Patents by Inventor Theodore C. Van Zwol

Theodore C. Van Zwol 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).

  • Configuring software components(merge) with transformation component using configurable and non-configurable data elements
    Patent number: 7219332
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for creating and describing a configurable data set, configuring the data set and merging a resulting configured data set into a target data set. One or more configurable data elements are stored in a configurable data set that forms part of a configurable merge module. The configurable merge module also includes metadata concerning the configurable data. The metadata describes the data elements and how they can be configured and how to implement changes to the configurable data. Each configurable data element can be presented to the configurable merge module consumer through a user interface. The configurable merge module consumer can thus make configuration choices. Also provided is a transformation engine for customizing the configurable data based on configurable merge module consumer choices and a merge engine for inserting configured data into a target data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gouge, James S. Masson, Theodore C. Van Zwol, Michael James Day
  • System and method for configuring software components
    Publication number: 20020104069
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for creating and describing a configurable data set, configuring the data set and merging a resulting configured data set into a target data set. One or more configurable data elements are stored in a configurable data set that forms part of a configurable merge module. The configurable merge module also includes metadata concerning the configurable data. The metadata describes the data elements and how they can be configured and how to implement changes to the configurable data. Each configurable data element can be presented to the configurable merge module consumer through a user interface. The configurable merge module consumer can thus make configuration choices. Also provided is a transformation engine for customizing the configurable data based on configurable merge module consumer choices and a merge engine for inserting configured data into a target data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gouge, James S. Masson, Theodore C. Van Zwol, Michael James Day