Patents by Inventor Alan John King

Alan John King 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: 6424968
    Abstract: An information management system is provided including a database and one or more data retrieval tools, a data retrieval tool being arranged to retrieve information according to registered interests of users of the system and to store data in the database relating to the information retrieved. User interests may be stored in the database as user profiles comprising one or more keywords. In addition, projects may be defined, each project having a profile stored within the system. A user interface enables a user to enter user and project profile or other information, and a data input tool is provided to generate from the user input one or more data sets for storage as profiles in the database, Control means are provided to take user input, submit it to the data input tool and to supply data sets generated and stored thereby to the data retrieval tool for use in searching and locating relevant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Ian Broster, Michael Worsley, Duncan Maidment, Dipak Patel, Paul Clough, Garry Casson, Alan John King
  • Publication number: 20020073056
    Abstract: An information management system is provided including a database and one or more data retrieval tools, a data retrieval tool being arranged to retrieve information according to registered interests of users of the system and to store data in the database relating to the information retrieved. User interests may be stored in the database as user profiles comprising one or more keywords. In addition, projects may be defined, each project having a profile stored within the system. A user interface enables a user to enter user and project profile or other information, and a data input tool is provided to generate from the user input one or more data sets for storage as profiles in the database. Control means are provided to take user input, submit it to the data input tool and to supply data sets generated and stored thereby to the data retrieval tool for use in searching and locating relevant information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: IAN BROSTER, MICHAEL WORSLEY, DUNCAN MAIDMENT, DIPAK PATEL, PAUL CLOUGH, GARRY CASSON, ALAN JOHN KING