Patents by Inventor James W. Ginn

James W. Ginn 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).

  • Patent number: 7461087
    Abstract: A method and system for managing technologies supports both local and enterprise level requirements. The management system has a controlled lexicon containing technology-specific terminology data, and a web-based collaboration tool. The collaboration tool populates a card catalog based on the technology-specific terminology data and based on collaboration input provided by one or more stewards. The management system further includes a web portal for maintaining a bookshelf of links to entries in the card catalog. A bookshelf of links is maintained over a networking connection based on entries of the card catalog. A bookshelf is accessed based on a search input from a user. The steward and user may be remotely located or may be employees of different organizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven D. Woods, James W. Ginn, David R. Brandes, Charles F. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20020120481
    Abstract: A method and system for managing technologies supports both local and enterprise level requirements. The management system has a controlled lexicon containing technology-specific terminology data, and a web-based collaboration tool. The collaboration tool populates a card catalog based on the technology-specific terminology data and based on collaboration input. The management system further includes a web portal for maintaining a bookshelf of links to entries in the card catalog. The web portal further accesses the bookshelf based on search input and based on technology-specific terminology data. The card catalog and bookshelf are accessed over a networking connection such as the Internet-based World Wide Web. The method of the present invention provides for maintaining a card catalog over a networking connection based on collaboration input from a steward. A bookshelf of links is maintained over the networking connection based on entries of the card catalog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Steven D. Woods, James W. Ginn, David R. Brandes, Charles F. Wagner