Patents by Inventor Alan B. Strickland

Alan B. Strickland 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).

  • Interactive transactions processor using sequence table pointers to access function table statements controlling execution of specific interactive functions
    Patent number: 4575816
    Abstract: A peripheral processor has an architecture wherein the function controlling information of a program is separated from portions of the sequence of execution controlling information and each are stored in the form of tables. The function controlling information takes the form of a table including a plurality of function specifying entries. The function execution sequence controlling information takes the form of a table of pointers. In this invention, function controlling entries, each having a plurality of fields for defining, modifying, and specifying the functions and related data to be executed, need not be repetitively duplicated throughout the program. Instead, the shorter pointers to the function table entries can be provided in the sequence table in the sequence in which the functions are to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Hendrickson, George C. Macauley, Donald L. Pierce, Robert W. Roefer, Alan B. Strickland