Justin G Tolmer

US Patent:

6867786, Mar 15, 2005

Filed:

Jul 29, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/206597

Inventors:

Charlton E. Lui - Redmond WA, US
Justin Garrett Tolmer - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corp. - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G005/00
G09G005/02
G06K005/56

US Classification:

345619, 345629, 345173, 345179, 345180, 345182, 382189, 382202

Abstract:

A digital ink environment is provided for non-native ink application programs to create independent ink services for sharing between different application programs and transmission. The digital ink environment is provided for interacting with embedded or linked ink words or other ink data in a compound ink document. The user is provided with the freedom to input digital ink so they can write anywhere in the ink environment, in any orientation, and using any desired stroke size provided by the ink environment. The ink environment is provided in an activated state for in-situ user interaction and manipulation in a computing environment, for example a pen-based environment.

US Patent:

6965384, Nov 15, 2005

Filed:

Dec 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/023370

Inventors:

Charlton E. Lui - Redmond WA, US
Justin Garrett Tolmer - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G09G005/00
G06K005/56

US Classification:

345619, 345173, 345179, 345180, 382202

Abstract:

A digital ink environment is provided for non-native ink application programs to create independent ink services for sharing between different application programs and transmission. The digital ink environment is provided for interacting with embedded or linked ink words or other ink data in a compound ink document. The user is provided with the freedom to input digital ink so they can write anywhere in the ink environment, in any orientation, and using any desired stroke size provided by the ink environment. The ink environment is provided in an activated state for in-situ user interaction and manipulation in a computing environment, for example a pen-based environment.

US Patent:

7428711, Sep 23, 2008

Filed:

Oct 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/284378

Inventors:

Justin Garrett Tolmer - Seattle WA, US
Charlton E Lui - Vancouver, CA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715863, 345 17, 345592, 345179

Abstract:

Methods for rendering electronic ink with highlighting attributes include: (a) receiving data representing at least one electronic ink stroke including a highlighting attribute; (b) rendering a first highlighting stroke in a first dimension and in a first highlighting color and/or pattern; and (c) rendering an ink color stroke in an ink color and/or pattern and in a second dimension that is smaller than the first dimension to produce a composite stroke that has a highlighted appearance. When the highlighted stroke is selected, this stroke may be rendered with a third, inner layer that is narrower than the ink colored layer, in a highlight color and/or pattern. This invention also relates to systems and computer-readable media for performing these methods, and to data structures that include a highlight attribute with electronic ink data.

US Patent:

20060188162, Aug 24, 2006

Filed:

Oct 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/284418

Inventors:

Zoltan Szilagyi - Redmond WA, US
Matthew Rhoten - Seattle WA, US
Justin Tolmer - Seattle WA, US
Mary Quinton - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06K 9/68
G06K 9/72
G06K 9/18

US Classification:

382226000, 382229000, 382186000

Abstract:

A system, method, and data structure are described that permit a function to be operable at a designated node or sub nodes. An instruction that designates one or more nodes is processed to perform the instruction on each of the nodes. If the instruction is not performable on a current node, the data structure relating to the current node is navigated to obtain one or more sub nodes. The instruction is then performed on the sub nodes.

US Patent:

6559975, May 6, 2003

Filed:

Jun 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/333735

Inventors:

Justin G. Tolmer - Redmond WA
Edward H. Ringness - Seattle WA
Paul C. Elliott - Seattle WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04N 140

US Classification:

358 19, 358500, 358504, 358515, 358518, 382270, 382164, 382167

Abstract:

A method for transforming an image, containing an arbitrary number of colors from a full color process printing mode to a spot color printing mode while preserving the users intended color usage as much as possible. The method is contained in a utility and referred to as âSpot Color Transformationâ (SCT). The SCT utility provides a user the ability to transform an image generated by a computer program module, such as a desktop publishing computer program module, from a full color mode into a spot color mode. The SCT utility operates on an object-by-object basis to map objects within an image to one of several partitions: a black partition and a color partition. The SCT utility maps each object that has an associated color that is substantially black or a tint of black to the black partition. Next, the SCT utility converts the colors of unmapped objects to a tint of the spot color based on the luminance value of the particular color relative to the lowest luminance value found in the image. Finally each converted object and its corresponding tint of the spot color are mapped to the spot color partition.