the comparison output result, where the remote device receives and utilizes static and dynamic resources to display the comparison output and permit a user operating the remote device to interact with the displayed comparison output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 10783326
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying electronic documents on remote devices and enabling collaborative editing where the system tracks revisions, comments and other content between versions of the document by maintaining hierarchical representation of the version and mapping locations between the hierarchies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: WORKSHARE, LTD.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 10574729
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for automatically managing the movement of document files from a first document storage sub-system to a second document storage sub-system, tracking such movement and applying security policies before the movement is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventors: Barrie Hadfield, Richard Preen, Tim Tanner, Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20190147016
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying the comparison output of two versions of a spreadsheet document such that the source formatting of the spreadsheet can be selectively suppressed to enhance the legibility of the comparison output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventors: Anthony Currenti, Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20190042558
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for determining the genealogy of versions of a document by inspection of content extracted from the document. In one embodiment, the invention extracts a set of revision identifier values from each version of a document and then applies logical rules to the extracted set of revision identifier values to determine which versions of the document are ancestors of the other versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Patent number: 10133723
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for determining the geneology of versions of a document by inspection of content extracted from the document. In one embodiment that is compatible with Microsoft™ Word ™, the invention extracts the RSID values from each version of a document and then applies logical rules to the extracted set of RSID values to determine which versions are ancestors of the other versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20180300351
    Abstract: A system utilizing a remote, client device for displaying comparison of two versions of a document that utilizes a server to obtain two versions of the document and perform the comparison, and transmit back to the remote device a comparison output data in a format that utilizes an application operating on the remote device to display the comparison output result, where the remote device receives and utilizes static and dynamic resources to display the comparison output and permit a user operating the remote device to interact with the displayed comparison output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Workshare Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20180113862
    Abstract: A computer system adapted to use a variety of strategies to automatically build and maintain version trees for document files that are versions of a document, and display such information to users in order that users comprehend the evolution and history of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: Workshare, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20170099344
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for automatically managing the movement of document files from a first document storage sub-system to a second document storage sub-system, tracking such movement and applying security policies before the movement is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Workshare, Ltd.
    Inventors: Barrie Hadfield, Richard Preen, Tim Tanner, Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20170054791
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for automatically managing the movement of document files from a first document storage sub-system to a second document storage sub-system, tracking such movement and applying security policies before the movement is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Workshare, Ltd.
    Inventors: Barrie Hadfield, Richard Preen, Tim Tanner, Robin Glover
  • Publication number: 20160232158
    Abstract: This invention discloses a novel system and method for determining the geneology of versions of a document by inspection of content extracted from the document. In one embodiment that is compatible with Microsoft™ Word ™, the invention extracts the RSID values from each version of a document and then applies logical rules to the extracted set of RSID values to determine which versions are ancestors of the other versions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Robin Glover