Patents by Inventor Steven Willcox

Steven Willcox 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 portal page layout
    Patent number: 7472342
    Abstract: A system and method for describing a portal page, comprising, defining a placeholder on a template, associating at least one portlet with the placeholder, and wherein the template can be customized for least one of a group and a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Haut, Philip B. Griffin, Jalpesh Patadia, Steven Willcox, Timothy Breeden
  • System and method for portal page layout
    Publication number: 20030110448
    Abstract: A system and method for describing a portal page, comprising, defining a placeholder on a template, associating at least one portlet with the placeholder, and wherein the template can be customized for least one of a group and a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: John Haut, Philip B. Griffin, Jalpesh Patadia, Steven Willcox, Timothy Breeden
  • Personalization server unified user profile
    Publication number: 20030065670
    Abstract: The present invention includes systems utilizing, and methods for generating, a unified user profile to provide a transparent interface to multiple data sources. A base user java bean is obtained to work through a personalization server and access a personalization database. The base user java bean provides a transparent interface through which implicit and explicit properties can be retrieved and updated. An enterprise java bean is then created to extend the base user java bean such that the implicit and explicit properties can further be retrieved and updated from an external user database through the transparent interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Bisson, Timothy Breeden, Charles Paclat, Tom Stamm, Steven Willcox