Patents by Inventor Joan Walsh Tomlinson

Joan Walsh Tomlinson 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).

  • Merging documents based on document schemas
    Patent number: 11068646
    Abstract: Document schemas for a first document from a first data source and a second document from a second source are identified. The document schema includes a set of tags and data elements corresponding to the set of tags. Based on the identified document schema, the set of tags of the first document to the set of tags of the second document are mapped. Portion of the first document is formatted based on the mapped set of tags. The formatted portion of the first document is positioned parallel to corresponding portion of the second document. The formatted first document and the second document are merged then displayed on the computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kelly A. Argyros, Joan Walsh Tomlinson
  • MERGING DOCUMENTS BASED ON DOCUMENT SCHEMAS
    Publication number: 20200089746
    Abstract: Document schemas for a first document from a first data source and a second document from a second source are identified. The document schema includes a set of tags and data elements corresponding to the set of tags. Based on the identified document schema, the set of tags of the first document to the set of tags of the second document are mapped. Portion of the first document is formatted based on the mapped set of tags. The formatted portion of the first document is positioned parallel to corresponding portion of the second document. The formatted first document and the second document are merged then displayed on the computer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Kelly A. Argyros, Joan Walsh Tomlinson