RANDALL C WALKER, M.D.
Osteopathic Medicine at 1 St, Rochester, MN

6279017, Aug 21, 2001

Feb 2, 1998

9/016902

Randall C. Walker - Rochester MN

G06F 1721

707529

A text enhancement method and apparatus for the presentation of text for improved human reading. The method includes extracting text specific attributes from machine readable text and varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes. The preferred embodiment of the method: extracts parts of speech and punctuation from a sentence, applies folding rules which use the parts of speech to determine folding points, and presents text segments each on a new line and having a determined horizontal displacement based on the text specific attributes. One method displays text over bent curves having a shape based on text content. Another method includes displaying relative text position within a hierarchy using alternating vertically and horizontally tiled planes. Another method supports reading text segments across opposed pages without waiting for paging. Yet another method displays text to allow reading from bottom to top as though from front to back.

7036075, Apr 25, 2006

Sep 28, 2001

09/928822

Randall C. Walker - Rochester MN, US

G06F 15/00, G06F 17/00

715529, 7155001, 704 9, 434169, 434178

A text enhancement method and apparatus for the presentation of text for improved human reading. The method includes extracting text specific attributes from machine readable text and varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes. The preferred embodiment of the method: extracts parts of speech and punctuation from a sentence, applies folding rules which use the parts of speech to determine folding points, and presents text segments each on a new line and having a determined horizontal displacement based on the text specific attributes. One method displays text over bent curves having a shape based on text content. Another method includes displaying relative text position within a hierarchy using alternating vertically and horizontally tiled planes. Another method supports reading text segments across opposed pages without waiting for paging. Yet another method displays text to allow reading from bottom to top as though from front to back.

7861163, Dec 28, 2010

Apr 25, 2006

11/410556

Randall C. Walker - Rochester MN, US

Walker Reading Technologies, Inc. - Rochester MN

G06F 17/21

715256, 715200

A computer executable process for simultaneous visual depiction of plural text hierarchies of a visually displayable machine readable text, including provisions for a visual cue as to a location of a user select text within the simultaneous visual depiction of plural text hierarchies is provided. A text hierarchy is extracted for a reader select text of a machine read text accessible by at least a data processing portion of a data processing and display system. Units of a select element of elements of the text hierarchy are formatted for display and displayed upon a display of the data processing and display system. A portion of text of the machine read text present in the select unit of a select element of elements of the text hierarchy is selected such that when said selected portion of text is present in a particular hierarchical representation, units the select element of elements of the text hierarchy are selectively of moved or positioned.

7765471, Jul 27, 2010

Jan 31, 2006

11/343522

Randall C. Walker - Rochester MN, US

Walker Reading Technologies, Inc. - Rochester MN

G06F 17/21

715245, 715243

Reading product fabrication methods and devices are provided. Characteristic of the methods is the extraction of text specific attributes from machine readable text, and varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes. Parts of speech and punctuation of a sentence are identified, with folding rules, which use the parts of speech to determine folding points, applied. The sentence is divided into text segments based upon the folding points, and horizontal displacement rules applied to create displayed text characterized by a cascading appearance.

5802533, Sep 1, 1998

Aug 7, 1996

8/693444

Randall C. Walker - Rochester MN

G06F 1727

707529

A text enhancement method and apparatus for the presentation of text for improved human reading. The method includes extracting text specific attributes from machine readable text and varying the text presentation in accordance with the attributes. The preferred embodiment of the method: extracts parts of speech and punctuation from a sentence, applies folding rules which use the parts of speech to determine folding points, uses the folding points to divide the sentence into text segments, applies horizontal displacement rules to determine horizontal displacement for the text segments, and presents the text segments each on a new line and having the determined horizontal displacement. Another embodiment displays text color based on parts of speech.