Patents by Inventor Mann Chang

Mann Chang 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).

  • System and method for accessing non-compatible content repositories
    Patent number: 8260815
    Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING NON-COMPATIBLE CONTENT REPOSITORIES
    Publication number: 20090077043
    Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mann CHANG, Vladimir FRIDMAN, Lauren MAYES, Scott P. MILLS, Daniel S. WHELAN
  • System and method for accessing non-compatible content repositories
    Patent number: 7483879
    Abstract: Systems access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan
  • System and method for accessing non-compatible content repositories
    Publication number: 20040215635
    Abstract: Systems and methods access non-compatible content repositories that are not natively accessible to a content management system. A metadata registry maintains metadata about content stored in both compatible and non-compatible repositories. For content in a non-compatible repository, the metadata indicates a repository interface capable of accessing the non-compatible repository. The content manager communicates with the repository interfaces to access the content in non-compatible repositories. The content manager may receive a request for content in a non-compatible repository, refer to the metadata registry to select a repository interface to employ, transmit a request for the requested content to the selected repository interface, and receive the requested content from the repository interface. A repository interface registry maintains information about available repository interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Mann Chang, Vladimir Fridman, Lauren Mayes, Scott P. Mills, Daniel S. Whelan
  • Application programming interface for accessing document analysis functionality of a block selection program
    Patent number: 5659767
    Abstract: An application programming interface accesses page analysis functionality of a block selection program and accesses data structures resulting therefrom. The application programming interface includes plural page analysis functionality which manipulate block selection functions including functions to analyze a document page, to create a hierarchical tree structure corresponding to the analyzed document page, and to return a pointer which is a block ID or a root node of the analyzed page. Plural hierarchical tree structure accessing functions traverse the hierarchical tree structure, and locate desired nodes in the hierarchical tree structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Canon Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thieu Quang Nguyen, Mann Chang