Elizabeth W Churchill

Author:

Elizabeth Churchill

ISBN #:

0262032783

Author:

Elizabeth Churchill

ISBN #:

0805896015

US Patent:

6570555, May 27, 2003

Filed:

Dec 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/223637

Inventors:

Scott A. Prevost - San Francisco CA
Timothy W. Bickmore - Somerville MA
Joseph W. Sullivan - San Francisco CA
Elizabeth Churchill - San Francisco CA
Andreas Girgensohn - Menlo Park CA

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo
Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345156

Abstract:

Deliberative and reactive processing are combined to process multi-modal inputs and direct movements and speech of a synthetic character that operates as an interface between a user and a piece of equipment. The synthetic character is constructed as an ally, working with and helping the user learn and operate the equipment. The synthetic character interacts with both a virtual space where the character is displayed, and a physical space (domain) that includes the user. Real-time reactive processing provides lifelike and engaging responses to user queries and conversations. Deliberative processing provides responses to inputs that require more processing time (deep linguistic processing, for example). Knowledge bases are maintained for both dynamic (discourse model, for example) and static (e. g. , knowledge about the domain or discourse plans) information types.

US Patent:

6670968, Dec 30, 2003

Filed:

Jul 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/612806

Inventors:

William N. Schilit - Menlo Park CA
Jonathan James Trevor - Santa Clara CA
Catherine Claire Marshall - San Francisco CA
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345760, 345810, 7155011

Abstract:

A Web browser provides the ability to separate content and hyper-links from a Web page and provides a list of the links for viewing on a mobile device display screen, enabling more effective Web page navigating using the limited mobile device display. In addition to the links from the Web page, further links are created to telephone numbers, addresses, and other communication-related information in the Web page to further enhance usability of the Web page information for mobile device users. Further, once a link is selected using the mobile device, a services portal link is provided to the mobile device display to provide selection of services to be performed on the selected link, such as faxing or printing. Further, the services are made link dependent, or user dependent so that specific services can be displayed depending on factors such as the availability of services provided specifically from a Web page owner for link dependent services, or for the location of a user relative to a printer for user dependent services.

US Patent:

6674453, Jan 6, 2004

Filed:

Jul 10, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/613002

Inventors:

William N. Schilit - Menlo Park CA
Jonathan James Trevor - Santa Clara CA
Catherine Claire Marshall - San Francisco CA
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345810, 345760, 345864, 7155011

Abstract:

A Web browser provides the ability to separate content and hyper-links from a Web page and provides a list of the links for viewing on a mobile device display screen, and once a link is selected using the mobile device, a services portal link is provided to the mobile device display to provide selection of services to be performed on the selected link, such as faxing or printing. Further, the services are made link dependent, or user dependent so that specific services can be displayed depending on factors such as the availability of services provided specifically from a Web page owner for link dependent services, or for the location of a user relative to a print service provider for user dependent services.

US Patent:

6773177, Aug 10, 2004

Filed:

Sep 14, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/951607

Inventors:

Laurent Denoue - Palo Alto CA
Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA
William N. Schilit - Menlo Park CA
Gene Golovchinsky - Palo Alto CA

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

B41J 336

US Classification:

400 88, 345179, 345180, 346143, 347109, 358473

Abstract:

A method and system for position-aware freeform printing in which a source image space in a source medium and a target image space in a target medium are specified. A selected image in the source image space is copied and/or optionally processed and transferred to the target image space. A controller captures the selected source image and stores the image in a memory. The image is optionally processed and the processed and optionally formatted image is output. The controller may format the processed image to fit into the target image space by controlling the rendering of the processed image onto the target medium as the printing device is moved over the target image space in a freeform direction. The controller predicts the freeform direction that the print head will travel by detecting the motion previously traveled and adjusting the image to compensate for the predicted freeform direction.

US Patent:

7089278, Aug 8, 2006

Filed:

Sep 7, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/391069

Inventors:

Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA, US
Sara Bly - North Plains OR, US
Catherine C. Marshall - San Francisco CA, US
Jonathan Trevor - Lancaster, GB
Joseph Sullivan - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709205, 709217, 709223

Abstract:

Anchored conversations are maintained by a conversation coordinator that retrieves an anchor position from an artifact and maintains a position of a conversation client relative to the retrieved anchor position. The conversations are synchronous and asynchronous communications. The anchors, and hence the conversations may be moved within the artifact or to other artifacts. The conversation clients include detach and re-attach buttons that allow a conversation to be detached and reattached from/to a corresponding anchor. The conversation coordinator manages conversations anchored in any number of different applications. Each conversation is accessible either by invoking an associated anchor within a corresponding artifact (embodied as an ActiveX control, for example), or via the conversation coordinator. A database is connected to each conversation and is a silent participant maintaining a record of the conversation and any metadata regarding the conversation. The database is available for query by a user and/or the conversation coordinator.

US Patent:

7249327, Jul 24, 2007

Filed:

Mar 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/104850

Inventors:

Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA, US
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
David N. Snowdon - Grenoble, FR
Laurent Denoue - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo
Xerox Corporation - Stamford CT

International Classification:

G06F 13/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

715782, 715764, 345419

Abstract:

A Graphical User Interface (“GUI”) that provides a user with the ability to manipulate display objects in a non-uniform manner on a display surface is provided. For example, a user can manipulate an object so that it appears, torn, bent, folded, angled, etc. Additionally, a method and system for digitally attaching display objects to a display surface is described. The attachments include digital staples, digital push-pins, digital tape, etc. In still another aspect of the present invention a technique for transmitting and updating the display of non-uniform objects is described.

US Patent:

7251316, Jul 31, 2007

Filed:

Apr 11, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/121309

Inventors:

Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA, US
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
Tomas Sokoler - Roskilde, DK

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Tokyo

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

379 9312, 705 37

Abstract:

Methods and systems for enabling discussions among people about physical objects are provided. Each physical object, of a plurality of physical objects, is associated with a unique corresponding identifier and with at least one person interested in the physical object. When an input including a unique identifier is received that input identifies one of the plurality of physical objects as a specific physical object of interest. A conversational element about the specific physical object of interest is eventually captured. This conversational element is likely produced by a person located at or near the specific physical object of interest. At this point at least one person interested in the specific physical object of interest is identified. This can be based on associations that were produced and the input received. The conversational element about the specific physical object of interest can then be provided to the at least one person interested in the specific physical object of interest.

US Patent:

7519573, Apr 14, 2009

Filed:

Aug 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/924098

Inventors:

Jonathan Helfman - Half Moon Bay CA, US
Laurent Denoue - Palo Alto CA, US
Elizabeth F. Churchill - San Francisco CA, US
Lester D. Nelson - Santa Clara CA, US

Assignee:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Minato-ku, Tokyo

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707 1, 7071041

Abstract:

A system and method for repurposing and augmenting document content by clipping, annotating, and reassembling portions of documents, and which may be used in an online or collaborative environment. As used herein the term “repurposing” includes packaging the online information in a manner so that it can be re-used by subsequent users for subsequent applications. An input device or menu referred to herein as a “clipbar” may be provided within a software application or in a kiosk environment that allows users to clip and annotate portions of online or other documents, while retaining both the document fragment's rendered image and its underlying structure. The clips thus created may be stored as collections (together with their associated user-specified and system-specified meta-data) in a form compatible with the other input documents. The collections can be immediately made available to other users in a collaborative fashion, and re-clipped as desired.