Patents by Inventor Dwight C. Hilton

Dwight C. Hilton 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 and method of table-driven computer interface
    Patent number: 6281892
    Abstract: A table-driven interface system and method to a computer application is provided. The system includes an input handler operable to receive a command entered by a user, and at least one input table indexable by the received command for determining a sequence of required input parameters associated with the received command, the sequence of required input parameters being used to prompt the user for required input parameter values. A server handler is operable to construct a message having a predetermined format containing the required input parameter values, the server handler further operable to send the constructed message to a server. The server handler is operable to receive a reply message from the server containing at least one output parameter value. At least one output table containing display control information are indexable by the received command and required input parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
    Inventors: William L. Long, Richard G. Van Tyne, Jr., Scott J. Haney, Dwight C. Hilton, Michael W. Duncan, Vasundhara K. Reddy