Patents by Inventor Michael C. Mansell

Michael C. Mansell 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: 10552527
    Abstract: A system for presenting and executing a multiplicity of interactive forms as a single document includes a server having one or more copies of a multi-form package and configured to deliver a copy of the package to a requesting device upon request. The system also includes a client computing device configured to request and receive the multi-form package, the first computing device including an application program and a multi-form document engine configured to receive commands from the application program and, in response, cause forms from the multi-form package to be presented and executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Boyer, David F. Manning, Michael C. Mansell
  • Publication number: 20170235714
    Abstract: A system for presenting and executing a multiplicity of interactive forms as a single document includes a server having one or more copies of a multi-form package and configured to deliver a copy of the package to a requesting device upon request. The system also includes a client computing device configured to request and receive the multi-form package, the first computing device including an application program and a multi-form document engine configured to receive commands from the application program and, in response, cause forms from the multi-form package to be presented and executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: John M. Boyer, David F. Manning, Michael C. Mansell
  • Patent number: 9639513
    Abstract: A system for presenting and executing a multiplicity of interactive forms as a single document includes a server having one or more copies of a multi-form package and configured to deliver a copy of the package to a requesting device upon request. The system also includes a client computing device configured to request and receive the multi-form package, the first computing device including an application program and a multi-form document engine configured to receive commands from the application program and, in response, cause forms from the multi-form package to be presented and executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Boyer, David F. Manning, Michael C. Mansell
  • Patent number: 9304983
    Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and framework for generating and processing XForms documents. Utilizing the method, system and framework of the present invention, developers need only write loosely coupled components that implement the minimal application-specific interface code, and the method, system and framework coordinates the generation and processing based on a description of the form's lifecycle. It also allows developers to reuse components created for other integrations that implemented the framework. The advantage of the method, system and framework is to significantly reduce development effort to integrate XForms with a vast number of applications, while all known solutions are specific to a single integration case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Connell, David Cummings, Charles M. Gobeil, Rachna Juneja Singhal, Michael C. Mansell
  • Publication number: 20100299389
    Abstract: A system for presenting and executing a multiplicity of interactive forms as a single document includes a server having one or more copies of a multi-form package and configured to deliver a copy of the package to a requesting device upon request. The system also includes a client computing device configured to request and receive the multi-form package, the first computing device including an application program and a multi-form document engine configured to receive commands from the application program and, in response, cause forms from the multi-form package to be presented and executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John M. Boyer, David F. Manning, Michael C. Mansell
  • Publication number: 20090100087
    Abstract: The present invention is a method, system and framework for generating and processing XForms documents. Utilizing the method, system and framework of the present invention, developers need only write loosely coupled components that implement the minimal application-specific interface code, and the method, system and framework coordinates the generation and processing based on a description of the form's lifecycle. It also allows developers to reuse components created for other integrations that implemented the framework. The advantage of the method, system and framework is to significantly reduce development effort to integrate XForms with a vast number of applications, while all known solutions are specific to a single integration case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Robert A. Connell, David Cummings, Charles M. Gobeil, Rachna Juneja Singhal, Michael C. Mansell
  • Publication number: 20080244394
    Abstract: An improved solution for managing a user interfaces is provided. Aspects of the invention include the display and layout flow of relatively positioned user interface items. In an embodiment of the invention, a method of managing a user interface is provided, the method includes: obtaining a document for a rendition, wherein the document includes a plurality of user interface items; positioning a first user interface item at a first location on the document; setting a display property value of the first user interface item to one of: on or off; and relatively positioning from the first user interface item a second user interface item at a second location, wherein the relative positioning is independent of the display property value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: John M. Boyer, Christopher D. Lamb, David F. Manning, Michael C. Mansell