Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Crigler

Jeffrey Crigler 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).

  • Information objects system, method, and computer program organization
    Patent number: 6473893
    Abstract: An information object allows arbitrary structured or unstructured information to be bundled with instructions for processing. The object is packed into a container with a well defined structure that is processed on a client computer system. The client computer system possesses a runtime environment that processes the information object and allows it to communicate with other applications. The information object is fundamentally different from a file system or other types of container systems in its assignment of context to entries. By applying a context identifier, the runtime system which processes the information object, retrieves selected entries for selected tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Kay, David Rusnak, Mary Kao, Jeffrey Crigler