Patents by Inventor Barry Franklin Hoffner

Barry Franklin Hoffner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for implementing data network system having object-oriented architecture
    Patent number: 5812794
    Abstract: A data network system for communicating data between a plurality of data generating systems externally connected to the data network system and a plurality of application systems externally connected to the data network system The data network system provides source objects corresponding to the data generating systems and destination objects corresponding to the application systems. The destination objects defining processes performed on data provided to corresponding application systems. The data generating systems generate data to be collected. The data network system creates container objects to contain the collected data, and identifies a destination object from the container objects to receive the container objects. The data network system also processes the container objects in accordance with the processes defined by the identified destination object, and transmits data corresponding to the processed container objects to the application system corresponding to the identified destination object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Edward Heindel, Elizabeth Ann Gene, Barry Franklin Hoffner, Vincent Alan Kasten, Refen Koh, Thillastanam Krishnaswamy Ramaprasad