Patents by Inventor Christopher J M Whyley

Christopher J M Whyley 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).

  • Closing a child application window of a parent window
    Patent number: 10216375
    Abstract: A method, and associated system, for closing a child application window of a parent window. An indicator in data loaded into the parent window is instantiated. After the indicator is instantiated, it is determined that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not include the indicator and in response, a first number of seconds is paused followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, the child application window is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C. Adams, Jonathan R. Phillips, Christopher J. M. Whyley
  • CLOSING A CHILD APPLICATION WINDOW OF A PARENT WINDOW
    Publication number: 20160077697
    Abstract: A method, and associated system, for closing a child application window of a parent window. An indicator in data loaded into the parent window is instantiated. After the indicator is instantiated, it is determined that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not include the indicator and in response, a first number of seconds is paused followed by ascertaining that the data currently loaded into the parent window does not comprise the indicator and in response, the child application window is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Michael C. Adams, Jonathan R. Phillips, Christopher J. M. Whyley
  • Application window closure in response to event in parent window
    Patent number: 9223588
    Abstract: A method for closing a child application window of a parent window. An indicator is instantiated in data loaded into the parent window, followed by performance of a loop. In each iteration of the loop: (a) if it is ascertained that the data currently loaded into the parent window includes the indicator, then pausing of a first number of seconds is followed by looping back to perform the next iteration, otherwise pausing of a second number of seconds is followed by determining whether the data currently loaded into the parent window includes the indicator; (b) if it is determined that the data currently loaded into the parent window includes the indicator, then pausing of the first number of seconds is followed by looping back to perform the next iteration, otherwise the loop is exited and the child application window is closed during a final iteration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C. Adams, Jonathan Phillips, Christopher J M Whyley
  • Application window closure in response to event in parent window
    Patent number: 7299474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for effecting the closure of an application window in response to an event associated with its parent window. The method comprises polling an indicator associated with the parent application window and in the absence of said indicator accessing a system provided function causing the closure of the application window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C Adams, Jonathan Phillips, Christopher J M Whyley