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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Michael D. Elder, Greer, SC (US);
Jason Y. Jho, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaughn T. Rokosz, Newton, MA (US);
Matthew Schultz, Ithaca, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Elder, Greer, SC (US);
Jason Y. Jho, Raleigh, NC (US);
Vaughn T. Rokosz, Newton, MA (US);
Matthew Schultz, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A knowledge Management (KM) tool that allows persons in an organization to more rapidly locate the people and information they need to answer their questions. Identification and visualization of information aggregate founders, including category creators, helps in locating expertise, and additionally helps to reveal and magnify hidden knowledge dynamics within the organization.