Patents by Inventor Roy E. Dumas

Roy E. Dumas 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 inferring a schema from a hierarchical data structure for use in a spreadsheet
    Patent number: 8086959
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for inferring a schema from an electronic document containing hierarchical data for use in a spreadsheet application program. The electronic document containing the hierarchical data is received into an application program. The application program may be a spreadsheet application program. The format of the hierarchical data structure may be XML. The hierarchical data includes a set of nodes making up the structure of the hierarchical data. The nodes may be XML elements and attributes. The hierarchical data is then parsed to discover one of the nodes in the hierarchical data. Once the node has been discovered, content associated with the discovered node is saved to a memory location in the computer system. The content may include data associated with the discovered node and the type of data associated with the node. The hierarchical data is then parsed again to discover subsequent nodes until the content for all of the nodes has been saved to the memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Michael J. McCormack, Eoin Burke, Kelly J. Lynch, Roy E. Dumas
  • Method and system for inferring a schema from a hierarchical data structure for use in a spreadsheet
    Patent number: 6990632
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for inferring a schema from an electronic document containing hierarchical data for use in a spreadsheet application program. The electronic document containing the hierarchical data is received into an application program. The application program may be a spreadsheet application program. The format of the hierarchical data structure may be XML. The hierarchical data includes a set of nodes making up the structure of the hierarchical data. The nodes may be XML elements and attributes. The hierarchical data is then parsed to discover one of the nodes in the hierarchical data. Once the node has been discovered, content associated with the discovered node is saved to a memory location in the computer system. The content may include data associated with the discovered node and the type of data associated with the node. The hierarchical data is then parsed again to discover subsequent nodes until the content for all of the nodes has been saved to the memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Rothchiller, Michael J. McCormack, Eoin Burke, Kelly J. Lynch, Roy E. Dumas
  • Method and system for inferring a schema from a hierarchical data structure for use in a spreadsheet
    Publication number: 20040172591
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for inferring a schema from an electronic document containing hierarchical data for use in a spreadsheet application program. The electronic document containing the hierarchical data is received into an application program. The application program may be a spreadsheet application program. The format of the hierarchical data structure may be XML. The hierarchical data includes a set of nodes making up the structure of the hierarchical data. The nodes may be XML elements and attributes. The hierarchical data is then parsed to discover one of the nodes in the hierarchical data. Once the node has been discovered, content associated with the discovered node is saved to a memory location in the computer system. The content may include data associated with the discovered node and the type of data associated with the node. The hierarchical data is then parsed again to discover subsequent nodes until the content for all of the nodes has been saved to the memory location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Michael J. McCormack, Eoin Burke, Kelly J. Lynch, Roy E. Dumas