Patents by Inventor Dave Gipalo

Dave Gipalo 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 for enabling rapid modification of a display controlled by a computer program
    Patent number: 6563518
    Abstract: A credit card processing system includes a layer of abstraction between the presentation layer and the display, which enables rapid modification of the display by a user who is not necessarily knowledgeable about the inner workings of the presentation layer. To enable rapid modification of the program that controls a graphical user interface, the present invention uses generic statements in the commands in the underlying computer program that reference a series of tables (termed “Meta Data Tables”), in which are stored the values necessary to effect the desired command. These tables are known as Meta Data Tables because they store Meta Data, which is defined as data or information about other data. A powerful example of the use of the Meta Data Table is to define the nodes within the tree of screens presented to the user in a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Dave Gipalo
  • Method for enabling rapid modification of a display controlled by a computer program
    Patent number: 6348934
    Abstract: A credit card processing system includes a layer of abstraction between the presentation layer and the display, which enables rapid modification of the display by a user who is not necessarily knowledgeable about the inner workings of the presentation layer. To enable rapid modification of the program that controls a graphical user interface, the present invention uses generic statements in the commands in the underlying computer program that reference a series of tables (termed “Meta Data Tables”), in which are stored the values necessary to effect the desired command. These tables are known as Meta Data Tables because they store Meta Data, which is defined as data or information about other data. A powerful example of the use of the Meta Data Table is to define the nodes within the tree of screens presented to the user in a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Dave Gipalo
  • Method for enabling rapid modification of a display controlled by a computer program
    Patent number: 6088028
    Abstract: A credit card processing system includes a layer of abstraction between the presentation layer and the display, which enables rapid modification of the display by a user who is not necessarily knowledgeable about the inner workings of the presentation layer. To enable rapid modification of the program that controls a graphical user interface, the present invention uses generic statements in the commands in the underlying computer program that reference a series of tables (termed "Meta Data Tables"), in which are stored the values necessary to effect the desired command. These tables are known as Meta Data Tables because they store Meta Data, which is defined as data or information about other data. A powerful example of the use of the Meta Data Table is to define the nodes within the tree of screens presented to the user in a Graphical User Interface (GUI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventor: Dave Gipalo