Patents by Inventor John Gabbard

John Gabbard 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).

  • Generalized control for starting of tasks (processes and threads)
    Patent number: 6199117
    Abstract: A generalized applications programming interface (API) is inserted as a separate level above the API's of the operating system in a data processing system and used to invoke a group of operating system API's having similar functions, such as the starting of sessions, processes and threads in the OS/2™ operating system. The generalized API includes at least one parameter which contains coded information specifying a plurality of parameters which must be specified to invoke an operating system level API. The function of decoding the parameter relieves the programmer of the burden of separately specifying each parameter and flag of the operating system level API to be invoked. The use of a generalized API further relieves the programmer from the burden of detailed knowledge of the plural operating system level API's of the group and renders them transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daryl Cox, John Gabbard, Sally Zuponcic