Jesse G Kocher

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:

20090088967, Apr 2, 2009

Filed:

May 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/151726

Inventors:

Matthew R. Lerner - Seattle WA, US
Jesse G. Kocher - Seattle WA, US
Michael C. Mathieu - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G01C 21/26

US Classification:

701208

Abstract:

Methods and systems for providing location assessments are provided. Example embodiments provide a Location Assessment Provider System, which generates and provides assessments of various characteristics of specified locations. In one embodiment, the Location Assessment Provider System receives a specified location, determines a location assessment for the specified location, generates a visual representation of the determined location assessment, and provides the generated visual representation to a client system. Determining a location assessment may be based on geographic-related information about, or associated with, the specified location, such as the presence and location of geographic-related features associated with the specified location. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

US Patent:

20090089149, Apr 2, 2009

Filed:

May 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/151724

Inventors:

Matthew R. Lerner - Seattle WA, US
Jesse G. Kocher - Seattle WA, US
Michael C. Mathieu - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 50/00

US Classification:

705 10, 705 1

Abstract:

Methods and systems for providing location assessments are provided. Example embodiments provide a Location Assessment Provider System, which generates and provides assessments of various characteristics of specified locations. In one embodiment, the Location Assessment Provider System receives a specified location, determines a location assessment for the specified location, generates a visual representation of the determined location assessment, and provides the generated visual representation to a client system. Determining a location assessment may be based on geographic-related information about, or associated with, the specified location, such as the presence and location of geographic-related features associated with the specified location. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

US Patent:

20130046586, Feb 21, 2013

Filed:

Aug 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/587849

Inventors:

Matthew Lerner - Seattle WA, US
Jesse G. Kocher - Seattle WA, US
Josh Herst - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Walk Score Management LLC - Seattle WA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 739

Abstract:

A system and method is disclosed for generating and providing assessments of transit network characteristics for specified locations. The system receives a specified location, generates an assessment of the received location, and provides a generated visual representation of the received location to a client system. Determining a location assessment may be based on transit network information related to the distance between a specified location and the nearest point of access/egress on transit network routes that are accessible from the specified location, the frequency at which the transit network routes stop at the point of access/egress on the transit network routes that are accessible from the indicated location, or the transportation mode used for at least one of the transit network routes that are accessible from the specified location. The initial location assessment may be updated periodically, in response to changes in system status, or on demand by user request.

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.