Patents by Inventor Dave Thomson

Dave Thomson 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 and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object
    Patent number: 7769787
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object. It is determined that an element has been edited in the editable object. The originality-related information about the element, including the element's creator, is identified and recorded by embedding the originality-related information in the editable object, storing the originality-related information in an attached file, or storing the originality-related information in association with the element in a repository configured to be shared by different editable objects and further configured to be queried for elements of the different editable objects in association with originality-related information pertaining to the elements of the different editable objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brent Tzion Hailpern, Da Ming Hao, Lin Luo, Peter Kenneth Malkin, Harold Ossher, Lawrence Scott Rich, Dave Thomson, Zhong Tian, John Wiegand, Hang Jun Ye
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING ORIGINALITY-RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT ELEMENTS IN AN EDITABLE OBJECT
    Publication number: 20080021922
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object. It is determined that an element has been edited in the editable object. The originality-related information about the element, including the element's creator, is identified and recorded by embedding the originality-related information in the editable object, storing the originality-related information in an attached file, or storing the originality-related information in association with the element in a repository configured to be shared by different editable objects and further configured to be queried for elements of the different editable objects in association with originality-related information pertaining to the elements of the different editable objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Brent Tzion Hailpern, Da Ming Hao, Lin Luo, Peter Kenneth Malkin, Harold Ossher, Lawrence Scott Rich, Dave Thomson, Zhong Tian, John Wiegand, Hang Jun Ye