Patents by Inventor Joseph Maria Varona Barbero

Joseph Maria Varona Barbero 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: 8112363
    Abstract: A method and associated computer program product for processing edited objects associated with a physical document. The method is for use in a user workstation by a user. The method includes: determining a position of a point pressed on a touch foil to select an item on a page of the physical document; identifying the selected item by correlating the determined position of the pressed point with a position of the selected item in a list of item positions recorded in an edited objects table; identifying a first edited object in the edited objects table from an association of the first edited object with the selected item identified by the correlating; ascertaining, that the user does not have a license to use and/or copy the first edited object; and sending, from the user workstation to an edited objects server, a request for information concerning the first edited object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando Incertis Carro, Joseph Maria Varona Barbero