Patents by Inventor Vincent Ierace

Vincent Ierace 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: 9424553
    Abstract: A system for processing comment contents associated with a parent document by providing a parent document user interface including a display object enabling a user to enter comment contents, creating a comment document associated with said parent document and storing said comment contents in said comment document, obtaining said comment contents from said comment document and displaying said comment contents within a region of said parent document user interface, copying, in response to detecting a change of state of said parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, said comment contents from said comment document into said parent document, deleting said comment document, and presenting said comment contents after deleting said comment document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Publication number: 20130036118
    Abstract: A system for processing comment contents associated with a parent document by providing a parent document user interface including a display object enabling a user to enter comment contents, creating a comment document associated with said parent document and storing said comment contents in said comment document, obtaining said comment contents from said comment document and displaying said comment contents within a region of said parent document user interface, copying, in response to detecting a change of state of said parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, said comment contents from said comment document into said parent document, deleting said comment document, and presenting said comment contents after deleting said comment document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Patent number: 8276062
    Abstract: A system for displaying comment documents within a parent document that avoids replication/save conflicts regardless of the number of users having local document replicas. The graphical user interface to a parent document provides the user with the ability to enter a comment with regard to the parent document. In response to indication that a comment is to be entered, the user interface to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the system operates to capture the comment contents and store it into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. After a comment document has been created, its contents are presented through a predetermined display region within the user interface to the parent document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Patent number: 8266520
    Abstract: A system for displaying comment documents within a parent document that avoids replication/save conflicts regardless of the number of users having local document replicas. The graphical user interface to a parent document provides the user with the ability to enter a comment with regard to the parent document. In response to indication that a comment is to be entered, the user interface to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the system operates to capture the comment contents and store it into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. After a comment document has been created, its contents are presented through a predetermined display region within the user interface to the parent document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Patent number: 7552383
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying comment documents within a parent document. to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the comment contents are captured and stored into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. The comment document contents are presented through a display region within the user interface to the parent document. In response to detection of a transition of a parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, comment documents associated with the parent document are located, and the contents of those comment documents are copied into the parent document such that they are displayed as part of the parent document, and all associated comment documents for that parent document are deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Publication number: 20090125834
    Abstract: A system for displaying comment documents within a parent document that avoids replication/save conflicts regardless of the number of users having local document replicas. The graphical user interface to a parent document provides the user with the ability to enter a comment with regard to the parent document. In response to indication that a comment is to be entered, the user interface to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the system operates to capture the comment contents and store it into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. After a comment document has been created, its contents are presented through a predetermined display region within the user interface to the parent document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Morris, Vincent Ierace
  • Publication number: 20060294455
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying comment documents within a parent document that avoids replication/save conflicts regardless of the number of users having local document replicas. The graphical user interface to a parent document provides the user with the ability to enter a comment with regard to the parent document. In response to indication that a comment is to be entered, the user interface to the parent document allows the user to enter content to be included in the comment. In response to indication that the entered comment should be saved, the system operates to capture the comment contents and store it into a newly created comment document associated with the parent document. After a comment document has been created, its contents are presented through a predetermined display region within the user interface to the parent document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Benjamin Morris, Vincent Ierace