Patents by Inventor Dennis F. Haynes

Dennis F. Haynes 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).

  • System and method for capturing significant events at web portlets
    Patent number: 7840855
    Abstract: System and method for logging significant events occurring at a web site portal includes a base class portlet service including a significant event catcher method having a register method and a record method, a portlet action table, and an action description table. The register method is called during portlet initialization to register one or more significant event descriptions to the action description table. The portlet, upon executing a significant event, calls the record method to record the event to the portlet action table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis F. Haynes, John M. Higdon, Tina M. Lemire, Martin L. Miller, III, Ronak A. Naik, William P. Shaouy, Mary Louise Snedden
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating construction of e-commerce web pages having featured products and the like
    Patent number: 7533336
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating the creation of e-commerce Web pages that include Featured Product areas. The invention includes a spreadsheet or similar user-friendly data entry mechanism which can be used to enter content pertaining to featured products. The content is imported from the spreadsheet into a Featured Product information database. The invention further provides one or more display templates, each defining a look and feel for a Featured Product area of a Web page. Each template has a corresponding HTML file defining the template, within which the actual content is represented by variables. Display engine software retrieves Featured product information from the Featured Product database as well as retrieves a selected template HTML file and replaces the variables with the selected feature product information from the database to create a Featured Product area of a Web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Ralf Bull, Matthew B. Trevathan, Ravesh Lala, Dennis F. Haynes
  • System and method for capturing significant events at web portlets
    Patent number: 7337370
    Abstract: System and method for logging significant events occurring at a web site portal includes a base class portlet service including a significant event catcher method having a register method and a record method, a portlet action table, and an action description table. The register method is called during portlet initialization to register one or more significant event descriptions to the action description table. The portlet, upon executing a significant event, calls the record method to record the event to the portlet action table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis F. Haynes, John M. Higdon, Tina M. Lemire, Martin L. Miller, III, Ronak A. Naik, William P. Shaouy, Mary Louise Snedden
  • Method and apparatus for facilitating construction of e-commerce web pages having featured products and the like
    Publication number: 20020165799
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating the creation of e-commerce Web pages that include Featured Product areas. The invention includes a spreadsheet or similar user-friendly data entry mechanism which can be used to enter content pertaining to featured products. The content is imported from the spreadsheet into a Featured Product information database. The invention further provides one or more display templates, each defining a look and feel for a Featured Product area of a Web page. Each template has a corresponding HTML file defining the template, within which the actual content is represented by variables. Display engine software retrieves Featured product information from the Featured Product database as well as retrieves a selected template HTML file and replaces the variables with the selected feature product information from the database to create a Featured Product area of a Web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen E. Jaffe, Ralf Bull, Matthew B. Trevathan, Ravesh Lala, Dennis F. Haynes