Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Kane

Timothy R. Kane 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).

  • Patent number: 8151003
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for routing data by a server. Specifically, the present invention provides a table-drive method and system for allowing parties to send and receive data in their own data formats and transfer protocols. In routing data from a source to a destination, the present invention does not require transformation of the data to an intermediate format and/or protocol before transformation into the format and protocol of the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Kane, John I. Munson
  • Patent number: 7895095
    Abstract: A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network dispatcher and a virtual cluster of Domino.Go servers. The network dispatcher sprays out browser requests among configured .nsf servers in virtual server cluster. Communications from this virtual server cluster are, in turn, dispatched by a second network dispatcher servers in a Domino cluster. External objects, primarily for a GUI, are served in a .dfs and include graphic files, Java files, HTML images and net.data macros. The catalog is built from supplier provided flat files. A front end is provided for business logic and validation, as also is a relation database backend. HTML forms are populated using relational database agents. A role table is used for controlling access both to Notes code and DB2 data. Large amounts of data is quickly transferred using an intermediate agent and window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Chollon, Timothy R. Kane, Amy J. Snavely, Sherry L. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7848970
    Abstract: A system and method for keeping ledger accounts in synchronization between a back-end procurement system and a front-end requisition and catalog system. An extract utility extracts a file of general ledger (G/L) accounts, including account code, description, and company code, from a chart of accounts in the back-end and transfers it to the front-end, where it is updated by an update utility to include company group code from a company group table and then loaded into a data store of valid general ledger accounts. Maintenance of the front end data store of valid accounts includes pushing to all companies in a company group ledger code entered with respect to any one of the companies in that group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Kane, Thomas William Rath, Russell Thomas White, Jr., Sherry Lee Wilson
  • Patent number: 7356496
    Abstract: A system and method for keeping ledger accounts in synchronization between a back-end procurement system and a front-end requisition and catalog system. An extract utility extracts a file of general ledger (G/L) accounts, including account code, description, and company code, from a chart of accounts in the back-end and transfers it to the front-end, where it is updated by an update utility to include company group code from a company group table and then loaded into a data store of valid general ledger accounts. Maintenance of the front end data store of valid accounts includes pushing to all companies in a company group ledger code entered with respect to any one of the companies in that group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Kane, Thomas William Rath, Russell Thomas White, Jr., Sherry Lee Wilson
  • Patent number: 7197480
    Abstract: A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network dispatcher and a virtual cluster of Domino.Go servers. The network dispatcher sprays out browser requests among configured .nsf servers in virtual server cluster. Communications from this virtual server cluster are, in turn, dispatched by a second network dispatcher servers in a Domino cluster. External objects, primarily for a GUI, are served in a .dfs and include graphic files, Java files, HTML images and net.data macros. The catalog is built from supplier provided flat files. A front end is provided for business logic and validation, as also is a relation database backend. HTML forms are populated using relational database agents. A role table is used for controlling access both to Notes code and DB2 data. Large amounts of data is quickly transferred using an intermediate agent and window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Chollon, Timothy R. Kane, Amy J. Snavely, Sherry L. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20030149791
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for routing data by a server. Specifically, the present invention provides a table-drive method and system for allowing parties to send and receive data in their own data formats and transfer protocols. In routing data from a source to a destination, the present invention does not require transformation of the data to an intermediate format and/or protocol before transformation into the format and protocol of the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Kane, John I. Munson
  • Publication number: 20020138375
    Abstract: A system and method for keeping ledger accounts in synchronization between a back-end procurement system and a front-end requisition and catalog system. An extract utility extracts a file of general ledger (G/L) accounts, including account code, description, and company code, from a chart of accounts in the back-end and transfers it to the front-end, where it is updated by an update utility to include company group code from a company group table and then loaded into a data store of valid general ledger accounts. Maintenance of the front end data store of valid accounts includes pushing to all companies in a company group ledger code entered with respect to any one of the companies in that group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Kane, Thomas William Rath, Russell Thomas White, Sherry Lee Wilson