Timothy Nathaniel Prinzing

US Patent:

6496202, Dec 17, 2002

Filed:

Jun 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/885614

Inventors:

Timothy Prinzing - Capitola CA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345762, 345763

Abstract:

Embodiments of the invention are used to customize a graphical user interface (GUI) that represents the view in a Model/View/Controller architecture. The model contains an applications data and one or more structural components that are used to identify the GUI components of the view. A factory builds the GUI using characteristics of the structural components to identify a set of GUI components to create the view.

US Patent:

6592628, Jul 15, 2003

Filed:

Feb 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/255643

Inventors:

Timothy N. Prinzing - Capitola CA

Assignee:

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

715522, 715500, 715513, 715515

Abstract:

A method and system is provided that processes the content of a document separately from information used to describe the structure of the content in the document. Content can be text, alphanumeric data, or any other information contained in a document. Initially, the method provides a content entity capable of storing and manipulating the content stored in a storage area. The manipulation of content in the storage area includes inserting content in the content entity identified by a start position and a stop position, removing content from the content entity, and retrieving content from the storage area. A separate document entity is provided that uses element entities to represent the structure of the text without the content. The document entity is used to retrieve information from the element entities and determine the location of content in the content entity. The information retrieved from the element entities is used to manipulate the content stored in the storage area associated with the content entity.

US Patent:

20020133519, Sep 19, 2002

Filed:

Feb 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/255657

Inventors:

TIMOTHY N. PRINZING - CAPITOLA CA, US

International Classification:

G06F003/00

US Classification:

707/517000

Abstract:

A modular text editor formats and displays text by creating style objects that format text elements arranged hierarchically. Style objects may include formatting information for document text elements, paragraph text elements, and character text elements. These style objects are then arranged as subclasses according to the hierarchy of text elements. Next, the text editor provides view objects to display text elements of the document. Like the style objects, the view objects are arranged as subclasses according to the hierarchy of text elements. Using information associated with the style objects, the formatted text elements in the document are displayed using the view objects.