Patents by Inventor Douglas Stuart Janzen

Douglas Stuart Janzen 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).

  • Providing structured visualizations of expressions in an expressions editor
    Patent number: 8332772
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium comprises executable instructions to provide a workspace for a user to define an expression with expression components from a graphical palette associated with the workspace. Placeholders are indicated in the workspace for the expression components to be added by the user. The placeholders are associated with a data type. The data type is enforced for each placeholder. A structured visual representation of the expression is provided on the workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Stuart Janzen, Richard Bruce Cameron, Davor Cubranic
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING EXPRESSIONS
    Publication number: 20090100360
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium comprises executable instructions to provide a workspace for a user to define an expression with expression components from a graphical palette associated with the workspace. Placeholders are indicated in the workspace for the expression components to be added by the user. The placeholders are associated with a data type. The data type is enforced for each placeholder. A structured visual representation of the expression is provided on the workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A.
    Inventors: Douglas Stuart Janzen, Richard Bruce Cameron, Davor Cubranic
  • Apparatus and method for selecting visualizations of multidimensional data
    Publication number: 20080036767
    Abstract: A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to associate data from a data source with one or more axes of a first visualization. A set of rules are applied to determine if it is meaningful to render the data in a second visualization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Business Objects, S.A.
    Inventor: Douglas Stuart Janzen
  • Apparatus and method for comparing metadata structures
    Publication number: 20070282805
    Abstract: A computer readable medium has executable instructions to access a first question domain with first object definitions and a second question domain with second object definitions. Differences between the second object definitions and the first object definitions are identified. Severity values characterizing the differences are determined. A list of the differences and corresponding severity values is compiled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Business Objects, S.A.
    Inventor: Douglas Stuart Janzen