Patents by Inventor Barbara M. Staines

Barbara M. Staines 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).

  • Document generation using information engineering
    Patent number: 5228121
    Abstract: An information engineering writer's tool uses stored common, semi-common and unique information objects to build audience specific documentation, including specific instruction manuals. A recursive processing program retrieves and sorts called information objects a first time and then sorts the contents for nested calls to other information objects. Each information object is stored a single time. Recall of nested information objects is desirably limited to a single time for each printing or previewing of constructed documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Fontaine, Barbara M. Staines, Alphonse J. Wojtas