Patents by Inventor Jim A. Swanson

Jim A. Swanson 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 developing scripts that access mainframe resources that can be executed on various computer systems having different interface languages without modification
    Patent number: 5390314
    Abstract: A system for converting software commands generated in a UNIX-based first programming language environment to software commands that operate in a second programming language environment. A first computer system generates input data signals in a first program language. A plurality of vendor second computer systems each have a second high-level program language different from each other and different from the first program language. A translation device is interposed between the first computer system and the plurality of second computer systems for storing a plurality of translation command rules for performing each high-level language program designated by an input data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: American Airlines, Inc.
    Inventor: Jim A. Swanson