Patents by Inventor Michael Priestley

Michael Priestley 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).

  • Synchronizing comments in source code with text documents
    Patent number: 9921829
    Abstract: Various embodiments synchronize comments in a source code file with text of a source code document. In one embodiment, a source code document is compared to a corresponding source code file. The source code document comprises a set of text corresponding to a set of source code comment text in the corresponding source code file. The source code document is configured to display the set of text in a stylized format when presented to a user. The set of text in the source code document is determined to be different than the set of source code comment text in the source code file based on the comparison. At least the set of source code comment text in the source code file is automatically changed based on the set of text from the source code document and in response to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Lawrence Frenkiel, Michael Priestley
  • Processing semantic subjects that occur as terms within document content
    Patent number: 7689910
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program storage device for delimiting words is provided and requires adding an extensible vocabulary markup to a plurality of markup languages, wherein the plurality of markup languages comprises a knowledge representation, and processing a provided term from one or more vocabularies for use in the knowledge representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik F. Hennum, Michael Priestley
  • Link management of document structures
    Patent number: 7275066
    Abstract: Links are managed and units of information are linked based on a list having identifiers placed in a hierarchical order relative to other identifiers, the identifiers for identifying the units of information. Lists are stored and examined to determine the hierarchical order of the identifiers relative to the other identifiers, and a unit of information is linked to at least one other unit of information based on a relative hierarchical order between an identifier identifying the unit of information and another identifier identifying at least one other unit of information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Priestley
  • Method, apparatus and program storage device for processing semantic subjects that occur as terms within document content
    Publication number: 20060173821
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and program storage device for delimiting words is provided and requires adding an extensible vocabulary markup to a plurality of markup languages, wherein the plurality of markup languages comprises a knowledge representation, and processing a provided term from one or more vocabularies for use in the knowledge representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Inventors: Erik Hennum, Michael Priestley
  • Link management of document structures
    Publication number: 20030018650
    Abstract: Links are managed and units of information are linked based on a list having identifiers placed in a hierarchical order relative to other identifiers, the identifiers for identifying the units of information. Lists are stored and examined to determine the hierarchical order of the identifiers relative to the other identifiers, and a unit of information is linked to at least one other unit of information based on a relative hierarchical order between an identifier identifying the unit of information and another identifier identifying at least one other unit of information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Priestley