Patents by Inventor Donald Jon Boulia

Donald Jon Boulia 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).

  • Method and system for stylesheet rule creation, combination, and removal
    Patent number: 8117533
    Abstract: A method (and system) for editing rules contained in a first document, where the rules define a transformation of data on a second document and where the first document and second document have elements constructed in a tree structure having nodes, each rule having a template structure including at least one match condition, the match condition being an expression in the template that describes a subset of tree nodes, includes selecting at least one rule in the first document and checking a match condition of the user-selected rule with the tree nodes from the second document to determine which structures in the second document match the selected rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sharon C. Adler, Anders L R Berglund, Donald Jon Boulia, Thomas Joseph Brawn, D. Kirk Grotjohn, Kristoffer H. Rose
  • Method and system for stylesheet rule creation, combination, and removal
    Publication number: 20040205605
    Abstract: A method (and system) for editing rules contained in a first document, where the rules define a transformation of data on a second document and where the first document and second document have elements constructed in a tree structure having nodes, each rule having a template structure including at least one match condition, the match condition being an expression in the template that describes a subset of tree nodes, includes selecting at least one rule in the first document and checking a match condition of the user-selected rule with the tree nodes from the second document to determine which structures in the second document match the selected rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sharon C. Adler, Anders LR Berglund, Donald Jon Boulia, Thomas Joseph Brawn, D. Kirk Grotjohn, Kristoffer H. Rose