Patents by Inventor Heather Nicole Sterling

Heather Nicole Sterling 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: 20170139656
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for streaming a walkthrough for an application or an online service. A database storing data objects identifying walkthroughs and walkthrough stages can be maintained. A request can be received from a first computing device of an author of a first walkthrough. A first walkthrough stage of the first walkthrough can be generated. The first walkthrough stage can comprise an interactive demonstration of a first feature of the application or online service. The first walkthrough stage can be caused to be displayed in a first user interface at a second computing device of a user interacting with the first walkthrough. Input can be received from the second computing device. It can be determined that the user has performed an interaction with the first feature. A visual indicator can be caused to be displayed in a second user interface at the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Heather Nicole Sterling, Ryan Eric Smith, Joel Benjamin Allen
  • Patent number: 8185632
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes discovering a resource using a first discovery module, the first discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information known to the first discovery module. The method also includes discovering the resource using a second discovery module, the second discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information not known to the first discovery module. An object associated with the resource is created by the first discovery module if the resource has identifying information known to the first discovery module. In addition, an object associated with the resource is created by the second discovery module if the resource has identifying information not known to the first discovery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Wade Brown, Nicholas Watkins Brown, Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Heather Nicole Sterling
  • Publication number: 20100235510
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes discovering a resource using a first discovery module, the first discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information known to the first discovery module. The method also includes discovering the resource using a second discovery module, the second discovery module being for identifying resources having identifying information not known to the first discovery module. An object associated with the resource is created by the first discovery module if the resource has identifying information known to the first discovery module. In addition, an object associated with the resource is created by the second discovery module if the resource has identifying information not known to the first discovery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Eric Wade Brown, Nicholas Watkins Brown, Jacob Andrew Kitchener, Heather Nicole Sterling