Patents by Inventor Gerard M. Wissing

Gerard M. Wissing 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 AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING AN ARCHIVE OF A COMPUTER FILE
    Publication number: 20110010345
    Abstract: A method and system for updating an archive of a computer file to reflect changes made to the file includes selecting one of a plurality of comparison methods as a preferred comparison method. The comparison methods include a first comparison method wherein the file is compared to an archive of the file and a second comparison method wherein a first set of tokens statistically representative of the file is computed and compared to a second set of tokens statistically representative of the archive of the file. The method further includes carrying out the preferred comparison method to generate indicia of differences between the file and the archive of the file for updating the archive of the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Computer Associates Think, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl D. Forster, Gerard M. Wissing