Patents by Inventor Ian Robert Hawkins

Ian Robert Hawkins 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 for accessing complex software applications through a client user interface
    Patent number: 6430609
    Abstract: A method for configuring and executing a software application with a client user interface, the method including the steps of accessing a master configuration file containing an array of configuration variables controlling the execution of the software application, preselecting a subset of configuration variables from the array of configuration variables contained in the master configuration file, generating the client user interface to modify only the subset of configuration variables, transmitting the client user interface to a client computer, receiving the subset of configuration variables as modified on the client computer, applying the subset of configuration variables against the master configuration file, executing the software application in accordance with the master configuration file on a computational server, the execution of the software application producing an output result, and transmitting the output result to the client computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: AEA Technology plc
    Inventors: Sebastian Dewhurst, Matthew Gerring, Ian Robert Hawkins
  • METHOD FOR ACCESSING COMPLEX SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS THROUGH A CLIENT USER INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20020073180
    Abstract: A method for configuring and executing a software application with a client user interface, the method including the steps of accessing a master configuration file containing an array of configuration variables controlling the execution of the software application, preselecting a subset of configuration variables from the array of configuration variables contained in the master configuration file, generating the client user interface to modify only the subset of configuration variables, transmitting the client user interface to a client computer, receiving the subset of configuration variables as modified on the client computer, applying the subset of configuration variables against the master configuration file, executing the software application in accordance with the master configuration file on a computational server, the execution of the software application producing an output result, and transmitting the output result to the client computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Sebastian Dewhurst, Matthew Gerring, Ian Robert Hawkins