Patents by Inventor Marc Warner Price

Marc Warner Price 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).

  • Date and time simulation for time-sensitive applications
    Patent number: 8418151
    Abstract: A process for providing a simulated date and/or time to a time-sensitive application is disclosed herein. Such a process may include detecting the invocation of a time handler method configured to retrieve system time. Upon detecting the invocation, the contents of a call stack may be captured and analyzed to determine which requestor method initiated the invocation. The process may then determine whether the requestor method should receive a real or simulated system time. A real system time may be returned to the requestor method in the event it should receive the real system time. A simulated system time may be returned to the requestor method in the event it should receive the simulated system time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trent A. Gray-Donald, Marc Warner Price
  • Date and time simulation for time-sensitive applications
    Patent number: 8352922
    Abstract: A process for providing a simulated date and/or time to a time-sensitive application is disclosed herein. Such a process may include detecting the invocation of a time handler method configured to retrieve system time. Upon detecting the invocation, the contents of a call stack may be captured and analyzed to determine which requester method initiated the invocation. The process may then determine whether the requester method should receive a real or simulated system time. A real system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the real system time. A simulated system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the simulated system time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Trent A. Gray-Donald, Marc Warner Price
  • DATE AND TIME SIMULATION FOR TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120185690
    Abstract: A process for providing a simulated date and/or time to a time-sensitive application is disclosed herein. Such a process may include detecting the invocation of a time handler method configured to retrieve system time. Upon detecting the invocation, the contents of a call stack may be captured and analyzed to determine which requestor method initiated the invocation. The process may then determine whether the requestor method should receive a real or simulated system time. A real system time may be returned to the requestor method in the event it should receive the real system time. A simulated system time may be returned to the requestor method in the event it should receive the simulated system time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trent A. Gray-Donald, Marc Warner Price
  • DATE AND TIME SIMULATION FOR TIME-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20100250225
    Abstract: A process for providing a simulated date and/or time to a time-sensitive application is disclosed herein. Such a process may include detecting the invocation of a time handler method configured to retrieve system time. Upon detecting the invocation, the contents of a call stack may be captured and analyzed to determine which requester method initiated the invocation. The process may then determine whether the requester method should receive a real or simulated system time. A real system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the real system time. A simulated system time may be returned to the requester method in the event it should receive the simulated system time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Trent A. Gray-Donald, Marc Warner Price