Patents by Inventor Caroline A Leathem

Caroline A Leathem 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).

  • Apparatus for automatically generating source code
    Patent number: 7197739
    Abstract: Software is automatically generated from one or more predefined functions in accordance with an input statement entered in natural language. Semantically meaningful elements are extracted from the input statement and one or more sets of second semantically meaningful elements are extracted from the predefined functions. At least one of a condition, an action and/or a statement is identified in the input statement. The first semantically meaningful elements are compared with the second semantically meaningful elements to identify predefined functions that correspond to action(s) and/or statement(s) of the input statement. At least some of the first semantic elements are combined in accordance with identified conditions to generate corresponding condition variables. Identified functions and condition variables are combined according to a set of predetermined rules to generate software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Keith R Preston, Caroline A Leathem
  • Apparatus for automatically generating source code
    Publication number: 20030046061
    Abstract: A method of automatically generating software from one or more predefined functions in accordance with an input statement entered in natural language, the method comprising the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Keith R Preston, Caroline A Leathem