Patents by Inventor Robert Mack Fuhrer

Robert Mack Fuhrer 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).

  • System and method for creating and editing documents
    Publication number: 20030097640
    Abstract: A system for creating and editing documents may include a reference view function which allows a user to quickly and easily refer to data that may not be included in a document. The inventive system may also include a function for saving and restoring view configurations to ensure that valuable ideas may be stored and recalled, and/or a function for tracking of motivic re-use of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven B. Abrams, Ralph E. Bellofatto, Robert Mack Fuhrer, Daniel Vincent Oppenheim, James Lawton Wright, Richard Charles Boulanger, Neil Leonard, David Stefan Mash, Michael Rendish, Joseph Charles Smith
  • Multi-objective decision-support methodology
    Patent number: 5940816
    Abstract: A method for effecting computer implemented decision support. The method can improve on a candidate solution by allowing problem solving methods to cooperate towards the creation of a more desirable solution. The method can realize an enhanced understanding of tradeoffs inherent in competing objectives, and can incorporate factors or special considerations not easily specified, by enabling the decision maker to actively participate in the creation of a more desirable solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Mack Fuhrer, Raymond T. Henry, Rama Kalyani T. Akkiraju, Robin Lougee-Heimer, Seshashayee Sankarshana Murthy, John Nathan Rachlin, Martin C. Sturzenbecker, Frederick Yung-Fung Wu