Patents by Inventor Lee M. Davis

Lee M. Davis 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).

  • Patent number: 7861309
    Abstract: The invention provides a business platform, a business entity management system, and a software module that can be used in conjunction with the software service framework. The invention mimics actual business relationships between business entities, and uses a software service module to configure the business entities into a network that comprises at least three generations of business entities, wherein role dependent associations mimicking real life business relationships are established between the business entities. The invention provides management of active content in a website and allows modification of the content by different business entities. Control of the active content is determined by precedence of the business entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Cobalt Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Spearman, Lee M. Davis
  • Patent number: 7386786
    Abstract: A dynamic webpage processing method, including identifying a static component within a dynamic webpage, the static component comprising computer code defining at least a portion of a target webpage and configurable via first configuration data, rendering the static component as a static markup language equivalent, and returning the target webpage upon request through rendering a dynamic component within the dynamic webpage based on second configuration data is disclosed. Thus, static component(s) can be pre-rendered, leaving only the dynamic component(s) of the dynamic webpage for on-the-fly rendering when a target webpage request is made. This can greatly reduce dynamic webpage processing requirements, particularly in situations where the webpage configuration changes or evolves slowly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: The Cobalt Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Davis, Wade A. Matveyenko, Robert M. Spearman
  • Patent number: 7039704
    Abstract: The invention provides a business platform, a business entity management system, and a software module that can be used in conjunction with the software service framework. The invention mimics actual business relationships between business entities, and uses a software service module to configure the business entities into a network that comprises at least three generations of business entities, wherein role dependent associations mimicking real life business relationships are established between the business entities. The invention provides management of active content in a website and allows modification of the content by different business entities. Control of the active content is determined by precedence of the business entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: The Cobalt Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee M. Davis, Robert M. Spearman, Robert C. Combs
  • Publication number: 20040148565
    Abstract: A dynamic webpage processing method, including identifying a static component within a dynamic webpage, the static component comprising computer code defining at least a portion of a target webpage and configurable via first configuration data, rendering the static component as a static markup language equivalent, and returning the target webpage upon request through rendering a dynamic component within the dynamic webpage based on second configuration data is disclosed. Thus, static component(s) can be pre-rendered, leaving only the dynamic component(s) of the dynamic webpage for on-the-fly rendering when a target webpage request is made. This can greatly reduce dynamic webpage processing requirements, particularly in situations where the webpage configuration changes or evolves slowly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Lee M. Davis, Wade A. Matveyenko, Robert M. Spearman
  • Publication number: 20040148409
    Abstract: The invention provides a business platform, a business entity management system, and a software module that can be used in conjunction with the software service framework. The invention mimics actual business relationships between business entities, and uses a software service module to configure the business entities into a network that comprises at least three generations of business entities, wherein role dependent associations mimicking real life business relationships are established between the business entities. The invention provides management of active content in a website and allows modification of the content by different business entities. Control of the active content is determined by precedence of the business entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Lee M. Davis, Robert M. Spearman, Robert C. Combs