Patents by Inventor Brian P. Burns

Brian P. Burns 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).

  • Dynamic data sharing using a collaboration-enabled web browser
    Patent number: 8407290
    Abstract: Users sharing web pages and editing shared content are forced to manually refresh their web browsers to view a latest version of the content. This can be cumbersome and may not give users a true interactive content sharing experience. Functionality for dynamic sharing of content modifications and for automatic presentation of the latest version of the content can be implemented on the web browser to ensure that the latest version of the content is always presented to the user. By automatically retrieving content modifications made by one user and transmitting the content modifications to other users viewing and editing the shared content, users can be preempted from having to manually refresh the content presented on the web browser. This can result in a more interactive content sharing experience with little or no manual intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, Jr., Brian P. Burns, Peter J. Parente
  • DYNAMIC DATA SHARING IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20110055329
    Abstract: Users sharing web pages and editing shared content are forced to manually refresh their web browsers to view a latest version of the content. This can be cumbersome and may not give users a true interactive content sharing experience. Functionality for dynamic sharing of content modifications and for automatic presentation of the latest version of the content can be implemented on the web browser to ensure that the latest version of the content is always presented to the user. By automatically retrieving content modifications made by one user and transmitting the content modifications to other users viewing and editing the shared content, users can be preempted from having to manually refresh the content presented on the web browser. This can result in a more interactive content sharing experience with little or no manual intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Abt, JR., Brian P. Burns, Peter J. Parente