Patents by Inventor Brad L. Rucker

Brad L. Rucker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040019478
    Abstract: A method for interactive natural language query processing includes receiving a natural language query comprising a plurality of words. The received query is tokenized into individual words. The one or more tokenized words are then collapsed. An intersection of the collapsed words is then determined and one or more results are selected based at least in part on the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Brad L. Rucker, Stephen T. Hoffmann, Norman Tang
  • Patent number: 6041362
    Abstract: A method and system for integrating disparate information technology applications and platforms across an enterprise provides a web client interface that associates with an enterprise network. Connecting with the web client through the network is the Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that includes a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) interface program for augmenting the integration of the disparate applications and platforms via remote and local applications execution. The HTTP server is specific to the particular enterprise for specifically dealing with application servers and information servers and further for collecting information and gathering it together into a form that is then displayed on the web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Electronics Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Randall F. Mears, Brad L. Rucker
  • Patent number: 5737727
    Abstract: A process management system (10) for operating on a computer (102, 104, 106) includes a graphical user interface (14) for graphically presenting a process or a portion thereof to a user, a work element for graphically representing a task to be performed in the process, a work product for graphically representing a resultant product of performing a task, an agent for graphically representing an actor responsible for performing a task, and a link for graphically connecting the work element, work product, and agent indicative of inter-relationships therebetween. A knowledge repository (16) is further coupled to the computer for storing valuable information regarding the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jean B. Lehmann, Matthew B. Reid, Jaye D. Hicks, Steven K. Berenbrock, Brad L. Rucker, Scott M. Boettcher