Patents by Inventor Douglas R. Foster

Douglas R. Foster 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).

  • Information access, collaboration and integration system and method
    Patent number: 7165060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented collaboration system and method for accessing multiple domain data sources and allowing data from those sources to be analyzed and manipulated within a multi-user distributed environment where all visualization, processing, and agent applications work collaboratively. In one embodiment, the collaboration system (10) is organized into an N-tier infrastructure including a data management tier (50), an information access tier (52), a services tier (54), and a user interface tier (56). The infrastructure of the collaboration system (10) rides upon a CORBA communications framework. The data management tier (50) includes data sources (112) and provides data management capabilities normally supplied by database management systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas R. Foster, Kurt A. Heddleston, Jeffrey K. Moore, Richard Pedersen, Michael I. Schwartz
  • Information access, collaboration and integration system and method
    Publication number: 20020073059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a computer implemented collaboration system and method for accessing multiple domain data sources and allowing data from those sources to be analyzed and manipulated within a multi-user distributed environment where all visualization, processing, and agent applications work collaboratively. In one embodiment, the collaboration system (10) is organized into an N-tier infrastructure including a data management tier (50), an information access tier (52), a services tier (54), and a user interface tier (56). The infrastructure of the collaboration system (10) rides upon a CORBA communications framework. The data management tier (50) includes data sources (112) and provides data management capabilities normally supplied by database management systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas R. Foster, Kurt A. Heddleston, Jeffrey K. Moore, Richard Pedersen, Michael I. Schwartz