Patents by Inventor Keith Thomas Holmes

Keith Thomas Holmes 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).

  • Communications system for exchanging data between computers in a network and a method of operating such a system in which communications services are defined within a common object class
    Patent number: 5687373
    Abstract: A communications system and method, for facilitating exchange of data between a first computer and a second computer connected in a network to operate in a client/server arrangement: The first computer employing a different operating system to the second computer and the system having a basic communications application program interface (API). The system includes a first device for processing requests from a first application running on the first computer for connection with the second computer to carry out one of a plurality of communication services, second device for instructing a second application on the second computer to carry out the communications services and for returning data provided by the second application to the first computer and a storage device, on each computer accessible by the respective devices, storing a single object class for providing definitions for each of the plurality of communication services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Thomas Holmes, Philip Hewitt, Jonathan O'Connor, Richard Thompson