Patents by Inventor Joerg Meyer

Joerg Meyer 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: 20030212698
    Abstract: Graphical specification of an XML to XML transformation rule, including receiving a user's selection of a user-selected, optionally ambiguous, target leaf node, from a target tree of an initial target context, the target leaf node representing a target XML element to be mapped by the transformation rule; if the target leaf node is ambiguous, disambiguating the target leaf node; and adding the target leaf node to the transformation rule. Embodiments typically include receiving a user's selection of at least one user-selected, optionally ambiguous, source leaf node, from a source tree of an initial source context, wherein the source leaf node represents a source XML element to be mapped to the target leaf node by the transformation rule; if the source leaf node is ambiguous, disambiguating the source leaf node; and adding the user-selected source leaf node to the transformation rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ravi Mani, Joerg Meyer, Pratibha Jamdagneya Sharma, Hovey Raymond Strong
  • Publication number: 20020198866
    Abstract: A system for associating a credibility rating with a document located in an online search. The system comprises an information gathering device adapted to retrieve the document from an information source, an information analysis device adapted to determine an online id associated with the document, and a credibility rating system adapted to provide the credibility rating associated with the online id to the information analysis device. The system is adapted to allow a user to retrieve the credibility rating associated with the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Reiner Kraft, Joerg Meyer
  • Publication number: 20020156686
    Abstract: A shopping server proposal system includes a mechanism that enhances the online retailer's existing database system with the necessary information to provide the desired services. The existing catalog of items is analyzed based on a set of predefined rules for a given retail store. This analysis determines which of the items in the catalog are related to other items in the catalog. The result of this analysis includes new relations of the catalog items that are written into the retailer's existing database system. The mechanism for assembling this information, based on a set of predefined rules, is independent of the retailer or the retailer's industry. The provides retail businesses with a competitive edge by enabling them to offer automated shopping advice to solve the shoppers' problems of finding related and matching items, and by providing a list of related items based on the selected item's properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Reiner Kraft, Joerg Meyer