Patents by Inventor Paul H. Harkins

Paul H. Harkins 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).

  • Real-time program audit software
    Patent number: 6775827
    Abstract: An automated computer-implemented method for generating an audit record of a computer program while the computer program is executing. The computer program has a source program comprising a plurality of source statements written in a predetermined source language. The method includes the steps of: selecting one or more audit options, each audit option being defined by one or more field names; examining each one of the source statements for the presence of one or more of the field names; creating an audit statement in the source language of the computer program corresponding to each one of the source statements in which one or more of the field names is present; and inserting each created audit statement into the source program proximate to the corresponding source statement to form an expanded source program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Harkins Audit Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul H. Harkins