Patents by Inventor Stephen Diering

Stephen Diering 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 SYSTEM TO LAYOUT TOPOLOGY OBJECTS
    Publication number: 20060174200
    Abstract: A method to correlate and consolidate a plurality of events may include consolidating each of the plurality of events to form a multi-personality event. Each event may be emitted from a respective one of a plurality of components forming an event producer in response to an incident affecting the event producer. The method may also include providing the multi-personality event to an event consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Boyles, Stephen Diering, Nathanael Ehrich, Joseph Firebaugh, Robert Leah
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for visually tethering related graphical objects
    Publication number: 20050039145
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are configured to display graphical objects on an electronic display by providing a tether that visually relates two spaced apart graphic objects on the display, with the tether configured to be less visually prominent than the objects that it indicates are related.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Diering, Joseph Firebaugh, Robert Leah