Patents by Inventor Jeffrey G. Johnston

Jeffrey G. Johnston 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).

  • Hierarchical metadata store for an integrated development environment
    Patent number: 6044217
    Abstract: A metadata repository for use in an integrated development environment is provided. The metadata repository is layered to define levels of common behaviour useful to different types of application development tools. The most general use tools have access to metadata at the level of simple constructed types; more specialised tools have access to components that contain properties of a target language; highly specialised tools have access to composed partitionable part metadata that can be used for constructing distributed applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Brealey, Jeffrey G. Johnston, Vladimir Klicnik, David M. Lauzon, Lok T. Loi, Dirk A. Seelemann, II