Patents by Inventor Donald A. Icken

Donald A. Icken 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).

  • Process for simultaneous user access using access control structures for authoring systems
    Patent number: 6976078
    Abstract: The field of distributed authoring systems, and more particularly the implementing of authoring controls within the authoring system. Moreover, the authoring system is provided a process for access by simultaneous users, which employs control structures through an access control engine for dynamically selecting content and display components of an authoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Icken, Neal M. Keller, Lisa M. Ungar
  • Mechanism for displaying content using control structure for authoring systems
    Patent number: 6839878
    Abstract: The field of distributed authoring systems, and more particularly the implementing of authoring controls within the authoring system. Moreover, there is provided a selection mechanism which employs control structures for dynamically selecting content and supplying display components to form a customized and dynamically changeable display on a display mechanism of said authoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Icken, Neal M. Keller, Lisa M. Ungar
  • Mechanism for building access control structures for authoring systems
    Patent number: 6816906
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of distributed authoring systems, and particularly to the implementing of authoring controls within the authoring system. Moreover, the authoring system is provided with a mechanism for the creating of customizable control structures for an access control engine which is adapted to select criteria to provide system access to selective authors or users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Icken, Neal M. Keller, Lisa M. Ungar
  • Mechanism for selection using access control structures for authoring systems
    Patent number: 6662181
    Abstract: The field of distributed authoring systems, and more particularly to the implementing of authoring controls within the authoring system. Moreover, there is provided a selection mechanism which employs control structures for dynamically selecting content and display components of an authoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Icken, Neal M. Keller, Lisa M. Ungar