Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Ball

Jonathan D. Ball 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).

  • Representational state transfer (REST) service import editor
    Patent number: 8073887
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for REST service importation in a distributed application development data processing system can be provided. The method can include the specifying a sample uniform resource locator (URL) in a graphical user interface to a REST service importation editor and invoking the REST service at the sample URL in order to receive a response object from the REST service. The method further can include parsing both the sample URL and the response object to identify different request fields and field types of a request object for the REST service and also response fields and field types of the response object. Finally, the method can include displaying a description of the request fields and field types of the request object and also a description of the response fields and field types of the response object in the graphical user interface to the REST service importation editor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Baldwin, Jonathan D. Ball, Elijah El-Haddad, Mihnea Galeteanu, Perry R. Giffen, Evgueni Kharlamov, Han Xu
  • REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER (REST) SERVICE IMPORT EDITOR
    Publication number: 20100094884
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for REST service importation in a distributed application development data processing system can be provided. The method can include the specifying a sample uniform resource locator (URL) in a graphical user interface to a REST service importation editor and invoking the REST service at the sample URL in order to receive a response object from the REST service. The method further can include parsing both the sample URL and the response object to identify different request fields and field types of a request object for the REST service and also response fields and field types of the response object. Finally, the method can include displaying a description of the request fields and field types of the request object and also a description of the response fields and field types of the response object in the graphical user interface to the REST service importation editor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Baldwin, Jonathan D. Ball, Elijah El-Haddad, Mihnea Galeteanu, Perry R. Giffen, Evgueni Kharlamov, Han Xu