Patents by Inventor Erin E. Shepler

Erin E. Shepler 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 activating and executing remote objects
    Patent number: 5613148
    Abstract: A method for activating and executing objects containing data and procedures including the steps of relaying, by a first object in a first address space, a communication from a process in a second address space to a second object in the first address space, activating, by the second object, a third object containing data and procedures in response to the relayed communication, and executing, by the activated third object, an operation in response to the relayed communication. In addition, an apparatus for activating and executing remote objects containing data and procedures including a first object in a first address space for relaying a communication from a process in a second address space to a second object in the first address space, apparatus for activating, in the second object, a third object containing data and procedures in response to the relayed communication, and apparatus for executing, in the activated third object, an operation in response to the relayed communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dawn E. Bezviner, Michael H. Conner, Kevin J. Greene, Scott Danforth, Erin E. Shepler, Marc G. Smith