Patents by Inventor Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce 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).

  • Content and portal systems and associated methods
    Publication number: 20060026213
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing a community of users access to content items. The content items relate to a plurality of courses, with each user being associated with one or more of the courses. A method of managing and controlling access to the content items can include the steps of (a) receiving from one or more of the users proposed content items for inclusion in a content repository; (b) selecting content items from the proposed content items for inclusion in the content repository; (c) specifying which of the users are eligible to access which of the content items in the content repository; and (d) providing access to content items in the repository over a network to users specified to have access to given content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: Blackboard Inc.
    Inventors: David Yaskin, Heather Natour, Zahra Safavian, Tom Joyce, William Langford, Daniel Cane, Timothy Chi, Stephanie Cupp, Anita Bhorjee, Jessica Finnefrock, Deborah Everhart