Patents by Inventor David E. Ries

David E. Ries 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).

  • System and method for editing web pages in a client/server architecture
    Patent number: 7287227
    Abstract: A method for the editing of web pages by selectively providing editing logic and data that associates portions of the page with data sources used to provide the portions. Identical pages are provided to both editors and non-editors, preferably by retrieving and viewing the page in a browser. The editor can use the editing logic to edit the displayed page. The invention uses the associating data in order to update data sources used to provide the web page in accordance with the edits. The use of associating data by the invention supports functionality that allows for updating of a wide variety of data sources with potentially complex relations to the provided web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: VE Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: David E. Ries, James A. Curran
  • System and method for editing web pages in a client/server architecture
    Publication number: 20040217985
    Abstract: A method for the editing of web pages by selectively providing editing logic and data that associates portions of the page with data sources used to provide the portions. Identical pages are provided to both editors and non-editors, preferably by retrieving and viewing the page in a browser. The editor can use the editing logic to edit the displayed page. The invention uses the associating data in order to update data sources used to provide the web page in accordance with the edits. The use of associating data by the invention supports functionality that allows for updating of a wide variety of data sources with potentially complex relations to the provided web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: David E. Ries, James A. Curran
  • System and method for editing web pages in a client/server architecture
    Publication number: 20030023632
    Abstract: A method for the editing of web pages by selectively providing editing logic and data that associates portions of the page with data sources used to provide the portions. Identical pages are provided to both editors and non-editors, preferably by retrieving and viewing the page in a browser. The editor can use the editing logic to edit the displayed page. The invention uses the associating data in order to update data sources used to provide the web page in accordance with the edits. The use of associating data by the invention supports functionality that allows for updating of a wide variety of data sources with potentially complex relations to the provided web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: David E. Ries, James A. Curran