Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Terman
Christopher J. Terman 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).
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Patent number: 7401327Abstract: A class includes fields to support values of properties in preallocated memory space and an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed. That option binding may be located by first searching a mapping data structure for a previously computed mapping to the option binding or by computing the mapping to the option binding.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Sumisho Computer Systems CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, Jr., David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Patent number: 7373639Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. An option value may be set in an option data structure from an initialization expression which includes the name of the option value and, as an argument, the option value.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Sumisho Computer Systems CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, Jr., David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Patent number: 7340720Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed. That option binding may be located by first searching a mapping data structure for a previously computed mapping to the option binding or by computing the mapping to the option binding. Nonlocal option values may be applied to plural objects in a nonlocal option hierarchy such as a graphical hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Sumisho Computer Systems CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, Jr., David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Patent number: 6769001Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Curl CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, Jr., David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Publication number: 20020112098Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Applicant: Curl CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Publication number: 20020112229Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Applicant: Curl Corporation Cambridge, MAInventors: Robert H. Halstead, David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Publication number: 20020104079Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: August 1, 2002Applicant: Curl CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, David A. Kranz, Stephen A. Ward, Christopher J. Terman
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Publication number: 20020100033Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Applicant: Curl CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead,, David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Publication number: 20020065821Abstract: To support values of properties, a class includes fields to support values in preallocated memory space and with an option data structure which supports, in instances of the class, references to option values without preallocation of memory space. The field and option values are accessed in an instance object of the class using expressions of the same syntactic form. During compilation, the compiler checks the type of an option value against a type description within the option data structure. If a value has not been set for an instance object, a get operation results in getting of the default value for the class. Different classes may support different forms of data structures such as a linked list or a hash table. During compilation, a method call to an object is encoded without regard to the form of the option data structure. When an option value is changed, a change handler identified by an option binding of the data structure is processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Applicant: Curl CorporationInventors: Robert H. Halstead, David A. Kranz, Christopher J. Terman, Stephen A. Ward
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Patent number: 5034907Abstract: A programmable digital signal processor usable in a variety of configurations and controlled by stored coefficients and control words which are addressable to be provided to a plurality of processing sections as often as once per clock cycle. The processor arrangement is suitable for use as a decoder of multiple analog component (MAC) television signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1990Date of Patent: July 23, 1991Assignee: North American Philips CorporationInventors: Brian C. Johnson, Carlo Basile, Amihai Miron, Neil H. E. Weste, Christopher J. Terman, Judson Leonard