Patents by Inventor Daniel S. Whelan
Daniel S. Whelan 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).
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Patent number: 8260815Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan
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Patent number: 8028304Abstract: Techniques allow for communication with and management of multiple external components. A component manager communicates with one or more component adapters. Each component adapter communicates with an external component and is able to call the methods, functions, procedures, and other operations of the external component. The component manager associates these external operations with local operations, such that an application may use local operation names to invoke the external operations. Furthermore, the component manager has component definitions and operation definitions that describe the component adapters and operations, including input and output parameters and the like. The component manager is able to receive a group of data including a local operation and a list of input and output parameters and determine from the foregoing information which external operation to call and which component adapter has access to the external operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mike A. Marin, Daniel S. Whelan, Michael G. Winter
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Publication number: 20090077043Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mann CHANG, Vladimir FRIDMAN, Lauren MAYES, Scott P. MILLS, Daniel S. WHELAN
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Patent number: 7483879Abstract: Systems access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan
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Publication number: 20080282250Abstract: Techniques allow for communication with and management of multiple external components. A component manager communicates with one or more component adapters. Each component adapter communicates with an external component and is able to call the methods, functions, procedures, and other operations of the external component. The component manager associates these external operations with local operations, such that an application may use local operation names to invoke the external operations. Furthermore, the component manager has component definitions and operation definitions that describe the component adapters and operations, including input and output parameters and the like. The component manager is able to receive a group of data including a local operation and a list of input and output parameters and determine from the foregoing information which external operation to call and which component adapter has access to the external operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mike A. MARIN, Daniel S. WHELAN, Michael G. WINTER
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Patent number: 7415716Abstract: System and method allow for communication with and management of multiple external components. A component manager communicates with one or more component adapters. Each component adapter communicates with an external component and is able to call the methods, functions, procedures, and other operations of the external component. The component manager associates these external operations with local operations, such that an application may use local operation names to invoke the external operations. Furthermore, the component manager has component definitions and operation definitions that describe the component adapters and operations, including input and output parameters and the like. The component manager is able to receive a group of data including a local operation and a list of input and output parameters and determine from the foregoing information which external operation to call and which component adapter has access to the external operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mike A. Marin, Daniel S. Whelan, Michael G. Winter
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Publication number: 20080086463Abstract: A records management system may include a records storage system configured to store and retrieve information about records, an interface configured to communicate information about the records, and an information management system configured to declare a group of related content objects as a record that is representative of the group of related content objects and to apply at least one classification in a file plan to the declared record. The information management system may in addition or instead identify at least one classification in a file plan for a record that is being evaluated based on the way in which at least one content object in a group of content objects that are related to the evaluated record is classified in the file plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Tod DeBie, Daniel S. Whelan
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Patent number: 7213022Abstract: A method and system for providing services in an enterprise content management network attached system are provided, where the enterprise content management functions are provided as an integral part of a storage system. An integrated enterprise content management network attached system provides a single, unified approach to the entire range of enterprise content management functions from storage management to content and business process management. The result is a robust and reliable complete enterprise content management solution with a lower total cost of ownership than existing products.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Filenet CorporationInventors: Daniel S. Whelan, Charles R. Fay
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Publication number: 20040230941Abstract: System and method allow for communication with and management of multiple external components. A component manager communicates with one or more component adapters. Each component adapter communicates with an external component and is able to call the methods, functions, procedures, and other operations of the external component. The component manager associates these external operations with local operations, such that an application may use local operation names to invoke the external operations. Furthermore, the component manager has component definitions and operation definitions that describe the component adapters and operations, including input and output parameters and the like. The component manager is able to receive a group of data including a local operation and a list of input and output parameters and determine from the foregoing information which external operation to call and which component adapter has access to the external operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2003Publication date: November 18, 2004Inventors: Mike A. Marin, Daniel S. Whelan, Michael G. Winter
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Publication number: 20040215635Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan