Patents by Inventor Patricia Gongla

Patricia Gongla 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).

  • Method for designing a knowledge portal
    Patent number: 6879972
    Abstract: A method for designing a knowledge portal for retrieving, organizing and delivering knowledge to a user belonging to an organization comprises identifying a community of users belonging to the organization characterized by a common interest with respect to the knowledge, and identifying business processes executed by the users in the community in accordance with strategies of the organization. The method then comprises analyzing the business processes to identify specific activities performed in executing the processes and patterns for performing the respective activities, and subsequently constructing the knowledge portal in accordance with the patterns. Analyzing the business processes to identify specific activities performed in executing the processes may be done by developing scenarios for using the portal in performing the respective activities and examining the scenarios to identify the patterns for performing the respective activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy W. Brandon, Charles R. Cowan, Patricia Gongla, Eric Klein, Michael A. Limanni, Jr., Felicia Paduano, Richard A. Reece, Christine Rizzuto
  • Method for designing a knowledge portal
    Publication number: 20030004982
    Abstract: A method for designing a knowledge portal for retrieving, organizing and delivering knowledge to a user belonging to an organization comprises identifying a community of users belonging to the organization characterized by a common interest with respect to the knowledge, and identifying business processes executed by the users in the community in accordance with strategies of the organization. The method then comprises analyzing the business processes to identify specific activities performed in executing the processes and patterns for performing the respective activities, and subsequently constructing the knowledge portal in accordance with the patterns. Analyzing the business processes to identify specific activities performed in executing the processes may be done by developing scenarios for using the portal in performing the respective activities and examining the scenarios to identify the patterns for performing the respective activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Nancy W. Brandon, Charles R. Cowan, Patricia Gongla, Eric Klein, Michael A. Limanni, Felicia Paduano, Richard A. Reece, Christine Rizzuto