Patents by Inventor Gregory Robert Thayer

Gregory Robert Thayer 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).

  • Document management system and method using content grouping system
    Patent number: 7185050
    Abstract: A method of distributing a plurality of documents includes associating a metadata file with each of the documents, applying a content attribute to each of the documents and appending the metadata file of each of the documents with the content attribute, and assigning a content group to each of the documents based on the content attribute of a respective one of the documents and modifying the metadata file of each of the documents to include the content group of the respective one of the documents. In addition, the method further includes defining a plurality of content categories and associating the content group with at least one of the content categories, and distributing for the at least one of the content categories each of the documents assigned the content group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin David Eld, Steven Frederick Hedges, Gregory Robert Thayer
  • Document management system and method using content grouping system
    Publication number: 20020161800
    Abstract: A method of distributing a plurality of documents includes associating a metadata file with each of the documents, applying a content attribute to each of the documents and appending the metadata file of each of the documents with the content attribute, and assigning a content group to each of the documents based on the content attribute of a respective one of the documents and modifying the metadata file of each of the documents to include the content group of the respective one of the documents. In addition, the method further includes defining a plurality of content categories and associating the content group with at least one of the content categories, and distributing for the at least one of the content categories each of the documents assigned the content group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin David Eld, Steven Frederick Hedges, Gregory Robert Thayer