Patents by Inventor Alex G. Fehners

Alex G. Fehners 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).

  • Identifying changes in source code
    Patent number: 8375361
    Abstract: A data processing method comprises maintaining a source code repository, checking out a component from the source code repository, checking in a modified version of the component to the source code repository, identifying the changes between the modified version of the component and the original component, applying one or more pattern matching techniques to the identified changes, storing the output of the pattern matching techniques, and displaying the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Bell, Chris Bygrave, Alex G. Fehners
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAST MESSAGE NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20120221661
    Abstract: An agent for generating a last message notification in an asynchronous message delivery environment, wherein messages received by a messaging server are routable to a messaging client through an API binding protocol, the agent comprising: a monitoring component for monitoring a message store to determine if there is a message stored for delivery to a message listener; and a message notification component for generating a message indicating that there are no further messages in the message store for routing to the messaging listener, in response to a negative determination by the monitoring component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alex G. Fehners
  • Method and apparatus for last message notification
    Patent number: 8195751
    Abstract: An agent for generating a last message notification in an asynchronous message delivery environment, wherein messages received by a messaging server are routable to a messaging client through an API binding protocol, the agent comprising: a monitoring component for monitoring a message store to determine if there is a message stored for delivery to a message listener; and a message notification component for generating a message indicating that there are no further messages in the message store for routing to the messaging listener, in response to a negative determination by the monitoring component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Alex G. Fehners
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAST MESSAGE NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20090113047
    Abstract: An agent for generating a last message notification in an asynchronous message delivery environment, wherein messages received by a messaging server are routable to a messaging client through an API binding protocol, the agent comprising: a monitoring component for monitoring a message store to determine if there is a message stored for delivery to a message listener; and a message notification component for generating a message indicating that there are no further messages in the message store for routing to the messaging listener, in response to a negative determination by the monitoring component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Alex G. Fehners
  • Identifying Changes in Source Code
    Publication number: 20080301639
    Abstract: A data processing method comprises maintaining a source code repository, checking out a component from the source code repository, checking in a modified version of the component to the source code repository, identifying the changes between the modified version of the component and the original component, applying one or more pattern matching techniques to the identified changes, storing the output of the pattern matching techniques, and displaying the output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David R. Bell, Chris Bygrave, Alex G. Fehners