Patents by Inventor Roy Ladner

Roy Ladner 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 web service discovery and access
    Patent number: 8209407
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus, which includes a mediator operable to receive a user request and to transmit a user response; and a dynamic knowledge base including a web service classifier and a domain-relevant ontology. The mediator is operable to transform the user request into a web service request, using said dynamic knowledge base, and to transform a web service response into the user response, using the dynamic knowledge base. Optionally, the dynamic knowledge base includes a web service interface operation index. Optionally, the web service interface operation index includes an autonomous, dynamic web service interface operation index or a static web service interface operation index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Elizabeth Warner, Roy Ladner, Kalyan Gupta, Frederick E Petry, David W Aha, Philip G Moore
  • WEB SERVICES BROKER AND METHOD OF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20080040510
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus, which includes a mediator operable to receive a user request and to transmit a user response; and a dynamic knowledge base including a web service classifier and a domain-relevant ontology. The mediator is operable to transform the user request into a web service request, using said dynamic knowledge base, and to transform a web service response into the user response, using the dynamic knowledge base. Optionally, the dynamic knowledge base includes a web service interface operation index. Optionally, the web service interface operation index includes an autonomous, dynamic web service interface operation index or a static web service interface operation index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Elizabeth Warner, Roy Ladner, Kalyan Gupta, Frederick E. Petry, David W. Aha, Philip G. Moore
  • Distributed object-oriented geospatial information distribution system and method thereof
    Patent number: 6985929
    Abstract: A distributed object-oriented geospatial database system and method thereof over the Internet using Web-based technology to perform data-driven queries, such as retrieving, viewing and updating, geospatial data of the object oriented geospatial database, such as vector, raster, hypertext and multimedia data, including data types or formats of ESRI shape files, GSF, oceanographic ASCII text data by NAVOCEANO and geospatial data with temporal information and supporting 3D display of the geospatial data. The object-oriented geospatial database system is implemented in a heterogeneous object-oriented development and integration environment through the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ruth Wilson, Miyi Chung, Maria Cobb, Kevin Shaw, Roy Ladner