Patents by Inventor Wayne Riley

Wayne Riley 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: 20060167832
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer instructions are provided to identify problems that are most critical to the revenue of a business. Configuration of business management software is facilitated in a way to ensure that the most severe revenue impacts are addressed first. An administrator is interrogated for those systems, resources and customers whom the business feels are most important to the business' bottom line. Through a rule-based set of GUI constructs, the administrator configures the software system to ensure the most severe problems are addressed first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Joshua Allen, Richard Ragan, Wayne Riley
  • Publication number: 20060075357
    Abstract: A method for maintaining scroll position in a web user interface may include translating a selected scroll position in the web user interface to a pair of scroll coordinates in response to operation of a set scroll position function. The method may also include advancing the web user interface to the selected scroll position in response to each occurrence of an event. The event may include at least one of opening, reloading or refreshing the web user interface or operating a hyperlink in the web user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Guido, Kent Hayes, Robert Leah, Paul McMahan, Wayne Riley
  • Publication number: 20060075330
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for automatically sharing information between HTML forms using a cookie. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises: providing a cookie containing at least one name-value pair; determining if an input element of a form contains a variable indicating that the input element is enabled for automatic populating, wherein the variable includes a name attribute; and automatically populating the input element of the form using the value in the corresponding name-value pair if the name attribute of the variable corresponds to a name-value pair in the cookie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Guido, Robert Leah, Paul McMahan, Wayne Riley
  • Publication number: 20060070002
    Abstract: A method to control a portlet associated with a portal page may include deactivating a selected portlet in response to operating a deactivation feature. The method may also include reactivating the selected portlet in response to operating a reactivation feature. The method may also include freezing a portlet content in the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include disabling hyperlinks, buttons and other inputs to the selected portlet in response to deactivating the selected portlet. The method may further include reconfiguring a portal server to ensure that a portlet content of a selected portlet cannot be affected while the selected portlet is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Guido, Robert Leah, Paul McMahan, Wayne Riley
  • Publication number: 20060010390
    Abstract: A solution for generating a portal page based on a data item. In particular, one or more portlets are selected from a set of available portlets based on the data item. The selected portlet(s) are then included on the portal page, which can be provided to a user device for display. The data item can be provided to a content provider for the portlet in order to generate the display area for the portlet. Information on the user and/or user device can be used when selecting the one or more portlets for inclusion on the portal page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Guido, Robert Leah, Paul McMahan, Wayne Riley
  • Publication number: 20050015728
    Abstract: Method, system, and program product for customizing a user interface. The user interface is adjusted by including a shortcut for one or more object operations. Each shortcut is selected based on a user, an object being displayed in the user interface, and/or a history of object operations. The selection can be based on the frequency that the user has previously selected object operations for the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Ragan, Wayne Riley