Patents by Inventor Patrick Boettcher

Patrick Boettcher 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).

  • Systems and methods for navigating, finding, and presenting data objects
    Patent number: 8584045
    Abstract: Various systems and related methods involve navigating, finding, and visually presenting data objects or sets of data objects. In one implementation, a set of data objects is visually presented as a graphical element and one or more semantic relationships between the graphical element and other sets of data objects are visually presented. Furthermore, this includes a method for finding related sets of data objects by presenting different search paths and enabling the user to select a destination set of data objects based on the presented paths. One possible operation associated with this system includes presenting relationships between data objects outside of predefined work flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rode, Patrick Boettcher
  • Systems and Methods for Navigating, Finding, and Presenting Data Objects
    Publication number: 20080178101
    Abstract: Various systems and related methods involve navigating, finding, and visually presenting data objects or sets of data objects. In one implementation, a set of data objects is visually presented as a graphical element and one or more semantic relationships between the graphical element and other sets of data objects are visually presented. Furthermore, this includes a method for finding related sets of data objects by presenting different search paths and enabling the user to select a destination set of data objects based on the presented paths. One possible operation associated with this system includes presenting relationships between data objects outside of predefined work flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Jochen Rode, Patrick Boettcher