Patents by Inventor Oliver WYNN

Oliver WYNN 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).

  • Automatically detecting the ability to execute processing logic after a parser or validation error
    Patent number: 9880981
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for error handling during document processing is provided. The method includes receiving a well-defined document as input to a computer program executing in memory of a computer, parsing the well-defined document and validating the well-defined document as conforming with a defined plan for the well-defined document, and responsive to detecting an error during parsing and validating, permitting use of the well-defined document to proceed notwithstanding the detected error if enough of the well-defined document conforms to the defined plan to satisfy programmatic input needs of the computer program, but otherwise terminating use of the well-defined document in the computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Dunn, Oliver Wynn
  • AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING THE ABILITY TO EXECUTE PROCESSING LOGIC AFTER A PARSER OR VALIDATION ERROR
    Publication number: 20120173492
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a method for error handling during document processing is provided. The method includes receiving a well-defined document as input to a computer program executing in memory of a computer, parsing the well-defined document and validating the well-defined document as conforming with a defined plan for the well-defined document, and responsive to detecting an error during parsing and validating, permitting use of the well-defined document to proceed notwithstanding the detected error if enough of the well-defined document conforms to the defined plan to satisfy programmatic input needs of the computer program, but otherwise terminating use of the well-defined document in the computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Dunn, Oliver WYNN