Patents by Inventor Robert V. Rubin

Robert V. Rubin 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).

  • Visual programming tool for developing software applications
    Patent number: 5862379
    Abstract: A visual programming method implemented on a computer having a display screen and an input device which a user employs to draw visual representations on the display screen, including the steps of defining and supporting by computer implemented steps a set of object classes including a linking object class; in response to input from the user, selecting a first object class; in response to the user using the input device to draw a first visual representation on the display screen, generating a source object, which is an instance of the first object class and having a first set of events associated therewith; in response to input from the user, selecting a second object class; and in response to the user using the input device to draw a second visual representation on the display screen, generating a destination object, which is an instance of the second object class; in response to input from the user, selecting the linking object class; and in response to the user using the input device to draw a third visual
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert V. Rubin, Steven L. Sneddon