Patents by Inventor John Yow-Chung Chang

John Yow-Chung Chang 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).

  • Patent number: 7874008
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically altering the capabilities of a software application in response to a request from a user to perform an action in the application. Based on the user's security role, the software application is reconfigured by either granting access to the user to an existing component of the application, or if no suitable component is available, adding an external vendor component to the software application which is suitable for performing the requested action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Yu Chang, John Yow-Chung Chang, Vishwanath Venkataramappa
  • Publication number: 20080072316
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for dynamically altering the capabilities of a software application in response to a request from a user to perform an action in the application. Based on the user's security role, the software application is reconfigured by either granting access to the user to an existing component of the application, or if no suitable component is available, adding an external vendor component to the software application which is suitable for performing the requested action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: DAVID YU CHANG, John Yow-Chung Chang, Vishwanath Venkataramappa