Inventor
PRATLEY CHRISTOPHER H
US22 patents
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MICROSOFT CORP
21 patentsUS7231597B1Jun 12, 2007
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for creating asides within an electronic document
MICROSOFT CORP158 citations98
US7574669B1Aug 11, 2009
User interface control for navigating, selecting, and organizing document pages
MICROSOFT CORP74 citations95
US7062090B2Jun 13, 2006
Writing guide for a free-form document editor
MICROSOFT CORP51 citations95
US6356866B1Mar 12, 2002
Method for converting a phonetic character string into the text of an Asian language
MICROSOFT CORP94 citations94
US7617450B2Nov 10, 2009
Method, system, and computer-readable medium for creating, inserting, and reusing document parts in an electronic document
MICROSOFT CORP30 citations92
US7577914B1Aug 18, 2009
Automatically sized computer-generated workspaces
MICROSOFT CORP23 citations92
US7409089B2Aug 5, 2008
Writing guide for a free-form document editor
MICROSOFT CORP17 citations92
US6049869AApr 11, 2000
Method and system for detecting and identifying a text or data encoding system
MICROSOFT CORP62 citations91
US7212309B1May 1, 2007
Best fit printing
MICROSOFT CORP45 citations90
US6772110B2Aug 3, 2004
Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms
MICROSOFT CORP24 citations90
US7454700B1Nov 18, 2008
Method and apparatus for restricting the application of formatting to the contents of an electronic document
MICROSOFT CORP9 citations84
US7423659B1Sep 9, 2008
Method and system for utilizing void regions in computer-generated areas of text
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations83
US7140536B2Nov 28, 2006
Method and system for highlighting modified content in a shared document
MICROSOFT CORP14 citations82
US7599094B2Oct 6, 2009
Optimizing the printing of data on a page
MICROSOFT CORP13 citations81
US7519579B2Apr 14, 2009
Method and system for updating a summary page of a document
MICROSOFT CORP10 citations79
US7360156B1Apr 15, 2008
Method and system for performing actions on content in a region within a free form two-dimensional workspace
MICROSOFT CORP7 citations73
US7324993B2Jan 29, 2008
Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms
MICROSOFT CORP5 citations71
US7236979B2Jun 26, 2007
Menu-less system and method for interactively manipulating and reformatting data entered in a tabular format in a data processing application
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations62
US7970771B2Jun 28, 2011
Method and system for tracking objects associated with an activity
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations61
US7200803B2Apr 3, 2007
System and method for visually categorizing electronic notes
MICROSOFT CORP6 citations61
US8024652B2Sep 20, 2011
Techniques to associate information between application programs
MICROSOFT CORP3 citations55