Patents by Inventor Billy Brooks York

Billy Brooks York 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: 8214743
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data. A graphical user interface is generated. The graphical user interface comprises a first selecting component for receiving a selection from a user of at least one attribute of a record from a set of records to be measured for relevancy, a second selecting component for receiving a selection from the user for a granularity of the at least one attribute to be measured for relevancy, and a displaying component for displaying a result to the user, wherein the result includes a visual representation of the relevancy of the at least one attribute selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah H. Bandera, Denise Ann Bell, Alex Dudley Little, Billy Brooks York
  • Patent number: 8060484
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data. A user interface is generated. A user makes a selection at the user interface of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy. The set of data types comprise an age of data, modification of data, and access of data. The user also selects, at the user interface a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured. Data is collected from multiple sources. The collected data is analyzed to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result. The result is displayed to the user, by the user interface. The result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Deborah H. Bandera, Denise Ann Bell, Alex Dudley Little, Billy Brooks York
  • Publication number: 20090043751
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data. A user interface is generated. A user makes a selection at the user interface of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy. The set of data types comprise an age of data, modification of data, and access of data. The user also selects, at the user interface a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured. Data is collected from multiple sources. The collected data is analyzed to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result. The result is displayed to the user, by the user interface. The result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Deborah H. Bandera, Denise Ann Bell, Alex Dudley Little, Billy Brooks York
  • Publication number: 20090044107
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data. A graphical user interface is generated. The graphical user interface comprises a first selecting component for receiving a selection from a user of at least one attribute of a record from a set of records to be measured for relevancy, a second selecting component for receiving a selection from the user for a granularity of the at least one attribute to be measured for relevancy, and a displaying component for displaying a result to the user, wherein the result includes a visual representation of the relevancy of the at least one attribute selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Deborah H. Bandera, Denise Ann Bell, Alex Dudley Little, Billy Brooks York
  • Publication number: 20080215560
    Abstract: A business enterprise level information technology management system database implementation providing search results responsive to a user query that filters the extensive data that may be generated in the search result so that the user and his need for data is taken into account. An implementation determining the role of the requesting user relative to the selected activities, tracking the frequency of use of the requesting user's actions relative to the selected activities and presenting the search results to the requesting user with suggested user actions customized based upon said role of the user and prioritized based upon said frequency of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Denise Ann Bell, Deborah H. Bandera, Richard Walton Ragan, Billy Brooks York, Alex Dudley Little