Patents by Inventor David William Morton

David William Morton 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).

  • Real time XML data update identification
    Patent number: 8676767
    Abstract: A data file comprising a plurality of blocks of data may have two or more versions. The meaning of the data file is insensitive to the ordering of the blocks of data within the data file. Updates to the data file may be identified by providing each of said plurality of blocks of data with a first checksum and each of said versions of the data file with a second checksum of the said version of the data file as a whole. The second checksum of the first version of the data file is compared with the second checksum of the second version of the data file. If the comparison indicates that the second checksums of the first and second versions of the data file differ, then the first checksums of each of said plurality of blocks of data of the first and second versions of the data file are compared and an indication is provided of which of the plurality of blocks of data differs between the first and second versions of the data file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Ian Knox, David William Morton
  • Remote support for computer or other electronic device
    Patent number: 7603625
    Abstract: A technique for supporting a user of a first device coupled to a second device of a support agent. A current screen image of the first device is sent to the second device. The second device displays the current screen image of the first device. The agent device determines the position of an input icon to be displayed on the current screen image, and the position is sent to the first device. The first device displays an input icon on the current screen image on the first device based on the position. The second device also determines how the user should operate the input icon on the first device. Corresponding operation information is transferred to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Amodeo Ojeda Guillermo, Gavin Munro Cameron, Colin David McCall, David William Morton, David Robert Skeen Rogers, Andrew Wyllie
  • Remote support for computer or other electronic device
    Patent number: 7194690
    Abstract: A technique for supporting a user of a first device coupled to a second device of a support agent. A current screen image of the first device is sent to the second device. The second device displays the current screen image of the first device. The agent device determines the position of an input icon to be displayed on the current screen image, and the position is sent to the first device. The first device displays an input icon on the current screen image on the first device based on the position. The second device also determines how the user should operate the input icon on the first device. Corresponding operation information is transferred to the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Amodeo Ojeda Guillermo, Gavin Munro Cameron, Colin David McCall, David William Morton, David Robert Skeen Rogers, Andrew Wyllie
  • Remote support for computer or other electronic device
    Publication number: 20040210658
    Abstract: A technique for supporting a user of a first device coupled to a second device of a support agent. A current screen image of the first device is sent to the second device. The second device displays the current screen image of the first device. The agent device determines the position of an input icon to be displayed on the current screen image, and the position is sent to the first device. The first device displays an input icon on the current screen image on the first device based on the position. The second device also determines how the user should operate the input icon on the first device. Corresponding operation information is transferred to the first device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amodeo Ojeda Guillermo, Gavin Munro Cameron, Colin David McCall, David William Morton, David Robert Skeen Rogers, Andrew Wyllie
  • Real time XML data update identification
    Publication number: 20040181561
    Abstract: A data file comprising a plurality of blocks of data may have two or more versions. The meaning of the data file is insensitive to the ordering of the blocks of data within the data file. Updates to the data file may be identified by providing each of said plurality of blocks of data with a first checksum and each of said versions of the data file with a second checksum of the said version of the data file as a whole. The second checksum of the first version of the data file is compared with the second checksum of the second version of the data file. If the comparison indicates that the second checksums of the first and second versions of the data file differ, then the first checksums of each of said plurality of blocks of data of the first and second versions of the data file are compared and an indication is provided of which of the plurality of blocks of data differs between the first and second versions of the data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Ian Knox, David William Morton