Patents by Inventor David Harman

David Harman 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 validating equivalent data structures
    Patent number: 9053099
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product for validating a data structure, comprising: responsive to identifying a data structure in a first programming language, identifying an equivalent data structure in a second programming language; comparing a data definition of the data structure with a data definition of the equivalent data structure; determining an incompatibility between a compared data definition of the data structure and a compared data definition of the equivalent data structure; and responsive to determining an incompatibility, identifying a rule defining an action to be taken in order to correct the incompatibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Harman, Brian Johnson, Alan Clive Robinson, Andrew Wright
  • METHOD FOR VALIDATING EQUIVALENT DATA STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20120041932
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product for validating a data structure, comprising: responsive to identifying a data structure in a first programming language, identifying an equivalent data structure in a second programming language; comparing a data definition of the data structure with a data definition of the equivalent data structure; determining an incompatibility between a compared data definition of the data structure and a compared data definition of the equivalent data structure; and responsive to determining an incompatibility, identifying a rule defining an action to be taken in order to correct the incompatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Harman, Brian Johnson, Alan Clive Robinson, Andrew Wright