Patents by Inventor Shawn Matthew Holmstead

Shawn Matthew Holmstead 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).

  • Method and apparatus to dynamically provide web content resources in a portal
    Patent number: 7987421
    Abstract: To display content in a user's preferred language, a content provider locates a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Inventors: Boyd H Timothy, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Matthew Gerrit Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, John Ransom VanOrman, II, James Mark Norman
  • Method and apparatus for controlling access to portal content from outside the portal
    Patent number: 7890639
    Abstract: To display content controlled by a portal outside of the portal itself, a user is authenticated to the portal and then permission to access the content authorized. After authentication and authorization, the requested content is returned to the requesting program. The content is returned in the user's preferred language, a using a layout information file to determine how to display the content. A layout strings file storing a layout string in a specific language is also selected, according to the user's preferred languages. The content from a content provider and the layout string are then formatted as specified by the layout information file, and presented to the user or the requesting program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Matthew Holmstead, Olin Sayre Atkinson, Dale Allen Lowry, Christopher Jean Seiler
  • Method and apparatus for dynamically delivering a gadget
    Patent number: 7660843
    Abstract: A portal server requests a gadget from a gadget server. The gadget server makes a copy of the gadget. The gadget server accesses a value to be assigned to a variable for the portal server. The value can be received as part of the request for the gadget, or can be stored on the gadget server, associated with the portal server. Assuming that a policy permits the variable to be assigned the value, any previous value assigned to the variable is overridden. The copy of the gadget is then delivered to the portal server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Olin Sayre Atkinson, Christopher Jean Seiler, Boyd “H” Timothy, Dale Allen Lowry, Shawn Matthew Holmstead
  • Method and apparatus for controlling creation and management of pages of portal content in a directory
    Patent number: 7149960
    Abstract: Portal pages and overlays are assigned globally unique identifiers (GUIDs). Users are granted permission to view portal pages and overlays by having their user object in the container hierarchy be associated with the GUIDs. User objects can be directly associated with the GUIDs, or can inherit the GUIDs from a container or group. Once the user object is (directly or indirectly) associated with the GUID assigned to a portal page or overlay, the user can view the portal page or overlay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew G. Brooks, Shawn Matthew Holmstead, Timothy C. Crabb, Timothy P. Schmanski, Shawn C. Lynn, Boyd H Timothy