Patents by Inventor Ralf Bull

Ralf Bull 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 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
  • 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