Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Hastings

Christopher J. Hastings 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).

  • Integration of link generation, cross-author user navigation, and reuse identification in authoring process
    Patent number: 6240412
    Abstract: A process for professional authoring of information about structured domains (i.e., not including fiction) by which authors, as an integral part of the authoring process, provide the data needed to (1) enable intelligent user navigation between the work of different authors without the need for predefined links; (2) enable searches for information based on user context; and (3) identify reuse candidates before information is written and, therefore, minimize duplication. Authors develop concept maps to reflect the structure of the domain rather than the structure of the documentation; define the user context to which a concept map applies; resolve topic intersections between concept maps; define query attributes for articles to be developed; and resolve article intersections identified by means of intersecting query attributes. Computer programs support concept map development, the identification and analysis of topic and article intersections, and association of the data for exploitation in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Denise Y. Dyko, Christopher J. Hastings, Richard Sobiesiak, Ronald A. Wendt
  • Integration of link generation, cross-author user navigation, and reuse identification in authoring process
    Patent number: 5956708
    Abstract: A process for professional authoring of information about structured domains (i.e., not including fiction) by which authors, as an integral part of the authoring process, provide the data needed to (1) enable intelligent user navigation between the work of different authors without the need for predefined links; (2) enable searches for information based on user context; and (3) identify reuse candidates before information is written and, therefore, minimize duplication. Authors develop concept maps to reflect the structure of the domain rather than the structure of the documentation; define the user context to which a concept map applies; resolve topic intersections between concept maps; define query attributes for articles to be developed; and resolve article intersections identified by means of intersecting query attributes. Computer programs support concept map development, the identification and analysis of topic and article intersections, and association of the data for exploitation in a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Denise Y. Dyko, Christopher J. Hastings, Richard Sobiesiak, Ronald A. Wendt