Patents by Inventor Sharon Jean Lucas

Sharon Jean Lucas 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).

  • Dynamic creation of an application's XML document type definition (DTD)
    Patent number: 7779350
    Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
  • DYNAMIC CREATION OF AN APPLICATION'S XML DOCUMENT TYPE DEFINITION (DTD)
    Publication number: 20090204633
    Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID MICHAEL BENDER, SHARON JEAN LUCAS, CHARLES VAUGHN RANKIN
  • Dynamic creation of an application's XML document type definition (DTD)
    Patent number: 7539936
    Abstract: The method enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
  • Dynamic creation of an application's XML document type definition (DTD)
    Patent number: 7143343
    Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin
  • Dynamic creation of an application's XML document type definition (DTD)
    Publication number: 20040153967
    Abstract: The system, method and program of the invention enables a new DTD to be dynamically created during runtime from a preexisting DTD. A next document is processed and validated according to the new DTD. An interface is provided that enables plug-in providers to provide fragments of DTD information for at least one new element to be added and the name of the element that is to be added to an existing parameter entity. All of the fragments from each plug-in provider are concatenated together and combined with the static header information of the preexisting DTD to form the new DTD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Michael Bender, Sharon Jean Lucas, Charles Vaughn Rankin