Patents by Inventor Benjamin Eugene Newman

Benjamin Eugene Newman 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).

  • Methods and systems for collaborating communities of practice
    Patent number: 7340442
    Abstract: Methods and systems for collaborating communities of practice are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed for collaborating communities of practice in a community of practice environment. Each community of practice includes a goal. The method may include searching information associated with each of the communities of practice for related information and identifying a set of communities of practice having related information. Further, the method may include determining whether any of the communities of practice in the set are related and establishing a collaborative communication session between the related communities of practice such that the related communities of practice share resources in achieving their respective goals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Hicks Jeanblanc, James Michael Coffey, Benjamin Eugene Newman