Patents by Inventor Brian Richard James Heumann

Brian Richard James Heumann 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).

  • Automatically initiating a knowledge portal query from within a displayed document
    Patent number: 6584469
    Abstract: A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document includes a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least two words of the document; an object identification module configured to automatically identify at least two objects within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least two designated words; a query formulation module configured to automatically formulate a query for identifying at least one relationship within the knowledge portal linking the at least two objects; and a query initiation module configured to automatically direct the knowledge portal to initiate the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alice Chiang, Brian Richard James Heumann
  • Automatically initiating a knowledge portal query from within a displayed document
    Patent number: 6567801
    Abstract: A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document includes a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least one word of the document; an object identification module configured to automatically identify a first object within the knowledge portal corresponding to the at least one designated word; a query formulation module configured to automatically formulate a query for identifying at least one additional object within the knowledge portal having a relationship with the first object; and a query initiation module configured to automatically direct the knowledge portal to initiate the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alice Chiang, Brian Richard James Heumann