Patents by Inventor Simen Svennebye

Simen Svennebye 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).

  • Patent number: 10031749
    Abstract: Methods of generating a help files are presented including: accessing a user model, where the user model defines a number of objects and a number of relationships between the number of objects; selecting an object of the user model; receiving a text file corresponding with the object; creating a component of the help file from the text file; selecting an additional object of the user model, the additional object having a relationship with the object, the relationship corresponding with the number of relationships; and creating an additional component of the help file corresponding with the additional object. In some embodiments, methods further include: detecting a change to the user model; and regenerating the help file to incorporate the change. In some embodiments, methods are presented where the additional component includes: a link to the additional object, and a link to a respective text file of the additional object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin L. Bird, Amanda E. Chessell, Fazleabbas Kanji, Kate Shepherd, Simen Svennebye, William Thompson, Kamorudeen L. Yusuf
  • Publication number: 20090077502
    Abstract: Methods of generating a help files are presented including: accessing a user model, where the user model defines a number of objects and a number of relationships between the number of objects; selecting an object of the user model; receiving a text file corresponding with the object; creating a component of the help file from the text file; selecting an additional object of the user model, the additional object having a relationship with the object, the relationship corresponding with the number of relationships; and creating an additional component of the help file corresponding with the additional object. In some embodiments, methods further include: detecting a change to the user model; and regenerating the help file to incorporate the change. In some embodiments, methods are presented where the additional component includes: a link to the additional object, and a link to a respective text file of the additional object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colin L. Bird, Amanda E. Chessell, Fazleabbas Kanji, Kate Shepherd, Simen Svennebye, William Thompson, Kamorudeen L. Yusuf
  • Publication number: 20090024979
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for configuring a user interface to a user role. A user model defines one or more user roles and one or more tasks, each user role being linked to: one or more user tasks via one or more user goals, and a set of skills a user performing the role must have, wherein each task is also linked to one or more skills. A software product defines one or more software functions, and means are provided for linking each user task to a sequence of software function calls. The system includes an organization modeling tool including means for customizing the user model dynamically to alter the user role to task mapping to meet the current needs of an organization including validating the goals and sets of skills of the user model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amanda E. Chessell, Fazleabbas Kanji, Nicholas C. Maynard, Katie Shepherd, Simen Svennebye, William J. Thompson, Kamorudeen L. Yusuf