Patents by Inventor Henry Y. Saade
Henry Y. Saade 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).
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Patent number: 6237140Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6233728Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1998Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6226791Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1998Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6185571Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6081655Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: June 27, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6078734Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6064817Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler or interpreter support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles or interprets the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 6002873Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involves limited modifications in the data definition portions of the source code and compiler support for processing the modified source code. Fields in the source code that contain a year or date values are identified and, for each such field, the user selects an appropriate technique (for example, expansion, compression or windowing). The user modifies the data definition for each identified field, by adding new attributes to request the selected technique. The user then compiles the program and resolves any ambiguous references to the variables whose definitions were modified. This procedure is applied, module by module, and each processed module is merged into production, after testing, by using a compiler option to disable the use of the new attributes.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: William Augustus Carter, Alan Roeder Elderon, Timothy David Magee, Mark David Nicholas, Henry Y. Saade, Grant Sutherland, William Nicholas John Tindall, Jeffrey Ramesh Urs, Timothy Edward Weinmann, Michael Thomas Wheatley
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Patent number: 4567574Abstract: A method for optimizing instruction path lengths in a compilation of COBOL source code with reference to PERFORM statements requires a two-step procedure in which the control transfer relationship among the PERFORM statements and associated procedures is characterized as a vector of attributes, and a second step in which the vectors are interpreted for any given PERFORM statement such that, where indicated, the code of the procedure or simplified linkage code will be substituted for the PERFORM statement.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 1983Date of Patent: January 28, 1986Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Henry Y. Saade, William N. J. Tindall