Patents by Inventor Kate Shepherd

Kate Shepherd 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).

  • Creation of a help file
    Patent number: 10031749
    Abstract: Methods of generating a help files are presented including: accessing a user model, where the user model defines a number of objects and a number of relationships between the number of objects; selecting an object of the user model; receiving a text file corresponding with the object; creating a component of the help file from the text file; selecting an additional object of the user model, the additional object having a relationship with the object, the relationship corresponding with the number of relationships; and creating an additional component of the help file corresponding with the additional object. In some embodiments, methods further include: detecting a change to the user model; and regenerating the help file to incorporate the change. In some embodiments, methods are presented where the additional component includes: a link to the additional object, and a link to a respective text file of the additional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin L. Bird, Amanda E. Chessell, Fazleabbas Kanji, Kate Shepherd, Simen Svennebye, William Thompson, Kamorudeen L. Yusuf
  • CREATION OF A HELP FILE
    Publication number: 20090077502
    Abstract: Methods of generating a help files are presented including: accessing a user model, where the user model defines a number of objects and a number of relationships between the number of objects; selecting an object of the user model; receiving a text file corresponding with the object; creating a component of the help file from the text file; selecting an additional object of the user model, the additional object having a relationship with the object, the relationship corresponding with the number of relationships; and creating an additional component of the help file corresponding with the additional object. In some embodiments, methods further include: detecting a change to the user model; and regenerating the help file to incorporate the change. In some embodiments, methods are presented where the additional component includes: a link to the additional object, and a link to a respective text file of the additional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colin L. Bird, Amanda E. Chessell, Fazleabbas Kanji, Kate Shepherd, Simen Svennebye, William Thompson, Kamorudeen L. Yusuf