Patents by Inventor Samuel O. Isokpunwu

Samuel O. Isokpunwu 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).

  • Round-trip maintenance of software configuration
    Patent number: 6912710
    Abstract: A method of software development comprising the steps of determining, through Java reflection API calls, a current software signature for each Java object, from a Java software application comprising Java application code, to be administered by a software development wizard, retrieving from a deployment descriptor a Java object deployment description for each said Java object, and detecting changes in the Java application code, wherein detecting changes includes contrasting the current software signatures and the retrieved Java object deployment descriptions. Exemplary embodiments also include displaying, for user revision through a user interface, representations of the detected changes in the Java application code, wherein user revision includes user confirmation of detected changes, recording user revisions in the deployment descriptor, and conforming the Java application code to the user revisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott J. Broussard, Samuel O. Isokpunwu, Eduardo N. Spring, Michael John Walker
  • Round-trip maintenance of software configuration
    Publication number: 20030159130
    Abstract: A method of software development comprising the steps of determining, through Java reflection API calls, a current software signature for each Java object, from a Java software application comprising Java application code, to be administered by a software development wizard, retrieving from a deployment descriptor a Java object deployment description for each said Java object, and detecting changes in the Java application code, wherein detecting changes includes contrasting the current software signatures and the retrieved Java object deployment descriptions. Exemplary embodiments also include displaying, for user revision through a user interface, representations of the detected changes in the Java application code, wherein user revision includes user confirmation of detected changes, recording user revisions in the deployment descriptor, and conforming the Java application code to the user revisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott J. Broussard, Samuel O. Isokpunwu, Eduardo N. Spring, Michael John Walker