Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Ross

Dennis M. Ross 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).

  • System for converting data processing information to text processing format and vice versa
    Patent number: 4604710
    Abstract: A method and control apparatus for operating an interactive text processing system wherein the system emulates a terminal for a data processing system which is capable of accessing information from the data processing system data base, copying the information into the text processing system memory, and automatically converting the information from the data processing system format into the text processing system format. Similarly, the text processing system is capable of converting information from its own data base from a text processing system format to a data processing system format and transmitting the information to the data processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1986
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Amezcua, Silous F. Clements, John S. Coenen, Ralph H. DaFoe, Michael N. Day, Dennis M. Ross, Richard O. Simpson