Patents by Inventor Brian Heumann

Brian Heumann 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 exchanging portlet configuration data
    Patent number: 8001477
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for exchanging portlet configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Nauerz, Christian Krafft, Stefan Liesche, Brian Heumann
  • METHOD FOR EXCHANGING PORTLET CONFIGURATION DATA
    Publication number: 20070124688
    Abstract: The invention relates to method for exchanging portlet configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Nauerz, Christian Krafft, Stefan Liesche, Brian Heumann
  • Automatic completion of dates
    Patent number: 7107528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic information processing. In particular, it relates to a method and system for processing a document, which comprises text information, comprising monitoring the occurrence of incomplete time-related citations, in particular the citation of a date, within the text information, and completing said incomplete citation. In order to improve methods of automatic completion of time-related citations in documents, the inventional method completes incomplete citations of a date, within a text of a document by applying (160) a set of predetermined completing rules by using all time information relating to the document. The sources of time information are the text itself, the document “container” and the enclosing applications e.g. a word processor. Thus, e.g. search engines can find such documents in the Internet by entering any complete or incomplete dates. Using an index can optimize and speed up the search for relevant documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gerstl, Brian Heumann
  • Automatic completion of dates
    Publication number: 20040123240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to electronic information processing. In particular, it relates to a method and system for processing a document, which comprises text information, comprising monitoring the occurrence of incomplete time-related citations, in particular the citation of a date, within the text information, and completing said incomplete citation. In order to improve methods of automatic completion of time-related citations in documents, the inventional method completes incomplete citations of a date, within a text of a document by applying (160) a set of predetermined completing rules by using all time information relating to the document. The sources of time information are the text itself, the document “container” and the enclosing applications e.g. a word processor. Thus, e.g. search engines can find such documents in the Internet by entering any complete or incomplete dates. Using an index can optimize and speed up the search for relevant documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Gerstl, Brian Heumann