Patents by Inventor Dermot Timothy O'Brien

Dermot Timothy O'Brien 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).

  • Dynamic parameter modification
    Patent number: 6996771
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the dynamic modification of parameters existing within computing systems are described. An application program runs a Graphical User Interface (GUI) having a navigator panel 152 and an edit panel 154. An XML textual file 160 is written to the application GUI 150 by Java™ code. The navigator panel 152 represents the XML file in a tree structure having groups of parameters. When a particular parameter is selected, it is caused to appear in the edit panel 154, where its attributes (textual) can be added or modified. The modified parameter is then persisted to a database 170.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Dermot Timothy O'Brien