Patents by Inventor Jack Ronald Ackermann, Jr.

Jack Ronald Ackermann, Jr. 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).

  • Updating of embedded links in World Wide Web source pages to have the new URLs of their linked target Web pages after such target Web pages have been moved
    Patent number: 6606653
    Abstract: Embedded links or hotspots in source Web pages are upgraded to reflect the new Universal Resource Locations (URLs) of moved target Web Pages. In a World Wide Web communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive display stations for displaying Web pages transmitted to receiving display stations from Uniform Resource Locations (URLs) remote from said stations, said Web pages being linkable with each other through embedded links in source Web page, a system is provided for updating said embedded links in source Web pages when the URL of a target Web page is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Ronald Ackermann, Jr., John Maddalozzo, Jr., Gerald Francis McBrearty, Johnny Meng-Han Shieh