Patents by Inventor Marc S. Soucie

Marc S. Soucie 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).

  • Multitasking computer system for integrating the operation of different application programs which manipulate data objects of different types
    Patent number: 5421012
    Abstract: An object based data processing system including an extensible set of object types and a corresponding set of "object managers" wherein each object manager is a program for operating with the data stored in a corresponding type of object. The object managers in general support at least a standard set of operations. Any program can effect performance of these standard operations on objects of any type by making an "invocation" request. In response to an invocation request, object management services (which are available to all object managers) identifies and invokes an object manager that is suitable for performing the requested operation on the specified type of data. A mechanism is provided for linking data from one object into another object. A object catalog includes both information about objects and about links between objects. Data interchange services are provided for communicating data between objects of different types, using a set of standard data interchange formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Khoyi, Marc S. Soucie, Carolyn E. Surppenant, Laura O. Stern, Ly-Huong T. Pham
  • Link mechanism for linking data between objects and for performing operations on the linked data in an object based system
    Patent number: 5303379
    Abstract: An object based data processing system including an extensible set of object types and a corresponding set of "object managers" wherein each object manager is a program for operating with the data stored in a corresponding type of object. The object managers in general support at least a standard set of operations. Any program can effect performance of these standard operations on objects of any type by making an "invocation" request. In response to an invocation request, object management services (which are available to all object managers) identifies and invokes an object manager that is suitable for performing the requested operation on the specified type of data. A mechanism is provided for linking data from one object into another object. A object catalog includes both information about objects and about links between objects. Data interchange services are provided for communicating data between objects of different types, using a set of standard data interchange formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Khoyi, Marc S. Soucie, Carolyn E. Surprenant, Laura O. Stern, Ly-Huong T. Pham
  • Matchmaker for assisting and executing the providing and conversion of data between objects in a data processing system storing data in typed objects having different data formats
    Patent number: 5261080
    Abstract: An object based data processing system including an extensible set of object types and a corresponding set of "object managers" wherein each object manager is a program for operating with the data stored in a corresponding type of object. The object managers in general support at least a standard set of operations. Any program can effect performance of these standard operations on objects of any type by making an "invocation" request. In response to an invocation request, object management services (which are available to all object managers) identifies and invokes an object manager that is suitable for performing the requested operation on the specified type of data. A mechanism is provided for linking data from one object into another object. A object catalog includes both information about objects and about links between objects. Data interchange services are provided for communicating data between objects of different types, using a set of standard data interchange formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Khoyi, Marc S. Soucie, Carolyn E. Surprenant, Laura O. Stern, Ly-Huong T. Pham
  • Integration of data between typed data structures by mutual direct invocation between data managers corresponding to data types
    Patent number: 5226161
    Abstract: An object based data processing system including an extensible set of object types and a corresponding set of "object managers" wherein each object manager is a program for operating with the data stored in a corresponding type of object. The object managers in general support at least a standard set of operations. Any program can effect performance of these standard operations on objects of any type by making an "invocation" request. In response to an invocation request, object management services (which are available to all object managers) identifies and invokes an object manager that is suitable for performing the requested operation on the specified type of data. A mechanism is provided for linking data from one object into another object. A object catalog includes both information about objects and about links between objects. Data interchange services are provided for communicating data between objects of different types, using a set of standard data interchange formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Khoyi, Marc S. Soucie, Carolyn E. Surpenant, Laura O. Stern, Ly-Houng T. Pham
  • Integration of data between typed objects by mutual, direct invocation between object managers corresponding to object types
    Patent number: 5206951
    Abstract: An object based data processing system including an extensible set of object types and a corresponding set of "object managers" wherein each object manager is a program for operating with the data stored in a corresponding type of object. The object managers in general support at least a standard set of operations. Any program can effect performance of these standard operations on objects of any type by making an "invocation" request. In response to an invocation request, object management services (which are available to all object managers) identifies and invokes an object manager that is suitable for performing the requested operation on the specified type of data. A mechanism is provided for linking data from one object into another object. An object catalog includes both information about objects and about links between objects. Data interchange services are provided for communicating data between objects of different types, using a set of standard data interchange formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Wang Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Dana Khoyi, Marc S. Soucie, Carolyn E. Surprenant, Laura O. Stern, Ly-Huong T. Pham