Patents by Inventor Thomas Ronald Edel

Thomas Ronald Edel 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 system for removing software involving shared files
    Patent number: 5872979
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining the integrity of shared files when products are removed and restored. At least two programs, a first program and a second program, within the data processing system share a data structure. A profile is created for the data structure that is shared by the first and second programs. The first program is removed from the data processing system. The shared data structure altered using the profile such that the second program remains on the data processing system unaffected by the alteration of the shared data structure, wherein programs within the data processing system are efficiently maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Ronald Edel, Leonard William Leslie, Lawrence Garnold Richards, Jerrold Rubin