Patents by Inventor Clarence William STAD

Clarence William STAD 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 and method for dynamically selecting componentized executable instructions at run time
    Patent number: 8719287
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a request for an action. An action context is received where the action context includes an application requesting the action. A set of metadata is searched for metadata corresponding to the action, where the search is limited by the action context. Selected metadata for the action is inserted into a collection. The selected metadata is a result of searching the set of metadata. The selected metadata includes a reference to the set of executable instructions that implements the action and a description of the action. The collection is then returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Business Objects Software Limited
    Inventors: Michael Robert Chatfield, Bonnie Yuk-Yee Cheng, Kevin Kyle Venkiteswaran, Clarence William Stad
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING COMPONENTIZED EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS AT RUN TIME
    Publication number: 20090063415
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a request for an action. An action context is received where the action context includes an application requesting the action. A set of metadata is searched for metadata corresponding to the action, where the search is limited by the action context. Selected metadata for the action is inserted into a collection. The selected metadata is a result of searching the set of metadata. The selected metadata includes a reference to the set of executable instructions that implements the action and a description of the action. The collection is then returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: BUSINESS OBJECTS, S.A.
    Inventors: Michael Robert CHATFIELD, Bonnie Yuk-Yee CHENG, Kevin Kyle VENKITESWARAN, Clarence William STAD