Patents by Inventor Miguel A. Estrada

Miguel A. Estrada 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: 6732148
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form manages the display of data notes. A form can contain fields for containing data and employ scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using an or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Maurice B. Shore
  • Patent number: 6728762
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form manages the display of data notes. A form can contain fields for containing data and employ scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using an or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Maurice B. Shore
  • Patent number: 6701376
    Abstract: A client/server network enables access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the requests to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the object requested. The module translates the object to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated file to the system user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Publication number: 20040039848
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped into a place, where it is parsed and corresponding place fields created. MS Excel or Word documents may be dragged and dropped into a place, which creates a corresponding form, and users may create new documents using that form. A place type comprising a template of an entire place, or collaboration space, may be used to create new places. Changes made to a place may be reported, subject to security controls, by selecting what's new. Task fields are provided allowing web browser creation of forms for work flow. Place enabled objects are provided for synchronous communications. A quick browse feature provides a simplified format for browser windows based on selection of HTML links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporration
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel Estrada, Cun Yong Tan
  • Patent number: 6678738
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The system also enables non-HTML documents to be embedded within web pages. The system translates non-HTML documents into HTML documents and provides the non-HTML documents in a format supported by a browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Patent number: 6636889
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form employs scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Carl J. Kraenzel, Maurice B. Shore
  • Publication number: 20030142126
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form manages the display of data notes. A form can contain fields for containing data and employ scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using an or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Joseph A. Russo, Maurice B. Shore
  • Patent number: 6594664
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a Place consisting of rooms. A room is made up of pages. Folders are used to organize pages. Members belong to rooms, and are those users authorized to access them. Place type controls the creation of a place, including how many rooms it has, for example. Room type controls the appearance and content of rooms. A form manages the display of data notes. A form can contain fields for containing data and employ scripts to process and compute data. A page is the basic vehicle for content. Content is created using an or importing content from an external source. A member is also a data note, and each place contains its own member directory. A place is created and managed from a client browser in on-line mode and in offline mode with respect to a replicated copy of the space. Room security is independently managed, and security and aesthetics characteristics of subrooms selectively inherited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Maurice B. Shore
  • Publication number: 20020156808
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped into a place, where it is parsed and corresponding place fields created. MS Excel or Word documents may be dragged and dropped into a place, which creates a corresponding form, and users may create new documents using that form. A place type comprising a template of an entire place, or collaboration space, may be used to create new places. Changes made to a place may be reported, subject to security controls, by selecting what's new. Task fields are provided allowing web browser creation of forms for work flow. Place enabled objects are provided for synchronous communications. A quick browse feature provides a simplified format for browser windows based on selection of HTML links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine M. Duffy, Julio Estrada, Miguel Estrada
  • Publication number: 20020149618
    Abstract: Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped into a place, where it is parsed and corresponding place fields created. MS Excel or Word documents may be dragged and dropped into a place, which creates a corresponding form, and users may create new documents using that form. A place type comprising a template of an entire place, or collaboration space, may be used to create new places. Changes made to a place may be reported, subject to security controls, by selecting what's new. Task fields are provided allowing web browser creation of forms for work flow. Place enabled objects are provided for synchronous communications. A quick browse feature provides a simplified format for browser windows based on selection of HTML links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Miguel A. Estrada, Charles Robert Hill, Sami Mohammed Shalabi, Maurice B. Shore
  • Patent number: 6449640
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The system also provides documents with a unique identifier. Once a unique identifier is assigned to a document, the system refers to the document by the unique identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Patent number: 6434607
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML files from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The interface module converts the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the converted file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the converted file to the system user. The interface module comprises a security module which controls access to documents within the system. The security module assigns a priority level to a user. The priority level is used to grant or deny access to the documents or fields within the documents. The security module also provides user authentication and authorization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Publication number: 20020103883
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The system also provides documents with a unique identifier. Once a unique identifier is assigned to a document, the system refers to the document by the unique identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: PAUL HAVERSTOCK, MIGUEL ESTRADA, JULIO ESTRADA
  • Patent number: 6401131
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML files from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated file to the system user. The server also enables a browser to attach HTML and non-HTML documents to web pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Publication number: 20020038357
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML files from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated file to the system user. The server also includes a workflow module which distributes, routes and tracks documents according to predefined processes. The workflow module may execute the processes based on fields within the documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: PAUL HAVERSTOCK, MIGUEL ESTRADA, JULIO ESTRADA
  • Publication number: 20010051985
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The system also enables non-HTML documents to be embedded within web pages. The system translates non-HTML documents into HTML documents and provides the non-HTML documents in a format supported by a browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: PAUL HAVERSTOCK, MIGUEL ESTRADA, JULIO ESTRADA
  • Patent number: 6301621
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The server also includes a mail application which provides electronic mail capabilities directly from the browser without having to open another application or display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Publication number: 20010005848
    Abstract: A client/server network enables access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the object requested. The module translates the object to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated file to the system user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Patent number: 6192415
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The system also enables a server to respond to a URL requests containing action commands from a browser. Action commands and additional arguments are input into the URL. The server receives the request for the URL and processes the actions and arguments identified in the URL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada
  • Patent number: 6064977
    Abstract: A system for enabling access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML objects. A system user requests a non-HTML object from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the document requested. The module translates the document to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated object to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated object to the system user. The server also includes a schedule and calendar application which provides electronic scheduling and calendaring capabilities directly from the browser without having to open another application or display window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machine Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Haverstock, Miguel Estrada, Julio Estrada