Patents by Inventor Timm Owen Martin

Timm Owen Martin 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).

  • Selective inheritance of object parameters in object-oriented computer environment
    Patent number: 6704743
    Abstract: An apparatus, program product, and method of managing entities in an object-oriented environment permit the selective inheritance of parameters or fields from parent entities and into child entities responsive to persistent indications of the inheritability of such parameters or fields stored in a non-volatile memory. Further, in many implementations, basing a determination of inheritability on such persistent information permits inheritance to be selectively restricted for a parameter or field without requiring any changes to the database schema for a database that controls access to the parent and child entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Copernus, Inc.
    Inventor: Timm Owen Martin