Patents by Inventor Jill Foley

Jill Foley 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).

  • Graphical distributed make tool methods apparatus and computer program products
    Patent number: 5973687
    Abstract: A make system includes an overlay make tool for graphical presentation of user-friendly data regarding build operations updating multi-file software architecture. The make system includes a make program building files into executable programs, and a make tool which updates files requiring updating according to an update method relying upon a dependency tree and date stamp information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill Foley, Sunita Ketineni