Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Carroll, Jr.

Thomas J. Carroll, Jr. 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).

  • XML-based graphical user interface application development toolkit
    Patent number: 7571426
    Abstract: A system and a method for creating user interfaces for software applications. Particularly, the invention allows a developer to segregate the development of the user interface from the development of the underlying application logic. In one embodiment, an application graphical user interface is specified using an XML document as an application interface file. At application compile time this application interface file is parsed, and the specification therein used to retrieve graphical screen components from an interface library to create the user interface. A grammar file can be used to further specify the parsing of the application interface file, and impose consistency upon the interface development process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Bea Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Carroll, Jr.
  • XML-based graphical user interface application development toolkit
    Patent number: 6990654
    Abstract: The invention as disclosed herein relates to a system and a method for creating user interfaces for software applications. Particularly, the invention allows a developer to segregate the development of the user interface from the development of the underlying application logic. In one embodiment of the invention, an applications graphical user interface is specified using an XML document as an application interface file. At application compile time this application interface file is parsed, and the specifications therein used to retrieve graphical screen components from an interface library to create the user interface. A grammar file can be used to further specify the parsing of the application interface file, and impose consistency upon the interface development process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: BEA Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Carroll, Jr.