Patents by Inventor Brent W. Cossey

Brent W. Cossey 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).

  • Facilitated source to target object editing functions
    Patent number: 8042057
    Abstract: A method for editing software objects can include identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application and prompting a user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted. A user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted can be received and the user selection can be duplicated to the target destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick
  • Electronic commerce GUI for displaying trading partners
    Patent number: 7904833
    Abstract: An electronic commerce method can include the step of determining a plurality of e-commerce partners. For each partner, a partner identifier can be presented within a commerce GUI. In the commerce GUI, the partner identifier can be an expandable node. An expansion of at least one of the nodes can be presented within the commerce GUI. For each expansion, a transaction identifier can be presented as a child node of the expanded node. The transaction identifier can represent an electronic commerce transaction between a user of the commerce GUI and the associated e-commerce partner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tsz Simon Cheng, Brent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick
  • Method and system for managing the display of sensitive content in non-trusted environments
    Patent number: 7523316
    Abstract: A method (10) for managing the display of sensitive content in non-trusted environments can include the steps of interrogating (12) a list of policies associated with a given user and a physical device, determining (14) a location of the physical device, comparing (18) the location of the physical device with a list of trusted locations, and enforcing (20) a plurality of rules contained in the policy by limiting or restricting access to sensitive information based on the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tsz Simon Cheng, Brent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick
  • Facilitated source to target object editing functions
    Patent number: 7293242
    Abstract: A method for editing software objects can include identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application and prompting a user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted. A user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted can be received and the user selection can be duplicated to the target destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick
  • Facilitated source to target object editing functions
    Publication number: 20040070622
    Abstract: A method for editing software objects can include identifying at least one user selection of at least a portion of an electronic document displayed within an application and prompting a user for a target destination to which the user selection is to be posted. A user input specifying the target destination to which the user selection is to be posted can be received and the user selection can be duplicated to the target destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent W. Cossey, Gregory P. Fitzpatrick