Kevin D Kelley

US Patent:

7698160, Apr 13, 2010

Filed:

Jan 27, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/765424

Inventors:

Douglas F. Beaven - Cambridge MA, US
Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Woburn MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Stuart E. Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

VirtualAgility, Inc - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 8, 705 26, 705 37

Abstract:

A system for performing collaborative tasks which permits collaborators to determine the form of a model of the collaborative work, to modify the model in the course of the collaborative work, and to use the model to access information related to the collaborative work. A graphical user interface permits collaborators to view the model and the information accessible via the model in various ways as well as to modify the model and the information. Collaborators belong to groups and group membership determines access to the model and the related information. The information related to the collaborative work includes documents, discussions, email, reminders, and alerts. In a disclosed embodiment of the system, the model is made up of model entities which belong to hierarchies. A model entity may be a member of more than one hierarchy and the different hierarchies are used to provide different views of the model.

US Patent:

8082301, Dec 20, 2011

Filed:

Nov 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/939250

Inventors:

Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Stuart Rudolph - Winchester MA, US
Andy Chang - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Wakefield MA, US
Gideon Moran - Westford MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Hung Phan - Dorchester MA, US
Nhat Phan - Canton MA, US
Robert Torchon - Moorpark CA, US

Assignee:

Virtual Agility, Inc. - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204, 709205, 709217

Abstract:

A system includes a processor which has access to a representation of model of activity, which includes workspaces. Each workspace includes domain hierarchies for representing an organizational structure of the collaborating users using the system, and initiatives hierarchies representing process structures for accomplishing goals. An interface permits users to view and modify the workspaces for which the user has access. Each user can have different access permissions in different workspaces. The domain and initiative hierarchies provide two views of the workspace objects without duplicating resources. A resource is a collection of shared elements defined by the users that give users associated with the workspace access to information sources. Users can define knowledge boards for creating reports based on information fields of the resources. The knowledge board is associated with a resource template from which the resource is created.

US Patent:

8095594, Jan 10, 2012

Filed:

Oct 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/929185

Inventors:

Douglas F. Beaven - Cambridge MA, US
Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Woburn MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Stuart E. Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

Virtualagility, Inc. - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204, 709205

Abstract:

A system for performing collaborative tasks which permits collaborators to determine the form of a model of the collaborative work, to modify the model in the course of the collaborative work, and to use the model to access information related to the collaborative work. A graphical user interface permits collaborators to view the model and the information accessible via the model in various ways as well as to modify the model and the information. The information related to the collaborative work includes documents, discussions, email, reminders, and alerts. In a disclosed embodiment of the system, the model is made up of model entities which belong to hierarchies. A model entity may be a member of more than one hierarchy and the different hierarchies are used to provide different views of the model.

US Patent:

8275836, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Dec 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/313692

Inventors:

Douglas Beaven - Cambridge MA, US
Jan Beaven, legal representative - Boston MA, US
Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Woburn MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Stuart E. Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

VirtualAgility Inc. - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204, 709205

Abstract:

A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains.

US Patent:

20100318511, Dec 16, 2010

Filed:

Apr 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/770129

Inventors:

Nhat Phan - Canton MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Wakefield MA, US
Gideon Moran - Westford MA, US
Hung Phan - Dorchester MA, US
Stuart Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707722, 707769, 707E17014

Abstract:

Improved techniques for using connectors in a system for collaborative work for users unskilled in data processing techniques, including UI techniques. Data may be augmented by associating a connector query to obtain additional data and the data viewed in a “drill down” fashion, or by associating an additional resource for entering additional data by clicking on a link: the additional resource is created as needed and is a full-fledged resource of the system. A number of other connector queries may be combined into a single query that composes them, and information from different information sources may be combined easily, such as to make the form consistent; the information may also be transformed in a complex fashion. An alternative source for an information result may be used by a connector query to optimize performance, such as a cached result. A connector may be used to obtain information from resources created by other users within the system, and a connector may be used to obtain information from the resource in which it is used.

US Patent:

20110004621, Jan 6, 2011

Filed:

Mar 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/921744

Inventors:

Kevin Kelley - Wakefield MA, US
Gideon Moran - Westford MA, US
Hung Phan - Dorchester MA, US
Nhat Phan - Canton MA, US
Stuart Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707769, 707E17014

Abstract:

Techniques used in a system for collaborative work which gives collaborators unskilled in data processing technologies access to a variety of information resources to provide the collaborators with information resources which are obtained in response to parameterized information requests such as queries. The techniques use records in database tables to represent a class of parameterized information requests. Information for instances of the class includes queries that may be used in the instances and default values for bind parameters in the queries. Values for the bind parameters may also be specified for classes of user interfaces that employ the information sources returned by the parameterized information requests and for instances of the user interface. A user may also use specify values for bind parameters in his or her instance of the user interface.

US Patent:

20110276914, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

Jun 24, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/168599

Inventors:

Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Andy Chang - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Wakefield MA, US
Gideon Moran - Westford MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Hung Phan - Dorchester MA, US
Nhat Phan - Canton MA, US
Stuart Rudolph - Winchester MA, US
Robert Torchon - Moorpark CA, US

Assignee:

VirtualAgility, Inc. - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715771

Abstract:

A system includes a processor which has access to a representation of model of activity, which includes workspaces. Each workspace includes domain hierarchies for representing an organizational structure of the collaborating users using the system, and initiatives hierarchies representing process structures for accomplishing goals. An interface permits users to view and modify the workspaces for which the user has access. Each user can have different access permissions in different workspaces. The domain and initiative hierarchies provide two views of the workspace objects without duplicating resources. A resource is a collection of shared elements defined by the users that give users associated with the workspace access to information sources. Users can define knowledge boards for creating reports based on information fields of the resources. The knowledge board is associated with a resource template from which the resource is created.

US Patent:

20120311044, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

Aug 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/584572

Inventors:

Douglas F. Beaven - Cambridge MA, US
Janet Ahlgren - Winchester MA, US
Kevin Kelley - Woburn MA, US
Gorham Palmer - Cambridge MA, US
Stuart E. Rudolph - Winchester MA, US

Assignee:

VirtualAgility Inc. - Winchester MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

A system for supporting collaborative activity in a network includes a storage component storing data related to the network and a model of the network; a processor that accesses the stored data and the model to process the data according to the model, where the stored data relates to the collaborative activity including user-defined data created by interaction of a user and the model, and context data related to the user, where the user-defined data and the context data, as metadata, are stored in the storage component; and a user interface, provided by the processor, that presents the user-defined data, the context data, and the model in a form readable by the user, the interface permitting the user to define a set of arbitrary domains, relate the user-defined data to the domains, and view relationships between the user-defined data and the context data, and the domains.