Patents by Inventor Sheridan Bentson

Sheridan Bentson 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: 5444842
    Abstract: A system for displaying structured information such that the information is filtered and displayed mixed with structural indicators. Plural interrelated tables, which form the structured information, are stored such that each of the tables includes at least one join field which links that table to at least one other of the plural tables. Two kinds of maps are stored: a structural map and plural display maps. The structural map is based on the join fields in the plural tables and describe interrelationships and pathing among the plural tables. Each of the plural display maps corresponds to one user-selectable display of information from the plural tables and defines the manner and placement of information on display means. Each display map includes an information display part which designates how information from the tables is to be displayed, with at least some of the display maps including a structural display part which designates when structural indicators rather than information is to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Inventors: Sheridan Bentson, William R. Rassman