Patents by Inventor Scott Thomas Evans

Scott Thomas Evans 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).

  • System and method for building a data structure of converted values without keywords from an input string including keyword/text value pairs
    Patent number: 6173288
    Abstract: An application program interface (API) provides an interface for common gateway interface (CGI) programs to parse a CGI input string of keywords and their values, each keyword/value pair being all text data separated by a deliminter character, into a buffer which is formated according to a data definition (DDS) file specification or template, thus building a data structure of converted values without keywords from an input string including keyword and text value pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Alan Diedrich, Scott Thomas Evans, James Kevan Finkenaur
  • Apparatus and method for constructing a non-linear data object from a common gateway interface
    Patent number: 5787450
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for creating a data structure comprising a non-linear data object with typed data fields and field names from a common gateway interface type input string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Alan Diedrich, Scott Thomas Evans, James Kevan Finkenaur