Patents by Inventor Helen Yelena Balinsky

Helen Yelena Balinsky 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).

  • Managing document workflow
    Patent number: 8775395
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing document workflow, including generating a nonce for providing participant access for a particular step of the document workflow, generating a first number of nonce elements, and assigning nonce elements to a plurality of participants of a step of the document workflow preceding the particular step in a one-to-one correspondence. The nonce is determinate from a number of the nonce elements that is greater than or equal to a second number and less than or equal to the first number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Helen Yelena Balinsky, Liqun Chen, Steven J Simske
  • MANAGING DOCUMENT WORKFLOW
    Publication number: 20130124456
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for managing document workflow, including generating a nonce for providing participant access for a particular step of the document workflow, generating a first number of nonce elements, and assigning nonce elements to a plurality of participants of a step of the document workflow preceding the particular step in a one-to-one correspondence. The nonce is determinate from a number of the nonce elements that is greater than or equal to a second number and less than or equal to the first number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Helen Yelena Balinsky, Linquin Chen, Steven J. Simske