Patents by Inventor Brent Allsop

Brent Allsop 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).

  • Method for using collaborative point-of-view management within an electronic forum
    Patent number: 8160970
    Abstract: A method for conducting online discussion and collecting point-of-view information on a topic of discussion that includes displaying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a position statement representing a consensus point of view of one or more supporters of the topic. At each level of the hierarchy, topics are ordered based on user-selected attributes of the one or more supporters of the topic. A user is allowed to select a topic from the ordered hierarchy to display the corresponding position statement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Brent, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent Allsop
  • METHOD FOR USING COLLABORATIVE POINT-OF-VIEW MANAGEMENT WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC FORUM
    Publication number: 20080120376
    Abstract: A method for conducting online discussion and collecting point-of-view information on a topic of discussion that includes displaying a hierarchy of topics, each topic corresponding to a position statement representing a consensus point of view of one or more supporters of the topic. At each level of the hierarchy, topics are ordered based on user-selected attributes of the one or more supporters of the topic. A user is allowed to select a topic from the ordered hierarchy to display the corresponding position statement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: BRENT, INC.
    Inventor: Brent Allsop
  • Method for selecting a set of patches to update a system of programs
    Patent number: 6954928
    Abstract: An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation into any given system. Each patch is assigned a ranking based upon how thoroughly it has been tested. Patches that modify the same filesets are organized within a database into tree structures, with the newest patches closest to the tree's root. A recursive function examines all the patches in all the trees relevant to a given system and returns a set of patches recommended for installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brent Allsop, Evan Rudolph Zweifel
  • Method for selecting a set of patches to update a system of programs
    Publication number: 20030033597
    Abstract: An automated method is described for searching through sets of software patches to select a recommended set for installation into any given system. Each patch is assigned a ranking based upon how thoroughly it has been tested. Patches that modify the same filesets are organized within a database into tree structures, with the newest patches closest to the tree's root. A recursive function examines all the patches in all the trees relevant to a given system and returns a set of patches recommended for installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Brent A. Allsop, Evan Rudolph Zweifel