Patents by Inventor Adrian Kester

Adrian Kester 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).

  • Arrangement for guiding user design of comprehensive product solution using on-the-fly data validation
    Patent number: 8630917
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method guides a user in designing a product defined by data. The method involves examining (420) items of the data to detect whether each item conforms to rules (106) or violates the rules; performing (431 . . . ) at least one action in response to a detection of a rule violation; displaying (450) the data to the user in a manner emphasizing at least one particular data item that caused the rule violation; receiving (460) any new data input from the user; and repeating the examining, action performing, and displaying steps using the new data. The displaying step may involve displaying data defining a current state of the product in a tabular (spreadsheet) format, including displaying data detected to have caused the rule violation in a first manner that is visibly distinct from displaying other data that is not detected to have caused the rule violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: David G. Belanger, Adrian Kester, Sam Parker, Sarat Puthenpura, Phyllis Weiss
  • ARRANGEMENT FOR GUIDING USER DESIGN OF COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT SOLUTION USING ON-THE-FLY DATA VALIDATION
    Publication number: 20100100220
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method guides a user in designing a product defined by data. The method involves examining (420) items of the data to detect whether each item conforms to rules (106) or violates the rules; performing (431 . . . ) at least one action in response to a detection of a rule violation; displaying (450) the data to the user in a manner emphasizing at least one particular data item that caused the rule violation; receiving (460) any new data input from the user; and repeating the examining, action performing, and displaying steps using the new data. The displaying step may involve displaying data defining a current state of the product in a tabular (spreadsheet) format, including displaying data detected to have caused the rule violation in a first manner that is visibly distinct from displaying other data that is not detected to have caused the rule violation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: David G. Belanger, Adrian Kester, Sam Parker, Sarat Puthenpura, Phyllis Weiss
  • Arrangement for guiding user design of comprehensive product solution using on-the-fly data validation
    Patent number: 7689467
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method guides a user in designing a product defined by data. The method involves examining (420) items of the data to detect whether each item conforms to rules (106) or violates the rules; performing (431 . . . ) at least one action in response to a detection of a rule violation; displaying (450) the data to the user in a manner emphasizing at least one particular data item that caused the rule violation; receiving (460) any new data input from the user; and repeating the examining, action performing, and displaying steps using the new data. The displaying step may involve displaying data defining a current state of the product in a tabular (spreadsheet) format, including displaying data detected to have caused the rule violation in a first manner that is visibly distinct from displaying other data that is not detected to have caused the rule violation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: David G. Belanger, Adrian Kester, Sam Parker, Sarat Puthenpura, Phyllis Weiss