Patents by Inventor Michael Bolin
Michael Bolin 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).
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Patent number: 9454601Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 8484207Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 8271481Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez, David L. Newbold
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Patent number: 8261196Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The method includes maintaining, on a workstation of a user, an index that includes one or more entries for only one or more documents the user has previously accessed; receiving from the user a request to search the index; and presenting a user interface providing a search results listing and one or more graphical visualizations characterizing the search results. In response to an input from the user, usage metrics for a selected documents are displayed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez
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Patent number: 8103653Abstract: A system is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system may include upon three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 8032513Abstract: A system are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Andrew Lewis Schirmer, Martin M Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 7970753Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20100325158Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: IBM CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez, David L. Newbold
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Patent number: 7831601Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The method may rely upon three main system components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez, David L. Newbold
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Publication number: 20100106727Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: IBM CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez
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Patent number: 7634461Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Michael Bolin, Raudel S. Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20090125490Abstract: A system is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system may include upon three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 7496563Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The method may rely upon three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Michael Bolin
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Publication number: 20080301106Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: IBM CORPORATIONInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Publication number: 20080270391Abstract: A system are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)Inventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 7421421Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David L. Newbold, Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Patent number: 7395260Abstract: A method is provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The documents with which the user interacts are monitored for predetermined events, and content data and metadata from the monitored documents is obtained. An index that includes parameters determined from the content data and metadata is created and a search of the index is performed to retrieve documents that the user has previously viewed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2004Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Tolga Oral, David L. Newbold, Martin M. Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Publication number: 20080082513Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2007Publication date: April 3, 2008Applicant: IBM CORPORATIONInventors: Tolga ORAL, David Newbold, Martin Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Publication number: 20060041521Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2004Publication date: February 23, 2006Inventors: Tolga Oral, David Newbold, Martin Wattenberg, Michael Bolin
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Publication number: 20060031183Abstract: A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application which monitors documents with which the user interacts for predetermined events, and obtains content data and metadata from the monitored documents. The index module indexes the content data and metadata received from the desktop integration module. The graphical user interface module then permits a user to utilize the desktop integration module and index module by allowing a user to search for a document.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2004Publication date: February 9, 2006Inventors: Tolga Oral, David Newbold, Michael Bolin, Raudel Rodriguez