Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Polk

Thomas E. Polk 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).

  • Embedding software developer comments in source code of computer programs
    Patent number: 8635591
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and products for embedding software developer comments in source code of computer programs that includes receiving, by a software development application from a software developer, a location in source code of a computer program at which to insert a multimedia annotation, the multimedia annotation including software developer comments; and inserting, at the location in the source code, by the software development application, a hyperlink including a URL specifying a storage location for the multimedia annotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas S. Brown, John F. Kelley, Thomas E. Polk
  • Embedding Software Developer Comments In Source Code Of Computer Programs
    Publication number: 20100162209
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods, apparatus, and products for embedding software developer comments in source code of computer programs that includes receiving, by a software development application from a software developer, a location in source code of a computer program at which to insert a multimedia annotation, the multimedia annotation including software developer comments; and inserting, at the location in the source code, by the software development application, a hyperlink including a URL specifying a storage location for the multimedia annotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas S. Brown, John F. Kelley, Thomas E. Polk