Patents by Inventor Robert E. BONHAM

Robert E. BONHAM 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).

  • Device, system and method for controlling document access using hierarchical paths
    Patent number: 11526562
    Abstract: A device, system and process for controlling document access using hierarchical paths is provided. A query, received from a requesting device, comprises: a search string for searching a document database; and an identifier associated with a user. A security permissions database is accessed using the identifier to receive permissible hierarchical document access paths indicating document access permissions associated with the identifier. A modified query includes the permissible hierarchical document access paths. The modified query used to access an index of the document database, the index comprising: a searchable content portion, and corresponding hierarchical document access paths, of a document. Document identifiers are received that identify only the documents having: respective searchable content portions that include the search string of the modified query; and at least one respective corresponding hierarchical document access path encompassed by the permissible hierarchical document access paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Balaji Shyamkumar, Curtis Porter, Robert E. Bonham
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOCUMENT ACCESS USING HIERARCHICAL PATHS
    Publication number: 20210182344
    Abstract: A device, system and process for controlling document access using hierarchical paths is provided. A query, received from a requesting device, comprises: a search string for searching a document database; and an identifier associated with a user. A security permissions database is accessed using the identifier to receive permissible hierarchical document access paths indicating document access permissions associated with the identifier. A modified query includes the permissible hierarchical document access paths. The modified query used to access an index of the document database, the index comprising: a searchable content portion, and corresponding hierarchical document access paths, of a document. Document identifiers are received that identify only the documents having: respective searchable content portions that include the search string of the modified query; and at least one respective corresponding hierarchical document access path encompassed by the permissible hierarchical document access paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Balaji SHYAMKUMAR, Curtis PORTER, Robert E. BONHAM