Patents by Inventor James Winthrop Thatcher

James Winthrop Thatcher 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).

  • Alternate access through a stored database model of a computer controlled interactive display interface to information inaccessible directly through the interactive display interface
    Patent number: 6748391
    Abstract: A computer controlled display interface system is provided for accessing information interactively inaccessible through said display interface comprising means for storing a database model of the dynamic data content of said display interface, means for connecting said display interface to said stored database model, means in said database model for sensing predetermined displayed data content in said interface, and means responsive to said sensing means for providing said information to said interface. The information provided may come from a help library or from a database accessed through an Internet or World Wide Web Browser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, James Winthrop Thatcher, Lawrence Frank Weiss
  • Data system processing and method for creating application extension
    Patent number: 6085120
    Abstract: A data processing system and method provide an extension to an application that is programmable and is written in the native language of the application. During operation and execution of the data processing system and method, the application extension is loaded when an associated Java Virtual Machine is initialized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Scott Schwerdtfeger, James Winthrop Thatcher, Lawrence Frank Weiss