Patents by Inventor William J. Maybury

William J. Maybury 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).

  • Representation of collaborative multi-user activities relative to shared structured data objects in a networked workstation environment
    Patent number: 5008853
    Abstract: A multi-user collaborative system in which the contents as well as the current status of other user activity of a shared structured data object representing one or more related structured data objects in the form of data entries can be concurrently accessed by different users respectively at different workstations connected to a common link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sara A. Bly, A. Brady Farrand, Jeffery D. Hodges, Michael D. Kupfer, Brian T. Lewis, William J. Maybury, Michael L. Tallan, Stephen B. Tom