Patents by Inventor Alan John McLean

Alan John McLean 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).

  • Graphical user interface (GUI) script generation and documentation
    Patent number: 8402434
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for generating documentation for a GUI usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method and system for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of each GUI object of interest during a GUI usage session. The shadow objects may listen to shadowed GUI object activities during playback of the GUI script, or during a live GUI usage session. GUI object activities reported by the shadow objects are identified and converted into narrative language statements, using a pre-determined conversion list, to create human-readable documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alan John McLean
  • Graphical user interface (GUI) script generation and documentation
    Patent number: 7934158
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for generating documentation for a graphical user interface (GUI) usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method and system for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of each GUI object of interest during a GUI usage session. The shadow objects may listen to shadowed GUI object activities during playback of the GUI script, or during a live GUI usage session. GUI object activities reported by the shadow objects are identified and converted into narrative language statements, using a pre-determined conversion list, to create human-readable documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alan John McLean
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI) Script Generation and Documentation
    Publication number: 20090044110
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for generating documentation for a GUI usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method and system for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of each GUI object of interest during a GUI usage session. The shadow objects may listen to shadowed GUI object activities during playback of the GUI script, or during a live GUI usage session. GUI object activities reported by the shadow objects are identified and converted into narrative language statements, using a pre-determined conversion list, to create human-readable documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alan John McLean
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI) Script Generation and Documentation
    Publication number: 20090037814
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for generating documentation for a GUI usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method and system for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of each GUI object of interest during a GUI usage session. The shadow objects may listen to shadowed GUI object activities during playback of the GUI script, or during a live GUI usage session. GUI object activities reported by the shadow objects are identified and converted into narrative language statements, using a pre-determined conversion list, to create human-readable documentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alan John McLean
  • Graphical user interface (GUI) script generation and documentation
    Patent number: 7461342
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method for generating documentation for a GUI usage scenario. There is also disclosed a method for assembling a GUI script from a plurality of pre-scripted parts. In an embodiment, shadow objects are created to listen to and report activities of each GUI object of interest during a GUI usage session. The shadow objects may listen to shadowed GUI object activities during playback of the GUI script, or during a live GUI usage session. GUI object activities reported by the shadow objects are identified and converted into narrative language statements, using a pre-determined conversion list, to create human-readable documentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alan John McLean