Patents by Inventor Ruth A. Donnelly

Ruth A. Donnelly 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 identifying invoices that may be duplicate prior to payment
    Patent number: 6963885
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying duplicate invoices among multiple systems, the method including the steps of loading first invoices having an index number into a database during a first predetermined time period; for each invoice having said index number, searching the database for another invoice, loaded during a second earlier time period, having the same index number and replacing the another invoice, if found, with said first invoice; comparing each first invoice for which no matching index number invoice was found with all other first invoices for which no matching index number invoice was found; comparing each of the first invoices for which no matching index number invoice was found with all the other invoices including the replaced invoices in the database; generating reports of the comparing steps, the reports listing invoices which compared; and eliminating from the database the first invoices deemed to have compared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: W. Dwight Calkins, Ruth A. Donnelly, Julie M. Murphy, Joseph W. Vanlone
  • System and method for identifying invoices that may be duplicate prior to payment
    Publication number: 20020194174
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying duplicate invoices among multiple systems, the method including the steps of loading first invoices having an index number into a database during a first predetermined time period; for each invoice having said index number, searching the database for another invoice, loaded during a second earlier time period, having the same index number and replacing the another invoice, if found, with said first invoice; comparing each first invoice for which no matching index number invoice was found with all other first invoices for which no matching index number invoice was found; comparing each of the first invoices for which no matching index number invoice was found with all the other invoices including the replaced invoices in the database; generating reports of the comparing steps, the reports listing invoices which compared; and eliminating from the database the first invoices deemed to have compared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: W. Dwight Calkins, Ruth A. Donnelly, Julie M. Murphy, Joseph W. Vanlone
  • Cupressus glabra plant named `Limelight`
    Patent number: PP10178
    Abstract: A new Cupressus glabra plant having an erect and slender growth habit and capable of year-round light yellow to lime-green color foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventors: Ruth Donnelly, Peter Donnelly