Patents by Inventor Douglas Brian Mueller

Douglas Brian Mueller 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).

  • Publication number: 20250252862
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using and training an engagement score initializer to determine an initial engagement score for content to present to a user. A request is received, from a requesting user, for a content instance in a requested domain. An engagement score initializer determines an initial engagement score, for the requesting user, based on the requested domain, a complexity level of the content instance and a knowledge level of the user. A determination is made as to whether the initial engagement score, for the requesting user, exceeds an engagement threshold. The content instance is provided to render at a client system of the requesting user in response to the initial engagement score exceeding the engagement threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Inventors: Su Liu, Jun Su, Douglas Brian Mueller, YANG LIANG
  • Patent number: 6694484
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products for relating a hyper-text markup language (HTML) document to stored information associated with the HTML document and with an application program are provided for by an association module that searches the HTML document for an association tag, wherein the association tag includes an index reference to a location of the stored information. Upon locating an association tag, the index reference is read and utilized by the association module to locate and retrieve the stored information. The stored information is then utilized by the application program. The association tag may also include a marker that uniquely identifies it as associated with the application program. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the stored information is both document and application specific.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas Brian Mueller
  • Publication number: 20020077807
    Abstract: A pseudo language system and method are disclosed that permit an operator to meaningfully test multibyte character data in an application such as a software application. The operator can enter single byte characters through an input device. The pseudo language keyboard utility then transcribes the single byte characters into multibyte characters of a pseudo language. The pseudo language characters are entered into the application under test and may be displayed and/or printed. The multibyte pseudo language characters are preferably constructed to appear visually recognizable to the native language of the operator. In this manner, the operator can determine whether the testing has been successful or not as is especially desirable for initial application testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Peter Davis, David Bruce Kumhyr, Douglas Brian Mueller, Jinfang Chen