Patents by Inventor Simon Joines

Simon Joines 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).

  • Patent number: 8539341
    Abstract: We describe a method of displaying a document page with a predetermined size using a display device having edges defining lateral dimensions not substantially larger than said predetermined size and having a central re-writable display portion and a non-re-writable border, said document page comprising a central, foreground portion bearing one or both of text and graphics, a background having a background color and at least one margin having said background color, the method comprising: inputting page data defining a page for display; processing said page data to crop margins of said page such that, when displayed on said re-writable display portion, said non-re-writable border gives the appearance of said cropped margins, said processing generating cropped page data; and outputting said cropped page data for display on said re-writable display portion of said display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Duncan Barclay, Steven Farmer, Carl Hayton, Simon Joines, Anusha Nirmalananthan, Paul A. Cain, Barry Merrick