Patents by Inventor Volker Boettiger

Volker Boettiger 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: 8082266
    Abstract: Generating an index for a retrieval of data provided by at least one document. Data is selected within the at least one document, a category is assianed to the selected data, a timestamp is assianed to the selected data, and a location indication to the selected data is determined. The selected data, the category, the timestamp, and the location indication of the selected data are stored as an entry of the index. The present invention therefore provides an effective and universally adaptive tool for contextual structuring and retrieval of data distributed over a plurality of electronic documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Patent number: 7886967
    Abstract: An authorization code is entered into a chip card terminal from a chip card. The authorization code is first entered into a chip card and stored in a secret memory location. A state on the chip card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the chip card is inserted into a chip card terminal within a pre-defined period of time, the authorization code is transmitted to the chip card terminal and the state is reset from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Publication number: 20090134216
    Abstract: An authorization code is entered into a card terminal reader from a security card. The authorization code is first entered into a card and stored in a secret memory location or stored into or onto the card with a alternate element. A characteristic physical state of an element on the card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the card is inserted into a card reader terminal within a pre-defined period of time, the authorization code is transmitted to the card reader terminal and the state is reset from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Patent number: 7509306
    Abstract: An index for a retrieval of data provided is generated by at least one document is disclosed. Data is selected within the at least one document, assigning a category to the selected data, and assigning a timestamp to the selected data. The selected data, the category, the timestamp and a location indication of the selected data are stored as an entry of the index. The present invention therefore provides an effective and universally adaptive tool for contextual structuring and retrieval of data distributed over a plurality of electronic documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Publication number: 20090045252
    Abstract: An authorization code is entered into a chip card terminal from a chip card. The authorization code is first entered into a chip card and stored in a secret memory location. A state on the chip card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the chip card is inserted into a chip card terminal within a pre-defined period of time, the authorization code is transmitted to the chip card terminal and the state is reset from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Patent number: 7478752
    Abstract: An authorization code is entered into a chip card terminal from a chip card. The authorization code is first entered into a chip card and stored in a secret memory location. A state on the chip card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the chip card is inserted into a chip card terminal within a pre-defined period of time, the authorization code is transmitted to the chip card terminal and the state is reset from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Publication number: 20080319954
    Abstract: A system of generating an index for a retrieval of data provided by at least one document is disclosed. The method and system comprise selecting data within the at least one document, assigning a category to the selected data, and assigning a timestamp to the selected data. The method and system further includes storing the selected data, the category, the timestamp and a location indication of the selected data as an entry of the index. The present invention therefore provides an effective and universally adaptive tool for contextual structuring and retrieval of data distributed over a plurality of electronic documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Volker BOETTIGER
  • Publication number: 20050125395
    Abstract: A method and system of generating an index for a retrieval of data provided by at least one document is disclosed. The method and system comprise selecting data within the at least one document, assigning a category to the selected data, and assigning a timestamp to the selected data. The method and system further includes storing the selected data, the category, the timestamp and a location indication of the selected data as an entry of the index. The present invention therefore provides an effective and universally adaptive tool for contextual structuring and retrieval of data distributed over a plurality of electronic documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger
  • Publication number: 20040118913
    Abstract: An authorization code is entered into a chip card terminal from a chip card. The authorization code is first entered into a chip card and stored in a secret memory location. A state on the chip card is temporarily changed from a first state to a second state. When the chip card is inserted into a chip card terminal within a pre-defined period of time, the authorization code is transmitted to the chip card terminal and the state is reset from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Volker Boettiger