David L Peck

US Patent:

6859909, Feb 22, 2005

Filed:

Mar 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/521022

Inventors:

Matthew Rubin Lerner - Berkeley CA, US
Oliver Hurst-Hiller - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse Gardner Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
David Keel Peck - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

715512, 715530, 345440, 709203

Abstract:

The present invention allows computer users to integrate any annotation, including ink, highlighter, text-based notes and audio, directly into a Web-based document (WBD) displayed by a Web browser. This integration enables others to view the personalized annotated WBD, which retains its original active links and properties, over the Internet without the need for specialized software. Annotations are integrated into WBDs by freezing the WBD, overlaying an image file containing the annotations onto the WBD, and enabling browser events to pass through the image layer. Annotations may also be integrated into WBDs by using component object technology. The present invention collects and organizes annotated WBDs, and provides users with an intuitive Web-based interface for accessing, viewing and searching the annotated WBDs. Users may annotate blank WBDs, effectively converting their Web browsers into online notebooks/ scrapbooks. The present invention also provides users with many novel interface techniques, such as dog-ears and its associated navigation tools, splitting pages, turning pages, selecting and copying various portions of a WBD (including shaking out a copy), and marking menus suited for right-handed or left-handed users.

US Patent:

7111234, Sep 19, 2006

Filed:

May 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/847606

Inventors:

David K. Peck - San Francisco CA, US
Eliot S. Greenfield - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse G. Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
Matthew R. Lerner - San Francisco CA, US
Michael S. Morearty - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715517, 715513, 715522, 715530

Abstract:

A method for editing Web-based documents and a software package for implementing the method is provided. The method can include receiving from a user an indication of a selected portion of a Web-based document to be edited and of a desired editing function to be performed on the selected portion and inserting immediately prior to the selected portion a first editing tag corresponding to the desired editing function. Also, the method may include detecting object tag elements within the selected portion, inserting immediately prior to each object tag element within the selected portion a second editing tag corresponding to the desired editing function and inserting the second tag at the end of the selected portion, and inserting immediately after each object tag element within the selected portion the first editing tag, wherein the first and second editing tags are distinguishable from the object tag elements.

US Patent:

7409633, Aug 5, 2008

Filed:

Jan 9, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/753344

Inventors:

Matthew Rubin Lerner - Berkeley CA, US
Oliver Hurst-Hiller - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse Gardner Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
David Keel Peck - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 17/28
G06F 3/033

US Classification:

715230, 715205, 715530, 715863

Abstract:

Computer users may integrate any annotation, including ink, highlighter, text-based notes and audio, directly into a Web-based document (WBD) displayed by a Web browser. This integration enables others to view the personalized annotated WBD, which retains its original active links and properties, over the Internet without the need for specialized software. Annotations are integrated into WBDs by freezing the WBD, overlaying an image file containing the annotations onto the WBD, and enabling browser events to pass through the image layer. Annotations may also be integrated into WBDs by using component object technology. By collecting and organizing annotated WBDs, users can be provided with an intuitive Web-based interface for accessing, viewing and searching the annotated WBDs. Users may annotate blank WBDs, effectively converting their Web browsers into online notebooks/scrapbooks. Users may also be provided with many interface techniques, such as dog-ears and its associated navigation tools, splitting pages, turning pages, selecting and copying various portions of a WBD (including shaking out a copy), and marking menus suited for right-handed or left-handed users.

US Patent:

20040172595, Sep 2, 2004

Filed:

Mar 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/790678

Inventors:

Matthew Lerner - Berkeley CA, US
Oliver Hurst-Hiller - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
David Peck - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/21

US Classification:

715/512000

Abstract:

Computer users may integrate any annotation, including ink, highlighter, text-based notes and audio, directly into a Web-based document (WBD) displayed by a Web browser. This integration enables others to view the personalized annotated WBD, which retains its original active links and properties, over the Internet without the need for specialized software. Annotations are integrated into WBDs by freezing the WBD, overlaying an image file containing the annotations onto the WBD, and enabling browser events to pass through the image layer. Annotations may also be integrated into WBDs by using component object technology. By collecting and organizing annotated WBDs, users can be provided with an intuitive Web-based interface for accessing, viewing and searching the annotated WBDs. Users may annotate blank WBDs, effectively converting their Web browsers into online notebooks/scrapbooks. Users may also be provided with many interface techniques, such as dog-ears and its associated navigation tools, splitting pages, turning pages, selecting and copying various portions of a WBD (including shaking out a copy), and marking menus suited for right-handed or left-handed users.

US Patent:

20040210833, Oct 21, 2004

Filed:

May 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/848047

Inventors:

Matthew Lerner - Berkeley CA, US
Oliver Hurst-Hiller - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
David Peck - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F017/00

US Classification:

715/512000

Abstract:

Computer users may integrate any annotation, including ink, highlighter, text-based notes and audio, directly into a Web-based document (WBD) displayed by a Web browser. This integration enables others to view the personalized annotated WBD, which retains its original active links and properties, over the Internet without the need for specialized software. Annotations are integrated into WBDs by freezing the WBD, overlaying an image file containing the annotations onto the WBD, and enabling browser events to pass through the image layer. Annotations may also be integrated into WBDs by using component object technology. By collecting and organizing annotated WBDs, users can be provided with an intuitive Web-based interface for accessing, viewing and searching the annotated WBDs. Users may annotate blank WBDs, effectively converting their Web browsers into online notebooks/scrapbooks. Users may also be provided with many interface techniques, such as dog-ears and its associated navigation tools, splitting pages, turning pages, selecting and copying various portions of a WBD (including shaking out a copy), and marking menus suited for right-handed or left-handed users.

US Patent:

20210042812, Feb 11, 2021

Filed:

Jul 1, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/918706

Inventors:

- San Mateo CA, US
David Andrew Peck - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/06
H04L 29/06

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a system, method, and computer program for automatically providing similar product recommendations for sold-out products promoted on non-merchant publisher sites, wherein the similar product recommendations are filtered for publisher preferences. A computer system with a product database provides a platform that enables non-merchant publishers to search products in the database, create call-to-actions on publisher sites for products in the database, and automatically receive similar product recommendations when end users of the publisher sites attempt to purchase promoted products that are now sold out. Once a publisher creates a call-to-action for a product that subsequently becomes sold out, similar product recommendations are provided without requiring any action on the publisher's part to change the publisher's site. Similar product recommendations are tailored to each publisher to account for publisher preferences. Publisher preferences may be learned by the system based on publisher behavior or inputted by each publisher.