Patents by Inventor Steven D. Ims

Steven D. Ims 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).

  • Methods, data structures, and computer program products for representing states of interaction in automatic host access and terminal emulation using scripts
    Patent number: 6374207
    Abstract: Host interaction and terminal emulation sessions are conducted between a client and a resource by transitioning between terminal emulation states that represent interaction between the client and the resource. Transitions from a present terminal emulation state to a next terminal emulation state is automatically performed based on output provided by the resource and the present terminal emulation state. The terminal emulation may thereby be provided by ScriptUnits XML tags that represent the transitioning of terminal emulation states. The ScriptUnits can be parsed to create an object tree that can be manipulated using a visual editor. The visual editor may be used to change existing states in the terminal emulation session and add new states. The visual manipulation may allow a person who is unfamiliar with source programming languages to support the terminal emulation services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yongcheng Li, John R. Hind, Yih-Shin Tan, Steven D. Ims