Patents by Inventor Nigel G. Slinger

Nigel G. Slinger 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: 6560772
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and program for making data available to a first application program. A determination is made of an environment in which the first application program is called. Data is accessed in a first format if the determined environment is a first environment. Otherwise, if the determined environment is a second environment, then a second application program is called. The second application program performs accessing data in a second format and storing the accessed data in a storage location. The accessed data in the storage location is accessible to the first application program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Nigel G. Slinger
  • Patent number: 6496975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and program for implementing conditional logic statements within a computer program. Program logic is invoked in response to processing a first method statement. During the execution of the program logic for the first method statement, at least one operation is performed and a return variable is set to at least one of two values depending on an outcome of performing the at least one operation. Program logic is invoked in response to processing a second method statement following the first method statement in the computer program. The second method statement is passed a condition parameter and the return variable. During the execution of the program logic for the second method statement, a determination is made as to whether the return variable set by the first method statement satisfies a condition specified in the condition parameter and one of at least two operations are performed, depending on whether the return variable satisfies the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Nigel G. Slinger