Patents by Inventor Wyllona M. Harris

Wyllona M. Harris 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: 6897866
    Abstract: The method and apparatus of the present invention begin with the generally known features of visualizing a relationship between at least two entities, by: (a) geometrically mapping the at least two entities onto a surface; (b) providing a relationship record for each of the at least two entities; (c) generating a display of the at least two entities together with at least one connector between the at least two entities as the visualizing the relationship from the relationship record; (d) the connector having two ends connected to a pair of the at least two entities, the connector having an extension between the two ends, the extension passing out of the plane. The present invention provides the improvement of: for at least one pair of entities, the at least one pair having a plurality of relationships, the connector having a plurality of strands wherein each of the plurality of strands corresponds to each of the plurality of relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Elizabeth G. Hetzler, Susan L. Havre, Wyllona M. Harris, Daniel T. Donohoo, Paul D. Whitney, Grant C. Nakamura