Patents by Inventor Timothy H. Kannapel
Timothy H. Kannapel 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).
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Patent number: 8166388Abstract: Overlaying electronic ink over a document. A typical scenario may be where one it would be useful to mark up a document with electronic ink, such as by making handwritten comments, drawings, and the like over the underlying document. In some embodiments, a developer may easily define an inking surface, such as a transparent or opaque window, over a document. The inking surface may act as an input interface such that a user may write onto the inking surface such that is appears that the document itself is being marked up.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Arin J. Goldberg, Eugene A. Tsimberg, Todd A. Torset, Robert L. Chambers, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Brigette E. Krantz, Shiraz M. Somji
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Patent number: 7958132Abstract: Systems and methods for processing data transform a first data structure (e.g., a hierarchical data structure) into a second data structure (e.g., using a parsing system), wherein the second data structure includes a first set of leaf nodes under a first ancestor node (additional sets of leaf nodes and/or ancestor nodes also may be defined in the second data structure). One or more potential candidate nodes for the ancestor nodes may be identified based, at least in part, on the ancestor nodes from the first data structure associated with the leaf nodes grouped under the new ancestor nodes. In at least some examples, the leaf nodes grouped under a new ancestor node will “vote” for their original ancestor node, and the node receiving the most “votes,” in at least some instances, will be reused as the corresponding ancestor node in the second data structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Herry Sutanto, Jamie Wakeam, Jerome Turner, Richard Duncan, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi
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Patent number: 7788283Abstract: A system and process for enabling updates of an ink analysis document model are described.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie N. Wakeam, Subha Bhattacharyay, Gavin M. Gear, Timothy H. Kannapel, Todd M. Landstad, Sebastian Poulose, Zoltan C. Szilagyi, Jerome J. Turner, Haiyong Wang
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Patent number: 7715630Abstract: The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Mircosoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Robert L. Chambers, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Arin J. Goldberg, Gregory Hullender, Brigette E. Krantz, Todd A. Torset, Jerome J. Turner, Andrew Silverman, Shiraz M. Somji
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Patent number: 7643687Abstract: A system and method for assisting with analysis and recognition of ink is described. Analysis hints may be associated with a field. The field may receive electronic ink. Based on the identity of the field and the analysis hint associated with it, at least one of analysis and recognition of ink may be assisted.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Benoit Jules Jurion, Gavin M. Gear, Jamie N. Wakeam, Timothy H. Kannapel, Todd M. Landstad, Sebastian Poulose, Zoltan C. Szilagyi, Lidia Schwarz, Roman Snytsar, Sashi Raghupathy, Subha Bhattacharyay, Richard J. Duncan, Terri Chudzik, Amber P. Race, Jerome J. Turner, Haiyong Wang, Herry Sutanto
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Patent number: 7631001Abstract: A method of reconciling a first data structure with a second data structure that is a subsequently modified version of the first data structure. Initially, each node in the first data structure for which a change has been made to a corresponding node in the second data structure is accessed. For each accessed node, a determination is made as to whether the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure creates a collision with the first data structure. If the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure does not create a collision with the first data structure, then the change is made to the accessed node in the first data structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie Wakeam, Richard Duncan, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi
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Patent number: 7616333Abstract: An application programming interface instantiates an ink analyzer object that receives document data for a document containing electronic ink content from a software application hosting the document and running on a first processing thread. The ink analyzer object then employs the first thread to make a copy of the document data, provides the copy of the document data to an electronic ink analysis process, and returns control of the first processing thread to the analysis process. After the analysis process has analyzed the electronic ink, the ink analyzer object reconciles the results of the analysis process with current document data for the document.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie N. Wakeam, Gavin M. Gear, Jerome J. Turner, Sebastian Poulose, Subha Bhattacharyay, Todd M. Landstad, Roman Snystar, Timothy H. Kannapel, Jennifer Teed, Erin Devoy
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Patent number: 7533338Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for making rich, flexible, and more natural electronic ink annotations in an electronic document include creating a first context node associated with a first portion of a base portion of an electronic document; creating a second context node associated with an annotation to the base portion; and linking the second context node with the first context node.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard Duncan, Bodin Dresevic, Jamie Wakeam, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi, Jerome Turner, Todd Landstad, Thomas Wick, Alex Simmons, Peter Engrav, Kevin Phillip Paulson, Kentaro Urata, Steve Dodge, David M. Bargeron, Michael Shilman
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Patent number: 7518749Abstract: A system, method, data structure, and application programming interface is described that stores alternate recognition results in an ink tree lattice.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Richard J. Duncan, Jamie N. Wakeam, Zoltan C. Szilagyi, Jerome J. Turner, Timothy H. Kannapel, Subha Bhattacharyay
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Patent number: 7502805Abstract: A method of reconciling a first data structure with a second data structure that is a subsequently modified version of the first data structure. Initially, each node in the first data structure for which a change has been made to a corresponding node in the second data structure is accessed. For each accessed node, a determination is made as to whether the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure creates a collision with the first data structure. If the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure does not create a collision with the first data structure, then the change is made to the accessed node in the first data structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie Wakeam, Richard Duncan, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi
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Patent number: 7502812Abstract: A method of reconciling a first data structure with a second data structure that is a subsequently modified version of the first data structure. Initially, each node in the first data structure for which a change has been made to a corresponding node in the second data structure is accessed. For each accessed node, a determination is made as to whether the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure creates a collision with the first data structure. If the change made to the corresponding node in the second data structure does not create a collision with the first data structure, then the change is made to the accessed node in the first data structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie Wakeam, Richard Duncan, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi
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Patent number: 7468801Abstract: An application programming interface instantiates an ink analyzer object that receives document data for a document containing electronic ink content from a software application hosting the document and running on a first processing thread. The ink analyzer object then employs the first thread to make a copy of the document data, provides the copy of the document data to an electronic ink analysis process, and returns control of the first processing thread to the analysis process. After the analysis process has analyzed the electronic ink, the ink analyzer object reconciles the results of the analysis process with current document data for the document.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie Wakeam, Richard Duncan, Bodin Dresevic, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi, Jerome Turner, Todd Landstad, Haiyong Wang, Roman Snytsar
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Patent number: 7283670Abstract: A method of analyzing electronic ink, in which document data for a document containing electronic ink content is received from a software application running on a first processing thread. The first processing thread is employed to provide the document data to an electronic ink analysis process for analyzing on a second processing thread. Control of the first processing thread is then returned to the software application. After the results of the analysis are received, the results are reconciled with the current document data for the document.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Jamie Wakeam, Richard Duncan, Bodin Dresevic, Herry Sutanto, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Zoltan Szilagyi, Michael Shilman
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Patent number: 7218779Abstract: Methods for communicating between an application and an ink divider object (which stores ink strokes to be divided into groups) may include: (a) issuing a divide request to the ink divider object, optionally by the application; (b) in response to the divide request, calling a divide method, which groups the stored ink strokes into one or more groupings of strokes having a first predetermined granularity (e.g., words, lines, paragraphs, sentences, drawings, etc.); and (c) making information regarding the one or more groupings of strokes available to the application. This “information” made available to the application may include, for example, the actual groupings of the strokes, the number of stroke groupings having the first predetermined granularity, machine generated text corresponding to the stroke groupings, or the like. The results of the divide method may be stored in an ink division result object.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steve Dodge, Alexander Gounares, Arin J Goldberg, Bodin Dresevic, Jerome J Turner, Matthew Paul Rhoten, Robert L Chambers, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H Kannapel, Tobiasz Zielinski, Zoltan C Szilagyi
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Patent number: 7167585Abstract: The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Robert L. Chambers, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Arin J. Goldberg, Gregory Hullender, Brigette E. Krantz, Todd A. Torset, Jerome J. Turner, Andrew Silverman, Shiraz M. Somji
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Patent number: 7158675Abstract: The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Robert L. Chambers, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Arin J. Goldberg, Gregory Hullender, Brigette E. Krantz, Todd A. Torset, Jerome J. Turner, Andrew Silverman, Shiraz M. Somji
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Publication number: 20040141648Abstract: Methods for communicating between an application and an ink divider object (which stores ink strokes to be divided into groups) may include: (a) issuing a divide request to the ink divider object, optionally by the application; (b) in response to the divide request, calling a divide method, which groups the stored ink strokes into one or more groupings of strokes having a first predetermined granularity (e.g., words, lines, paragraphs, sentences, drawings, etc.); and (c) making information regarding the one or more groupings of strokes available to the application. This “information” made available to the application may include, for example, the actual groupings of the strokes, the number of stroke groupings having the first predetermined granularity, machine generated text corresponding to the stroke groupings, or the like. The results of the divide method may be stored in an ink division result object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Steve Dodge, Alexander Gounares, Arin J. Goldberg, Bodin Dresevic, Jerome J. Turner, Matthew Paul Rhoten, Robert L. Chambers, Sashi Raghupathy, Timothy H. Kannapel, Tobiasz Zielinski, Zoltan C. Szilagyi
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Publication number: 20030217336Abstract: Overlaying electronic ink over a document. A typical scenario may be where one it would be useful to mark up a document with electronic ink, such as by making handwritten comments, drawings, and the like over the underlying document. In some embodiments, a developer may easily define an inking surface, such as a transparent or opaque window, over a document. The inking surface may act as an input interface such that a user may write onto the inking surface such that is appears that the document itself is being marked up.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Tobiasz A. Zielinski, Arin J. Goldberg, Eugene A. Tsimberg, Todd A. Torset, Robert L. Chambers, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Brigette E. Krantz, Shiraz M. Somji
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Publication number: 20030215140Abstract: The present invention relates to interfacing with electronic ink. Ink is stored in a data structure that permits later retrieval by applications. The ink includes stroke information and may include property information. Through various programming interfaces, one may interact with the ink through methods and setting or retrieving properties. Other objects and collections may be used as well in conjunction with the ink objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander Gounares, Steve Dodge, Timothy H. Kannapel, Rudolph Balaz, Subha Bhattacharyay, Manoj K. Biswas, Robert L. Chambers, Bodin Dresevic, Stephen A. Fisher, Arin J. Goldberg, Gregory Hullender, Brigette E. Krantz, Todd A. Torset, Jerome J. Turner, Andrew Silverman, Shiraz M. Somji
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Publication number: 20030214531Abstract: Various user interfaces and processes are described for receiving electronic ink. A user may write in a first input region. In addition, a user may write in an expanded input region having a greater sized than the first region. Third, a user may write or tap keys to input ink/text from a third region including an input panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Robert L. Chambers, Steve Dodge, Kyril Feldman, Arin J. Goldberg, Alexander Gounares, Timothy H. Kannapel, Todd A. Torset, Tobias Z. Zielinski