Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Bach

Mark Alan Bach 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).

  • IMS web studio taskguide
    Patent number: 6128622
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating program specifications for a computer program that accesses datastore persistent objects materialized from a datastore. A "wizard" or "task guide" is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the wizard comprises a step-by-step procedure for creating the program specifications. Operator input is accepted into the computer in response to the step-by-step procedure and the program specifications are created using the operator input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bach, In Ha Chung, John Kevin Flanigan, Candace Antonina Garcia, Judith Eleanor Hill, Steve T. Kuo, Theresa Hsing Lai, Kevin Michael McBride, H. Moncrief Rowe-Anderson
  • User interface for creating class definitions and implementations for datastore persistent objects
    Patent number: 5924101
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating class definitions and implementations for datastore persistent objects. A "wizard" or "task guide" is displayed on a monitor attached to a computer, wherein the wizard comprises a step-by-step procedure for creating the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects. User input is accepted into the computer in response to the step-by-step procedure and the class specifications and implementations for the datastore persistent objects are created using the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bach, Shyh-Mei F. Ho, Kevin Michael McBride, H. Moncrief Rowe-Anderson, Thomas Beavers Sander
  • IMS/WWW mapping system
    Patent number: 5781739
    Abstract: IMS Web provides for a method and apparatus which enables a user to communicate with IMS-based applications using a Web Browser. An input HTML form is used to associate IMS transaction data which is then supplied to a CGI-BIN program which uses IMS Web generated C++ class definitions to determine classes for each logical page. The CGI-BIN program interacts with the IMS database through an TCP/IP OTMA adapter and an output HTML communicates with the Web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bach, In Ha Chung, Judith E. Hill, Steve T. Kuo, Theresa H. Lai, Allen G. Lee, Richard S. Uyehara