Patents by Inventor John Zaums

John Zaums 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).

  • Mechanism for providing unified access to decentralized user assistance repositories
    Patent number: 9483279
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method of deploying user assistance information. The method includes providing access to a container storing a plurality of context domain declarations (CDDs), creating a new CDD, wherein the new CDD specifies an associated user assistance repository (UAR), creating pattern information which identifies an application or application state for which the associated UAR is applicable, deploying the new CDD independently from the application and the associated UAR, and distributing the new CDD to one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Overton, Taimur Mirza, John Zaums
  • MECHANISM FOR PROVIDING UNIFIED ACCESS TO DECENTRALIZED USER ASSISTANCE REPOSITORIES
    Publication number: 20130110923
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method of deploying user assistance information. The method includes providing access to a container storing a plurality of context domain declarations (CDDs), creating a new CDD, wherein the new CDD specifies an associated user assistance repository (UAR), creating pattern information which identifies an application or application state for which the associated UAR is applicable, deploying the new CDD independently from the application and the associated UAR, and distributing the new CDD to one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Overton, Taimur Mirza, John Zaums