Patents by Inventor Bruce Walter Hanover

Bruce Walter Hanover 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).

  • Method and apparatus for maintaining revision contol of a set of objects within a data processing system
    Patent number: 5787444
    Abstract: A method and system for maintaining revision control of a set of objects within a data processing system, wherein the set of objects are linearly interrelated, such that a subsequent object is related to a preceding object. Each object is created, accessed and maintained within a hierarchial promotion structure having a number of levels. A first database is created, which includes data identifying the linear interrelation between objects within the set of objects. The data includes a revision identifier associated with each set of objects. A status indicator is associated with each object within the hierarchial promotion structure, wherein a user may access the set of objects utilizing a revision identifier or hierarchial promotion structure indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Christopher Henry Gerken, Bruce Walter Hanover, Stacy Renee Joines, Ruth E. Willenborg