Patents by Inventor Richard Bruce Humphrey

Richard Bruce Humphrey 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).

  • Devices and methods for enabling authorization and communication between indirectly related parties via networked computing systems using data models with nested party relationships
    Patent number: 11277408
    Abstract: A method for using a data model to enable authorization and communication between computers including a first computer configured to provide a service, a second computer in communication with the first computer, and a third computer in communication with one or both of the first computer and the second computer. The method includes storing the data model, wherein the data model describes nested party relationships among a first party having access to the first computer, a second party having access to the second computer, and a third party having access to the third computer, wherein the data model describes the third party as a third set of attributes specifying authorizations of the third party with respect to only the second party, the third set of attributes being nested within and dependent upon a second set of attributes specifying authorizations of the second party with respect to the first party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: Steffen Fohn, Richard Bruce Humphrey
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENABLING AUTHORIZATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDIRECTLY RELATED PARTIES VIA NETWORKED COMPUTING SYSTEMS USING DATA MODELS WITH NESTED PARTY RELATIONSHIPS
    Publication number: 20190356660
    Abstract: A method for using a data model to enable authorization and communication between computers including a first computer configured to provide a service, a second computer in communication with the first computer, and a third computer in communication with one or both of the first computer and the second computer. The method includes storing the data model, wherein the data model describes nested party relationships among a first party having access to the first computer, a second party having access to the second computer, and a third party having access to the third computer, wherein the data model describes the third party as a third set of attributes specifying authorizations of the third party with respect to only the second party, the third set of attributes being nested within and dependent upon a second set of attributes specifying authorizations of the second party with respect to the first party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Steffen Fohn, Richard Bruce Humphrey
  • System for the facilitation of supporting multiple concurrent languages through the use of semantic knowledge representation
    Patent number: 6532442
    Abstract: A hierarchial knowledge representation is used in order to more efficiently support the translation and management of multiple localities. Utilizing this type of knowledge representation provides several key advantages. The first is a greater ability to differentiate semantically different symbols within the system. The second, is the ability to reutilize the translation of these symbols once translated a single time; and concurrent locale support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Schumacher, Robert Anthony Weida, Steffen Michael Fohn, Tomi Magome, Richard Bruce Humphrey
  • System for the facilitation of supporting multiple concurrent languages through the use of semantic knowledge representation
    Patent number: 6219632
    Abstract: A hierarchical knowledge representation is used in order to more efficiently support the translation and management of multiple localities. Utilizing this type of knowledge representation provides several key advantages. The first is a greater ability to differentiate semantically different symbols within the system. The second, is the ability to reutilize the translation of these symbols once translated a single time; and concurrent locale support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John F. Schumacher, Robert Anthony Weida, Steffen Michael Fohn, Tomi Magome, Richard Bruce Humphrey