Patents by Inventor Bjoern Heckel

Bjoern Heckel 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: 6823379
    Abstract: A system for visualizing Web assets and hyperlinks includes a domain class that accesses, via respective pipe classes, data classes that contain information on heterogenous assets. Each pipe class transforms information from its respective data class into XML, and the information is then parsed by the domain class and sent to a respective layout class. The layout classes generate graphics objects representative of the parsed information for presentation thereof on a visual display. In this way, both assets and links can be presented for visualizing the assets and, e.g., any broken links that might exist between assets. With this architecture, the system is platform-independent and extensible, and it supports a variety of data sources and integrates external applications and services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bjoern Heckel, Rajat Mukherjee