Patents by Inventor Benjamin Jason Silzer

Benjamin Jason Silzer 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: 9652456
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to relationship management in information architectures and provide a novel and non-obvious method, computer system and computer program product for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing DITA links can include reading an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics and reading a relationship management file corresponding to the information unit file, wherein the relationship management file comprises at least one link corresponding to at least one of the plurality of topics, wherein a link comprises a reference to or from a second topic. The method can further include displaying in a graphical user interface the plurality of topics and displaying in the graphical user interface a description of each link corresponding to the plurality of topics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ian Martin Hartshorn, Benjamin Jason Silzer
  • Publication number: 20090271711
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to relationship management in information architectures and provide a novel and non-obvious method, computer system and computer program product for managing links in a Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing DITA links can include reading an information unit file comprising a plurality of topics and reading a relationship management file corresponding to the information unit file, wherein the relationship management file comprises at least one link corresponding to at least one of the plurality of topics, wherein a link comprises a reference to or from a second topic. The method can further include displaying in a graphical user interface the plurality of topics and displaying in the graphical user interface a description of each link corresponding to the plurality of topics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Martin Hartshorn, Benjamin Jason Silzer