Patents by Inventor Andrew Robert Dean

Andrew Robert Dean 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).

  • Generic Java Gateway for connecting a client to a transaction processing system
    Patent number: 6003094
    Abstract: A data processing method for a workstation is disclosed. The workstation is responsive to a message received from another workstation, the message comprising a request of a type including: (a) a first part containing data indicative of requests of the request type; and (b) a second part containing request data. The workstation executes the following steps: reading the first part of the request to ascertain the request type; dynamically creating an object associated with the request type; calling the dynamically created object to execute the request; and calling the dynamically created object to return any result of the request to the other workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew Robert Dean