Patents by Inventor Terrence L. Woodnorth

Terrence L. Woodnorth 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).

  • Publication number: 20140257896
    Abstract: A mapping method and system. The method includes receiving from a computing system, a selection of a first candidate skill from a list of candidate skills. The computing system receives a selection of a first work location of associated with a first skill. The computing system determines a first geographical location identifier identifying a first area comprising the first work location. The computing system determines a first work region comprising the first area and the first work location. The computing system selects a first group of suppliers associated the first work region. The computing system generates a candidate request document comprising the first candidate skill, the first work region, and the first work location. The computing system transmits to the first group of suppliers the candidate request document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Glenn C. Godoy, Marco A. Marquez Gomez, Gautam Majumdar, Terrence L. Woodnorth
  • Patent number: 7779453
    Abstract: A routing method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system data associated with a business. The data includes a first list of authorization roles and a second list including locations. The computing system associates at least one authorization role of the authorization roles with each location of the locations. The computing system receives transaction documents associated with the business. The computing system receives a selection for a location of the locations. The computing system receives a selection for a transaction document of the transaction documents. The transaction document is associated with a specified authorization role of the authorization roles. The computing system determines if the specified authorization role is associated with the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Glenn C. Godoy, Gautam Majumdar, Michael Randy May, Terrence L. Woodnorth
  • Publication number: 20080148356
    Abstract: A routing method and system. The method includes receiving by a computing system data associated with a business. The data includes a first list of authorization roles and a second list including locations. The computing system associates at least one authorization role of the authorization roles with each location of the locations. The computing system receives transaction documents associated with the business. The computing system receives a selection for a location of the locations. The computing system receives a selection for a transaction document of the transaction documents. The transaction document is associated with a specified authorization role of the authorization roles. The computing system determines if the specified authorization role is associated with the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Glenn C. Godoy, Gautam Majumdar, Michael Randy May, Terrence L. Woodnorth
  • Publication number: 20080077418
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and program product for processing an electronic document. In one embodiment, the invention includes determining a procedure applicable to the electronic document; determining whether each step of the procedure applies to the electronic document; recording whether a step of the procedure applies to the electronic document; and reporting the recorded result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Coleman, Michael R. May, Amy J. Snavely, Terrence L. Woodnorth
  • Patent number: 5852747
    Abstract: A client/server computer system manages shared files. A client includes a data cache and an associated cache manager, and executes a client application that requests data from a shared file. In response to the request, the client cache manager determines if the data is currently stored in the data cache, and if so, grants the client access to the data in the cache. However, if the data is not currently stored in the cache, the client cache manager sends to the server a request for multiple consecutive blocks of data beginning with the first block containing the data requested by the client from the shared file. The server includes a token manager which receives the request, and in response (a) awards the token for a first data block specified in the request regardless of contention for the first data block and (b) awards tokens for all other consecutive blocks following the first block of the multiple blocks held by a client who also holds the token for the first block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bradley Bennett, Eugene Johnson, Terrence L. Woodnorth