Patents by Inventor John Frederick Schumacher

John Frederick Schumacher 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).

  • Method and system for providing a flexible and extensible database interactive on-line electronic catalog
    Patent number: 6076091
    Abstract: An on-line interactive catalog system having a plurality of catalog agent metaphors (CAM's), each comprising a set of components, portions of a knowledge representation and a design for the creation of components, facilitating the creation of different forms of interactions with an electronic catalog knowledge representation. The CAM's further provide a methodology in which rich knowledge representations about cataloged information can be created iteratively. The creation of the knowledge representation or information model for the electronic catalog is driven by a particular set of desired interactions, thereby providing a unique approach to the creation and dynamic maintenance of electronic catalogs, information models and user interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steffen Michael Fohn, Arthur Reginald Greef, John Frederick Schumacher