Patents by Inventor Sterling R. Smith

Sterling R. Smith 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).

  • CONTEXT-BASED VISUALIZATION GENERATION
    Publication number: 20140258817
    Abstract: An apparatus includes memory, a processor and a visualization analysis unit coupled with the memory and the processor. The visualization analysis unit is configured to detect a visualizable subject matter contained within data. The visualization analysis unit is also configured to determine a context in which the visualizable subject matter appears. The visualization analysis unit is also configured to select a visualization engine from a plurality of visualization engines based, at least in part, on the context in which the visualizable subject matter appears. The visualization analysis unit is also configured to configure the visualization engine to generate a visualization of the visualizable subject matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Carrier, Scott N. Gerard, Sterling R. Smith, David B. Styles, Eric Woods
  • Intelligent business object document system
    Patent number: 7908305
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing an integrated environment for processing business object documents (BODs). The integrated environment utilizes an IntelliBod system to employ standard business semantics while adapting modified business terms. Applications requesting integration, or mapping, map to common business semantics of the BODs, and the IntelliBOD system manages the business semantic (and technical) integration of the applications. IntelliBOD systems utilize JAVA environments to process requests, thereby reducing cost and space required to maintain general purpose middleware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randy D. Baxter, Vincent E. Price, Sterling R. Smith, Christopher H. L. Wicher
  • Intelligent Business Object Document System
    Publication number: 20090259482
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing an integrated environment for processing business object documents (BODs). The integrated environment utilizes an IntelliBod system to employ standard business semantics while adapting modified business terms. Applications requesting integration, or mapping, map to common business semantics of the BODs, and the IntelliBOD system manages the business semantic (and technical) integration of the applications. IntelliBOD systems utilize JAVA environments to process requests, thereby reducing cost and space required to maintain general purpose middleware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Randy D. Baxter, Vincent E. Price, Sterling R. Smith, Christopher H. L. Wicher