Patents by Inventor Lee Hecht

Lee Hecht 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: 7379908
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of populating row and column cells of an electronic financial statement document containing with formulas and data, and related apparatus. A formula for a cell in a financial statement is generated from a row definition for the row and a column definition for the column of the cell, where the row definition defines a term of the statement and the column definition specifies a period of time. The resulting statement is displayed to a user, and new formula expressions can be generated to reflect changes in the statement. The statement can have three kinds of columns, namely base columns, subtotal columns, and grand total columns. Data in columns of an input database corresponds to a database period of time, and the base columns in the statement have statement period unit. For each base column of the statement, a correspondence to more than one column of the input database can be computed dynamically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Modernsoft, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Clancey, Lee Hecht, Erich A. Helfert, John Wu, Edgar P. Canty
  • Publication number: 20020055952
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of populating row and column cells of an electronic financial statement document containing with formulas and data, and related apparatus. A formula for a cell in a financial statement is generated from a row definition for the row and a column definition for the column of the cell, where the row definition defines a term of the statement and the column definition specifies a period of time. The resulting statement is displayed to a user, and new formula expressions can be generated to reflect changes in the statement. The statement can have three kinds of columns, namely base columns, subtotal columns, and grand total columns. Data in columns of an input database corresponds to a database period of time, and the base columns in the statement have statement period unit. For each base column of the statement, a correspondence to more than one column of the input database can be computed dynamically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Modernsoft, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Clancey, Lee Hecht, Erich A. Helfert, John Wu, Edgar P. Canty
  • Patent number: 6292811
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of populating row and column cells of an electronic financial statement document containing with formulas and data, and related apparatus. A formula for a cell in a financial statement is generated from a row definition for the row and a column definition for the column of the cell, where the row definition defines a term of the statement and the column definition specifies a period of time. The resulting statement is displayed to a user, and new formula expressions can be generated to reflect changes in the statement. The statement can have three kinds of columns, namely base columns, subtotal columns, and grand total columns. Data in columns of an input database corresponds to a database period of time, and the base columns in the statement have statement period unit. For each base column of the statement, a correspondence to more than one column of the input database can be computed dynamically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Modernsoft, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Clancey, Lee Hecht, Erich A. Helfert, John Wu, Edgar P. Canty
  • Patent number: 6134563
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of creating and editing a document containing one or more terms. A knowledge base containing a set of terms with one or more predefined properties including part-of properties relating terms to each other is provided. The one or more predefined properties associated with a user-selected term are identified. Constraints are imposed on user manipulation of the document with respect to the user-selected term in accordance with the one or more identified predefined properties associated with the user-selected term. In a particular implementation, a method of creating and editing a financial document containing one or more financial terms is described. The tasks of creating and editing documents are simplified by the separation of the presentation of information contained in a document from underlying representation of calculations and interrelationships. A user may readily manipulate the content and appearance of domain-specific (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Modernsoft, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Clancey, Lee Hecht, Erich A. Helfert, John Wu, Edgar P. Canty
  • Patent number: 3976810
    Abstract: The process of coating an organic polymeric shaped article with aluminum orthophosphate, using an anion compound as a source of aluminum, and topcoating with a polymer is further improved to enhance barrier properties under moist conditions. The aluminum orthophosphate coating is dried to effect no more than a partial cure and the anion concentration is reduced below about 1% of the weight of the solids content of the coating prior to completing the cure. The top-coating may be applied prior to completing the cure and then dried at a temperature to effect a substantially complete cure of the aluminum orthophosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1976
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James Lee Hecht