Patents by Inventor Jeffrey McAffer

Jeffrey McAffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20070260633
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating legacy code into a component-based system. A component-based system is provided that allows legacy components to locate necessary artifacts, and includes: a context finder that is installed as a context classloader, wherein the context finder analyzes an execution stack to identify a component that initiated a context classloader call during runtime; and a buddy loading system that examines the component to determine if the component requires buddy loading to locate an artifact and locates the artifact using a predefined policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Pascal Rapicault, Jeffrey McAffer, Thomas Watson
  • Publication number: 20060161898
    Abstract: Provided is a method and tool for automatically including libraries in a buildpath. While developing a package, a user creates a list of potential libraries in a special classpath container but does not add these libraries to the project manifest. The method tracks the packages used in the project and, once a particular package is used, or referenced, the user is notified if the libraries necessary for that particular package are not in the manifest and will thus not be available at runtime. The user can then add the required library or libraries to the manifest. The user can also set an option so that the tool automatically adds a library to the manifest when the tool detects that the library is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Bauman, Jeffrey McAffer, David Klein, Wassim Melhem