Patents by Inventor Tim W Blair

Tim W Blair 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, method, and computer program product for knowledge management
    Patent number: 7797336
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product of enabling a user to organize and analyze information in electronic form are described herein. The method operates by searching a first set of documents to thereby generate a second set of documents. The method automatically creates a first group comprising the second set of documents. The method analyzes the first group according to one or more analytical functions to thereby generate a third set of documents. The method automatically creates a second group comprising the third set of documents. The method enables selective iteration of any of these operational steps. The method also generates objects corresponding to process components of this work flow. The user can re-execute the work flow (process) by traversing the objects, or create a new process by modifying the objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Inventors: Tim W Blair, Andrew S DeWolfe, Paul B Germeraad, Irving S Rappaport, Kevin G Rivette, Brent Rosenquist
  • System, method, and computer program product for knowledge management
    Publication number: 20020007373
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product of enabling a user to organize and analyze information in electronic form are described herein. The method operates by searching a first set of documents to thereby generate a second set of documents. The method automatically creates a first group comprising the second set of documents. The method analyzes the first group according to one or more analytical functions to thereby generate a third set of documents. The method automatically creates a second group comprising the third set of documents. The method enables selective iteration of any of these operational steps. The method also generates objects corresponding to process components of this work flow. The user can re-execute the work flow (process) by traversing the objects, or create a new process by modifying the objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventors: Tim W. Blair, Andrew S. DeWolfe, Paul B. Germeraad, Irving S. Rappaport, Kevin G. Rivette, Brent Rosenquist