Patents by Inventor Stephen Todd Pride

Stephen Todd Pride 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: 7243336
    Abstract: A system and method that allows an administrator to provide application extensions in a platform-neutral shell environment is provided. The administrator defines a graphical interface, such as an icon, used to launch the platform dependent software application. The administrator centrally manages the application extensions by defining the extension and including the extension definition in self-contained desktops. The administrator defines the executables and directories used to launch the corresponding application. The administrator selects desktop components, including application extensions, needed for a particular job role and packages the components into the self-contained desktop package file. The desktop packages and included application extensions are received and loaded on a platform-neutral desktop shell application. The shell application exists in a platform-neutral environment such as a Java virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Brockway, Michael Richard Cooper, Stephen Todd Pride, Janet Lynn Stashluk
  • Publication number: 20040117799
    Abstract: A system and method that allows an administrator to provide application extensions in a platform-neutral shell environment is provided. The administrator defines a graphical interface, such as an icon, used to launch the platform dependent software application. The administrator centrally manages the application extensions by defining the extension and including the extension definition in self-contained desktops. The administrator defines the executables and directories used to launch the corresponding application. The administrator selects desktop components, including application extensions, needed for a particular job role and packages the components into the self-contained desktop package file. The desktop packages and included application extensions are received and loaded on a platform-neutral desktop shell application. The shell application exists in a platform-neutral environment such as a Java virtual machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon Brockway, Michael Richard Cooper, Stephen Todd Pride, Janet Lynn Stashluk