Patents by Inventor Brett Edward Morris

Brett Edward Morris 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).

  • Reducing processing overhead and storage cost by batching task records and converting to audit records
    Patent number: 8479203
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for processing documents for electronic discovery. A request may be received to perform a task on documents, each document having a distinct document identifier. A task record may be generated to represent the requested task. The task record may include information specific to the request task. However, the task record need not include any document identifiers. At least one batch record may be generated that includes the document identifier for each of the documents. The task record may be associated with the at least one batch record. The requested task may be performed according to the task record and the at least one batch record. An audit record may be generated for the performed task. The audit record may be associated with the at least one batch record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Carlin Nelson, Brett Edward Morris
  • Reducing processing overhead and storage cost by batching task records and converting to audit records
    Patent number: 8473955
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for processing documents for electronic discovery. A request may be received to perform a task on documents, each document having a distinct document identifier. A task record may be generated to represent the requested task. The task record may include information specific to the request task. However, the task record need not include any document identifiers. At least one batch record may be generated that includes the document identifier for each of the documents. The task record may be associated with the at least one batch record. The requested task may be performed according to the task record and the at least one batch record. An audit record may be generated for the performed task. The audit record may be associated with the at least one batch record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Carlin Nelson, Brett Edward Morris
  • REDUCING PROCESSING OVERHEAD AND STORAGE COST BY BATCHING TASK RECORDS AND CONVERTING TO AUDIT RECORDS
    Publication number: 20120159492
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for processing documents for electronic discovery. A request may be received to perform a task on documents, each document having a distinct document identifier. A task record may be generated to represent the requested task. The task record may include information specific to the request task. However, the task record need not include any document identifiers. At least one batch record may be generated that includes the document identifier for each of the documents. The task record may be associated with the at least one batch record. The requested task may be performed according to the task record and the at least one batch record. An audit record may be generated for the performed task. The audit record may be associated with the at least one batch record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENNETH CARLIN NELSON, BRETT EDWARD MORRIS
  • REDUCING PROCESSING OVERHEAD AND STORAGE COST BY BATCHING TASK RECORDS AND CONVERTING TO AUDIT RECORDS
    Publication number: 20110023034
    Abstract: Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for processing documents for electronic discovery. A request may be received to perform a task on documents, each document having a distinct document identifier. A task record may be generated to represent the requested task. The task record may include information specific to the request task. However, the task record need not include any document identifiers. At least one batch record may be generated that includes the document identifier for each of the documents. The task record may be associated with the at least one batch record. The requested task may be performed according to the task record and the at least one batch record. An audit record may be generated for the performed task. The audit record may be associated with the at least one batch record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENNETH CARLIN NELSON, Brett Edward Morris