Patents by Inventor Lucy K. Wilcox

Lucy K. Wilcox 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).

  • Configuration mechanism for a computer system having generic user interface and component-specific builder modules
    Patent number: 5428791
    Abstract: A configuration builder provides a common user interface for configuring a variety of different software components. The configuration builder consists of a number of component-specific builder modules and a generic user interface module. Each builder module contains templates defining user screens for inputting configuration information for a component, as well as validation rules and error messages. The configuration data for a component is obtained as set of tables, each containing records, and is then translated into the actual configuration file for use by the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: International Computers Limited
    Inventors: Leslie F. Andrew, Andrew J. Peters, Lucy K. Wilcox