Patents by Inventor Richard Southard

Richard Southard 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).

  • Enabling real time decoration for customized topology displays
    Publication number: 20070016592
    Abstract: An application for enabling real-time decoration of graphical topological displays is provided. The application loads a document. The document contains the layout data for the graphical topological display and at least one keyword. The application retrieves data associated with each keyword included in the document. Once the application has received the data, the application renders the graphical topological display, as defined by the document, populated with real-time data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ferla, Paul McMahan, Richard Southard
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING SERVER CAPACITY
    Publication number: 20060179224
    Abstract: A method for increasing server capacity may include causing a program to run in a browser in response to a session on a server. The program may be adapted to spawn a new browser window in response to a web page associated with the session being unloaded. The method may also include destroying all data associated with the session in response to a signal from the spawned browser window. The method may further include returning memory occupied by the data associated with the session to a memory pool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Boyles, Paul McMahan, Richard Southard
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING CONTENT IN MULTIPLE WEB BROWSER WINDOWS
    Publication number: 20060168547
    Abstract: A method for synchronizing content in multiple browser windows may include polling any child browser windows spawned from a parent browser window at predetermined time intervals to detect any changes in a respective child browser window. The method may also include updating or synchroinizing content in the parent browser window in response to detecting any changes in any child browser windows spawned from the parent browser window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Boyles, Paul McMahan, Richard Southard