Patents by Inventor Vance Julius Vagell

Vance Julius Vagell 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: 11663396
    Abstract: A method to incorporate a first edit and a second edit into an electronic document includes receiving the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document, and determining whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit. The method further includes responsive to determining that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the electronic document, and responsive to determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating the second edit into the electronic document without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit, causing the first edit and the second edit to be incorporated into the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 11397848
    Abstract: A presentation of a first metadata region of a plurality of metadata regions in a first position and a second metadata region of the plurality of metadata regions in a second position of a margin of the electronic document is provided. An event indicative of a potential overlap of two or more of the plurality of metadata regions is detected. Responsive to detecting the event indicative of the potential overlap of the two or more of the plurality of metadata regions, a presentation of a stacked metadata region in the margin of the electronic document is provided. The stacked metadata region combines the first metadata region and the second metadata region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Publication number: 20220027488
    Abstract: A method to incorporate a first edit and a second edit into an electronic document includes receiving the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document, and determining whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit. The method further includes responsive to determining that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the electronic document, and responsive to determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating the second edit into the electronic document without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit, causing the first edit and the second edit to be incorporated into the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Vance Julius VAGELL, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 11144706
    Abstract: The document in the first layout at a user interface is displayed. The first layout displays the document in a continuous view. The first layout the document is scrollable to display different regions of the document at a user device. A first user request to convert the display of the document from the first layout to the second layout is received. Responsive to the first user request, a suggested boundary within the first layout of the document is determined by identifying an end of first content of a first content type and a beginning of second content of a second content type in the document. The first content type and the second content type are different content types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Amber Hampton, Colleen O'Banion, Dominic Marin Espinosa, Elias Horne, Sarah Cooper, Shikhiu Ing
  • Patent number: 11087075
    Abstract: A method to incorporate a first edit and a second edit into an electronic document includes receiving the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document, and determining whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit. The method further includes responsive to determining that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the electronic document, and responsive to determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating the second edit into the electronic document without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit, causing the first edit and the second edit to be incorporated into the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Publication number: 20200311342
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a table having a first descriptor that is applicable to each cell from a plurality of cells, and a plurality of second descriptors each applicable to a respective cell from the plurality of cells, executing a search function using at least the first descriptor as an input, wherein the search function identifies at least a first data set that is potentially relevant to the plurality of cells, displaying a first candidate data value for a first cell from the plurality of cells, wherein the candidate value is based on the first data set and the respective second descriptor for the first cell, and in response to selection of the first candidate data value, populating the plurality of cells with information from the first data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Colleen O'Banion
  • Patent number: 10657319
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for combining a first annotation and a second annotation in an electronic document. The first annotation is received and corresponds to a first portion of the electronic document. The second annotation is received and corresponds to a second portion of the electronic document. A first position of a layout rendering of the first annotation is determined, and a second position of a layout rendering of the second annotation is determined. The first position of the layout rendering of the first annotation is compared to the second position of the layout rendering of the second annotation. When the first position conflicts with the second position, the first annotation and the second annotation are combined to form a stacked annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Patent number: 10621281
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a table having a first descriptor that is applicable to each cell from a plurality of cells, and a plurality of second descriptors each applicable to a respective cell from the plurality of cells, executing a search function using at least the first descriptor as an input, wherein the search function identifies at least a first data set that is potentially relevant to the plurality of cells, displaying a first candidate data value for a first cell from the plurality of cells, wherein the candidate value is based on the first data set and the respective second descriptor for the first cell, and in response to selection of the first candidate data value, populating the plurality of cells with information from the first data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Colleen O'Banion
  • Publication number: 20190361964
    Abstract: A method to incorporate a first edit and a second edit into an electronic document includes receiving the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document, and determining whether the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit. The method further includes responsive to determining that the second edit is not privileged relative to the first edit, requiring the second edit to be independently accepted prior to incorporating the second edit into the electronic document, and responsive to determining that the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, incorporating the second edit into the electronic document without requiring the second edit to be independently accepted, and responsive to receiving an acceptance of the first edit, causing the first edit and the second edit to be incorporated into the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Vance Julius VAGELL, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 10380232
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein to present an incorporation of a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. A method includes present the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 10380225
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for transitioning a display of a document from a first layout to a second layout. A processor at a user interface displays the document in the first layout. The processor receives a first user input indicative of a request to convert the display from the first layout to the second layout that represents the document as having a plurality of portions. The processor identifies a suggested boundary at a first position between two of the plurality of portions, displays the document in the second layout having the suggested boundary at the first position, and receives a second user input indicative of a request to move the suggested boundary to a second position different from the first position. The document is displayed in the second layout having the boundary in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Amber Hampton, Colleen O'Banion, Dominic Marin Espinosa, Elias Horne, Sarah Cooper, Shikhiu Ing
  • Publication number: 20180260368
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein to present an incorporation of a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. A method includes present the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document, the first edit and the second edit representing concurrent updates to the electronic document by multiple users comprising a first user and a second user and having different privilege levels, the first edit and the second edit having a shared position in the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Vance Julius VAGELL, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 10042832
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for combining a first annotation and a second annotation in an electronic document. The first annotation is received and corresponds to a first portion of the electronic document. The second annotation is received and corresponds to a second portion of the electronic document. A first position of a layout rendering of the first annotation is determined, and a second position of a layout rendering of the second annotation is determined. The first position of the layout rendering of the first annotation is compared to the second position of the layout rendering of the second annotation. When the first position conflicts with the second position, the first annotation and the second annotation are combined to form a stacked annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Patent number: 9971752
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for incorporating a second edit into a first edit in an electronic document. The first edit and the second edit in the electronic document are received, and a shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document is identified. The second edit is determined to be privileged relative to the first edit by determining that the first edit is made by a first user with a first set of permissions and the second edit is made by a second user with a second set of permissions larger than the first set of permissions. When the second edit is privileged relative to the first edit, the second edit is incorporated into the first edit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Fil Zembowicz, Luiz Amaral Franca Pereira Filho, Ian Gunn, Nikita Rybak
  • Patent number: 9959265
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining at least one query value from a table having a plurality of cells; executing a search function using the at least one query value to identify at least a first data set that is potentially relevant to the at least one query value; and outputting, for display, a first interface area that includes information from the first data set. In response to selection of the first interface area, the method includes populating a first cell from the plurality of cells with a first data value from the first data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Colleen O'Banion
  • Patent number: 9690785
    Abstract: A collaborative document editing system receives an input to a document from a first user. The collaborative document editing system identifies a portion of the document associated with the input and a set of users associated with the identified portion of the document. The collaborative document editing system applies the input to the document and transmits a notification regarding the input to members of the identified set of users other than the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Patent number: 9606976
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes providing, from a server including one or more processors, a user interface element to a first computing device, wherein the first computing device is associated with a user, and the server determines that the user is associated with a second computing device that is a mobile computing device having a digital display and is logged into an account at both the first and second computing devices. The method further includes receiving a user request for a rendering of a document issued by the first computing device upon selection of the user interface element by a user, and transmitting a command to the second computing device that causes the second computing device to automatically display the rendering of the document. The method further includes receiving and storing annotation information corresponding to one or more annotations to the rendering made at the second computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Vance Julius Vagell
  • Patent number: 9529785
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for detecting compounding and conflicting suggested edits in a collaborative document editing environment. A first edit and a second edit to an electronic document are received. A shared position of the first edit and the second edit in the electronic document is identified, and a compounding relationship or a conflicting relationship is determined based at least in part on the identification. The first edit, the second edit, and an indicator of the relationship are displayed to a user of the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Ian Gunn
  • Patent number: 9372858
    Abstract: A method for providing automated suggestions in a document stored on a cloud computing service includes providing collaborators with access to the document, who may each insert suggested edits into the document. The cloud computing service provides a plurality of suggestion robots for the collaborators to activate within the document, where each suggestion robot has an associated editing objective. The cloud computing service receives a request from a first collaborator to activate a first suggestion robot and activates the robot to present to the first collaborator a plurality of suggested edits of the document according to the editing objective of the robot, where the plurality of suggested edits by the first suggestion robot are displayed with any suggested edits by the one or more collaborators, and the first collaborator may accept or reject each of the plurality of suggested edits of the robot and the collaborators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Peter James Solderitsch, Fil Zembowicz, Samuel Benjamin Messing, Luiz Do Amaral De Franca Pereira Filho
  • Patent number: 9348803
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing a preview of an editor action related to a suggested edit of an electronic document. A first user provides a suggested edit to the electronic document, and the suggested edit to the electronic document is displayed to a second user of the electronic document. The second user provides a user input that is indicative of a desire to preview a result of the editor action on the suggested edit, such as an acceptance or a rejection of the suggested edit. Then, before the second user performs the editor action, a preview of the result of the editor action is provided to the second user in response to detecting the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Vance Julius Vagell, Ian Gunn