Patents by Inventor Seth Robert Atkinson

Seth Robert Atkinson 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).

  • Presenting fixed format documents in reflowed format
    Patent number: 9710440
    Abstract: A reader application presents fixed format documents in reflowed format. A selection control is presented to display a reflow view after identifying text-based sections within a displayed content. The reflow view is generated using the sections upon an action on the selection control to display the reflow view. The reflow view is displayed in a location associated with the section within the displayed content or in place of the displayed content The reflow view is adjusted based on a screen size of the reader application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Seth Robert Atkinson, Raman Narayanan, Ming Liu, Aleksandr Gil
  • NAVIGATING FIXED FORMAT DOCUMENT IN E-READER APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20150058710
    Abstract: An e-reader application displays a page of a fixed format document resized to match a size of a window pane in a fit page format. The e-reader application presents selection controls associated with a selection action in response to detecting the selection action on a text of the page. In addition, an operation associated with a navigation action is executed in response to detecting the navigation action on the page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Seth Robert Atkinson, Wei Zeng, Raman Narayanan, Ming Liu, Aleksandr Gil, Renee Choy Yang
  • PRESENTING FIXED FORMAT DOCUMENTS IN REFLOWED FORMAT
    Publication number: 20150058711
    Abstract: A reader application presents fixed format documents in reflowed format. A selection control is presented to display a reflow view after identifying text-based sections within a displayed content. The reflow view is generated using the sections upon an action on the selection control to display the reflow view. The reflow view is displayed in a location associated with the section within the displayed content or in place of the displayed content The reflow view is adjusted based on a screen size of the reader application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Seth Robert Atkinson, Raman Narayanan, Ming Liu, Aleksandr Gil