Patents by Inventor Steven H. Patterson

Steven H. Patterson 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 for visually representing modification information about an characteristic-dependent information processing system
    Patent number: 6356285
    Abstract: A software visualization technique allows a software application or portfolio to be visually analyzed to determine the extent and depth of problems raised when converting an existing software application or portfolio to make application- or portfolio-wide revisions, such as those needed to respond to the year 2000 problem or the conversion to Euro currency. The software visualization technique first generates or inputs statistical data on a number of different software metrics and statistics about the conversion process, such as the data or currency dependent lines of program code, the types of affected code lines, and the sizes and complexities of the systems, subsystems and programs of a software application and of the applications forming a portfolio. These metrics and statistics are then used to alter the appearance of various views of the software application, systems, subsystems, programs individual lines of the programs generated by various visualization tools of the software visualization technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, INC
    Inventors: Susan K. Burkwald, Stephen G. Eick, Steven H. Patterson, John D. Pyrce, Kurt D. Rivard