Patents by Inventor Scott McQuiggan

Scott McQuiggan 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: 20140013192
    Abstract: Techniques for digital document audio and user interface enhancement are generally described herein. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a digital document application operative on the processor circuit. The digital document application may comprise a document recorder component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to receive a source document file and generate an annotated document file, the document recorder component arranged to retrieve a text element from the source document file, generate a user interface view with the text element and an audio narration guide proximate to the text element for presentation on an output device, receive positions of an object on the audio narration guide from an input device, and generate an audio element for the text element based on the positions. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SAS Institute Inc.
    Inventors: Scott McQuiggan, Jennifer Sabourin, Philippe Sabourin