Patents by Inventor Gary Thomas Barta

Gary Thomas Barta 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).

  • Method for the display of visual sequencing of message communications between application portlets and task page relationship information in a web-base environment
    Publication number: 20090138591
    Abstract: A display portlet is incorporated into a portal page in a web-based environment. This display portlet presents the message communication information between the portlets that are currently running on that portal page. The displayed message communication information indicates the portlet that is the source of a transmitted message and displays one or more portlets that receive the message. The visual representations can be of various formats such as a spacial display or a tree representation. Each communicated message has a stored record identifying the transmitting portlet and any portlet that receives the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Carl Steven Swanson, Gary Thomas Barta, Eric John Fingal
  • Method for the display of visual sequencing of launched application portlets and task page relationship information in a web-base environment
    Patent number: 7493564
    Abstract: A display portlet is incorporated into a portal page in a web-based environment. This display portlet presents the launch sequence of the portlets that are currently running on that portal page. The displayed launch sequence indicates the source of a launched portlet and displays any portlets that are launched by a portlet running on that portal page. The visual representations can be of various formats such as a spacial display or a tree representation. Each launched portlet has a stored record containing information about the portlet, the portlet that launched it and any portlets launched by the particular portlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Steven Swanson, Gary Thomas Barta, Eric John Fingal