Patents by Inventor Norman K. Seto

Norman K. Seto 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).

  • Method for configuring an adapter software component to selectively access software objects and object editor using instance of same
    Patent number: 8015545
    Abstract: An object editor capable of displaying a set of application software objects, which may include objects with a dynamic reflection capability (“reflective objects”), includes an object oriented configuration model instance (CMI), a generic adapter, and a UI framework. The CMI is particular to the set of application objects to be edited and defines a particular view of these objects to be provided by the editor. The CMI is external to the generic adapter and includes settings that control which application objects will be accessed and the manner of access. The generic adapter reads the de-serialized CMI's current settings, selectively accesses the set of application objects to be edited and their attributes as dictated by the CMI settings, and passes the accessed information to the LII framework for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman K. Seto, Jean-Sebastien Delfino
  • Configuration model for configuring an adapter software component to selectively access software objects and object editor using instance of same
    Patent number: 7272819
    Abstract: An object editor capable of displaying a set of application software objects, which may include objects with a dynamic reflection capability (“reflective objects”), includes an object oriented configuration model instance (CMI), a generic adapter, and a UI framework. The CMI is particular to the set of application objects to be edited and defines a particular view of these objects to be provided by the editor. The CMI is external to the generic adapter and includes settings that control which application objects will be accessed and the manner of access. The generic adapter reads the de-serialized CMI's current settings, selectively accesses the set of application objects to be edited and their attributes as dictated by the CMI settings, and passes the accessed information to the UI framework for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Norman K. Seto, Jean-Sebastien Delfino
  • Configuration model for configuring an adapter software component to selectively access software objects and object editor using instance of same
    Publication number: 20040015858
    Abstract: An object editor capable of displaying a set of application software objects, which may include objects with a dynamic reflection capability (“reflective objects”), includes an object oriented configuration model instance (CMI), a generic adapter, and a UI framework. The CMI is particular to the set of application objects to be edited and defines a particular view of these objects to be provided by the editor. The CMI is external to the generic adapter and includes settings that control which application objects will be accessed and the manner of access, and in particular, which application objects will be visible, which of the visible objects' attributes will be displayed, the arrangement of displayed application objects and attributes, and the appearance of the displayed objects and attributes. The CMI is stored as a serialized XML file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norman K. Seto, Jean-Sebastien Delfino