Patents by Inventor Derek Rayside

Derek Rayside 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).

  • Patent number: 8302019
    Abstract: A method and system for visualizing process flows for business and manufacturing processes are described that includes a first view of the process as a tree showing the process elements and their interconnections, and a second view of the process in the form of a zoomable interface that displays selected nodes at magnifications that are continuously variable at the user's option. A selected node in the tree view opens the same node in the zoomable node view. When a second node is selected in the tree view, the zoomable node view zooms from the first selected node to the second selected node through each node intermediate between the first and second selected nodes. This enables a process analyst to view the content of selected process nodes in the context of nodes with which the selected nodes are associated and thus to have a thorough understanding of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marin Litoiu, Margaret Storey, Derek Rayside
  • Publication number: 20040088678
    Abstract: A method and system for visualizing process flows for business and manufacturing processes are described that includes a first view of the process as a tree showing the process elements and their interconnections, and a second view of the process in the form of a zoomable interface that displays selected nodes at magnifications that are continuously variable at the user's option. A selected node in the tree view opens the same node in the zoomable node view. When a second node is selected in the tree view, the zoomable node view zooms from the first selected node to the second selected node through each node intermediate between the first and second selected nodes. This enables a process analyst to view the content of selected process nodes in the context of nodes with which the selected nodes are associated and thus to have a thorough understanding of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Marin Litoiu, Margaret Storey, Derek Rayside