Daniel Leroy Snyder

US Patent:

7533335, May 12, 2009

Filed:

Dec 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/731515

Inventors:

Marcin Sawicki - Kirkland WA, US
Robert Little - Redmond WA, US
Brian Jones - Redmond WA, US
Daniel Robert Snyder - Bellevue WA, US
Andrew Bishop - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715239, 715249, 707102

Abstract:

An application can use native field structures, which can store information such as “Creation Date of the Document”, “Formula”, a specially formatted number, a reference to text in another part of the document. Fields are commonly used for document automation, so that the application itself can include certain information among the contents of the document, with possibly no extra user intervention required. Thus a way can be provided to save this field definition information in a markup language (ML) document without data loss. When the format is stored in a markup language, other applications can validate the document stored in accordance with the native format. The other applications can represent the information in accordance to the degree to which they are aware of the unique properties of the application used to generate the document.

US Patent:

20120166496, Jun 28, 2012

Filed:

Jun 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/161215

Inventors:

Trevor Lacey - Bellevue WA, US
Zeyad Rajabi - Bellevue WA, US
Matthew Wood - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Snyder - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707805, 707E17005, 707E17044

Abstract:

Techniques for generating custom objects for content files are described. An apparatus may comprise a logic device arranged to execute a montage application comprising an authoring component operative to generate a tile object for a digital montage, the authoring component to receive a control directive to associate a content file with a presentation tile of a presentation surface of the digital montage, identify a content file type for the content file, and generate the tile object with information from the content file in accordance with the content file type. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

US Patent:

20170220545, Aug 3, 2017

Filed:

Nov 11, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/349821

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Mihai Aldea - Issaquah WA, US
Theodor J. Scott - Redmond WA, US
Kamal Choudhary - Redmond WA, US
Eugene Chudin - Kirkland WA, US
Si-Qing Chen - Bellevue WA, US
Daniel R. Snyder - Bellevue WA, US
Michelle Keslin - Kirkland WA, US
Jeff D. Jarrard - Issaquah WA, US
Sanjeev Bagaria - Sammamish WA, US
John Hoegger - Woodinville WA, US
Cynthia Guo - Marlboro NJ, US
Tony Y. Tzeng - Mercer Island WA, US
Jin Hee Lim - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICESNING, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/24
G06F 3/0482
G06F 17/21

Abstract:

Automatic generation of document templates based on recognized composition element patterns in a group of clustered documents is provided. Composition elements used in documents are typically unique to a particular user or to a group of users. An automated template generation system detects composition element patterns in documents associated with a given user. Sequences of composition elements from one document are aligned with sequences of composition elements of one or more other documents. The aligned sequences are scored to generate a document distance matrix. The documents are clustered together based on the alignment scores and a document template is generated for each corresponding cluster of documents. In one or more aspects, selecting a document template and updating it results in a modified document template or, in certain cases, a new document template. The generated document templates are displayed in a user interface for selection by a user.

US Patent:

20160328368, Nov 10, 2016

Filed:

Jun 26, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/751765

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Michelle Elena Keslin - Kirkland WA, US
Ali Taleghani - Seattle WA, US
Jitesh Sachdeva - Bellevue WA, US
Daniel Robert Snyder - Bellevue WA, US
Amelie Dagenais - Kirkland WA, US
Michal Piaseczny - Bellevue WA, US
Jordan Spencer Rudd - Lynnwood WA, US
Yessen Yessetovich Amirzhanov - Kenmore WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC. - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/22
G06Q 10/10
G06F 17/24

Abstract:

Systems and methods for enabling the real-time sharing of document edits are disclosed herein. Documents being edited may use backing stores that are not originally compatible to share edits in a coauthoring environment and thus require additional attention before coauthoring edits can be shared in real-time. The systems and methods described may provide for the analysis of high level functions within the document editor to determine the underlying activities. Both the high level functions and underlying activities may be analyzed to determine whether it is safe to implement the changes they represent in real-time on an endpoint. When it is determined that the changes are safe to implement, the changes will be implemented and further real-time edits will be shared. When it is determined that the edits are not safe to implement, real-time updates will be suspended until the next selected-time update, at which time real-time sharing will recommence.