Patents by Inventor John W. Comeau

John W. Comeau 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).

  • Synchronizing a client user interface with a server backend
    Patent number: 7519739
    Abstract: In a server system coupled to at least one client system, a method for synchronizing a user interface (UI) presentation to be displayed to a user of the client system to a UI description maintained by the server system, the method comprising the steps of: converting the UI description into one or more UI object definitions; storing each UI object definition in a document; and, transmitting the document to the client system; the client system adapted to convert the UI object definitions to UI objects to generate the UI presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Comeau, Gin Yee Ng, Victor Ka Chun Yu
  • SYNCHRONIZING A CLIENT USER INTERFACE WITH A SERVER BACKEND
    Publication number: 20080281911
    Abstract: A system coupled to at least one client system, a system for synchronizing a user interface (UI) presentation to be displayed to a user of the client system to a UI description maintained by the server system, the server system comprising a UI object converter adapted for converting the UI description into one or more UI object definitions; storing each UI object definition in a document; and, transmitting the document to the client system; the client system adapted to convert the UI object definitions to UI objects to generate the UI presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John W. COMEAU, Gin Yee Ng, Victor Ka Chun Yu