Patents by Inventor Thomas Goering

Thomas Goering 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: 20170017970
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify non-named competitors. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a target item to evaluate in connection with historical market activity data, and improving model evaluation efficiency by optimizing, with the processor, erroneous selection of competitive products by: identifying a rest-of-category (ROC) subset of items in the historical market activity data that exclude a same manufacturer as the target item, identifying a rest-of-manufacturer (ROM) subset of items in the historical market activity data that are associated with the same manufacturer as the target item and exclude a same brand as the target item, and identifying a rest-of-brand (ROB) subset of items in the historical market activity data that are associated with the same brand as the target item and exclude the target item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas W. Sarnowski, Martin Quinn, Thomas Goering, Bruce C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 7730410
    Abstract: A method and system for customizing form elements in a form building application. According to one embodiment, a form builder receives an identification of a user of the form building application, the form building application providing a graphical user interface for the manipulation of a set of form elements, and enables access to a subset of the form elements according to authorization rules, and an access manager determines the authorization rules associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Thomas Goering
  • Publication number: 20050065933
    Abstract: A method and system for customizing form elements in a form building application. According to one embodiment, a form builder receives an identification of a user of the form building application, the form building application providing a graphical user interface for the manipulation of a set of form elements, and enables access to a subset of the form elements according to authorization rules, and an access manager determines the authorization rules associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Goering
  • Publication number: 20050065936
    Abstract: A method and system for generating output modules in a form-based application runtime environment. According to one embodiment, a form manager receives an indication that a reusable form element has been changed, determines which output modules from a set of output modules are affected by the changed form element, and invalidates the affected output modules, and a runtime manager receives a request for an output module from the set of output modules and regenerates the requested output module if the requested output module has been invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Goering