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Michael D. Elder
Also filed as: ELDER MICHAEL D · ELDER MICHAEL DAMEIN
40 granted patents·6 pending applications·1,035 citations·filing 2002–2019
97Inventor score
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46 records- 0197US7249123B2System and method for building social networks based on activity around shared virtual objectsIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 24, 2007·492 cites·12 claims
- 0296US8291378B2Simplified deployment modelingARNOLD WILLIAM C·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 16, 2012·68 cites·14 claims
- 0393US7065532B2System and method for evaluating information aggregates by visualizing associated categoriesIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 20, 2006·102 cites·3 claims
- 0489US8677317B2Simplified deployment modelingARNOLD WILLIAM C·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 18, 2014·12 cites·14 claims
- 0588US7130844B2System and method for examining, calculating the age of an document collection as a measure of time since creation, visualizing, identifying selectively reference those document collections representing current activityIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 31, 2006·63 cites·9 claims
- 0685US7853594B2System and method for determining founders of an information aggregateIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 14, 2010·39 cites·18 claims
- 0785US7103609B2System and method for analyzing usage patterns in information aggregatesIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·63 cites·15 claims
- 0883US8302093B2Automated deployment of defined topology in distributed computing environmentBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 30, 2012·14 cites·12 claims
- 0983US7080082B2System and method for finding the acceleration of an information aggregateIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 18, 2006·39 cites·10 claims
- 1082US8595693B2Model driven deployment of composite applicationsBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 26, 2013·7 cites·6 claims
- 1181US7257569B2System and method for determining community overlapIBM·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 14, 2007·49 cites·9 claims
- 1280US8438468B2Annotation managementBERG DANIEL CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2005·Granted May 7, 2013·13 cites·2 claims
- 1378US7694284B2Shareable, bidirectional mechanism for conversion between object model and XMLIBM·Filed 2004·Granted Apr 6, 2010·28 cites·28 claims
- 1476US8849987B2Automated discovery of a topology of a distributed computing environmentBERG DANIEL CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 30, 2014·8 cites·24 claims
- 1576US8762937B2Model driven deployment of composite applicationsBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 24, 2014·4 cites·4 claims
- 1675US8402381B2Automatically arranging widgets of a model within a canvas using iterative region based widget relative adjustmentsBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 19, 2013·7 cites·17 claims
- 1774US8369527B2Access control over multicastIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 5, 2013·6 cites·61 claims
- 1869US8126692B2Method and system for modeling, validating and automatically resolving goals and dependencies between elements within a topologyARNOLD WILLIAM CARLISLE·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 28, 2012·2 cites·13 claims
- 1967US7657870B2Method and apparatus for implementing dynamic function groups in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 2, 2010·5 cites·10 claims
- 2066US8126693B2Method and system for modeling, validating and automatically resolving goals and dependencies between elements within a topologyARNOLD WILLIAM CARLISLE·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 28, 2012·5 cites·20 claims
- 2164US11599768B2Cooperative neural network for recommending next user actionIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 7, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 2264US9977653B2Discovery and modeling of deployment actions for multiple deployment engine providersELDER MICHAEL D·Filed 2012·Granted May 22, 2018·2 cites·15 claims
- 2364US9417869B2Visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipelineIBM·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 16, 2016·1 cites·18 claims
- 2462US9940103B2Discovery and modeling of deployment actions for multiple deployment engine providersIBM·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 10, 2018·1 cites·5 claims
- 2561US2011145766A1Conveying dense information in an easily consumable format in a visual modelIBM·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
- 2660US9256968B2Method for modeling using sketchesBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2012·Granted Feb 9, 2016·1 cites·20 claims
- 2758US10628128B2Discovery and modeling of deployment actions for multiple deployment engine providersIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 21, 2020·0 cites·15 claims
- 2857US9235909B2Simplifying the presentation of a visually complex semantic model within a graphical modeling applicationBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 12, 2016·2 cites·16 claims
- 2957US9015593B2Managing advisories for complex model nodes in a graphical modeling applicationBERG DANIEL C·Filed 2008·Granted Apr 21, 2015·1 cites·20 claims
- 3054US10623248B2Assessing computing environment changes using specification documentsIBM·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 14, 2020·0 cites·20 claims
- 3154US9921826B2Visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipelineIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 20, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3251US9916156B2Visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipelineIBM·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 13, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3350US11086661B2Container chaining for automated process completionIBM·Filed 2019·Granted Aug 10, 2021·0 cites·15 claims
- 3450US9411577B2Visualizing a congruency of versions of an application across phases of a release pipelineIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 9, 2016·0 cites·18 claims
- 3550US8799203B2Method and system for encapsulation and re-use of modelsBERG DANIEL CHRISTOPHER·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 5, 2014·0 cites·19 claims
- 3649US10135680B2Assessing computing environment changes using specification documentsIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Nov 20, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 3745US10387199B2Container chaining for automated process completionIBM·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 20, 2019·0 cites·17 claims
- 3845US8010479B2Simplifying the creation of user-defined custom elements for use in a graphical modeling applicationIBM·Filed 2008·Granted Aug 30, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 3945US7984418B2Method and apparatus for situationally aware delivery of object instances to a clientIBM·Filed 2005·Granted Jul 19, 2011·0 cites·18 claims
- 4043US2009319239A1Topology modeling application that handles abstract entities through the realization of conceptual objectsIBM·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4142US2004088315A1System and method for determining membership of information aggregatesIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4242US2004088649A1System and method for finding the recency of an information aggregateIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4342US2004088322A1System and method for determining connections between information aggregatesIBM·Filed 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 4433US9996223B2Displaying a contextual organization chart with awarenessIBM·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 12, 2018·0 cites·20 claims
- 4533US2017068647A1Temporary Object Management in a Graphic/Text EditorIBM·Filed 2015·Application pending·0 cites
- 4627US9230042B2Displaying a contextual organization chart with awarenessZELLER MARIJANE M·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 5, 2016·0 cites·22 claims
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